TIN to Nodes
Open Table of Contents ToolBox Implementation

Exports the Nodes of an ESRI TIN or a PolygonZ TIN to a new point feature class. 

Inputs:

  • An ESRI TIN or PolygonZ TIN

Outputs:

  • New Point or PointZ feature class. 
  • A new field is added to the point attribute table.
    • ET_Spot  - the Z value of the Node

ToolBox implementation

Command line syntax - two different toolbox tools available depending on the type of the input TIN. Check the color coding for specifics.

ETS_GPNodesEsriTIN <Input TIN>  <Out Feature Class>  {3D Features}
ETS_GPNodesPolygonZTIN <Input TIN>  <Out Feature Class>  {3D Features}

Parameters

Expression Explanation
<Input TIN> An ESRI TIN layer or dataset
<Input TIN> A PolygonZ TIN (feature class)
<Out Feature Class> A String - the full name of the output feature class.
{3D Features} A Boolean indicating whether the result will be PointZ or Point

Scripting syntax

ETS_GPNodesEsriTIN (Input TIN, Out Feature Class, 3D Features)

ETS_GPNodesPolygonZTIN (Input TIN, Out Feature Class, 3D Features)

See the explanations above:
<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter

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Copyright: Ianko Tchoukanski