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Add Geometry Attributes (Data Management Tools)

Summary

Adds new attribute fields to the input features representing the spatial or geometric characteristics and location of each feature, such as length or area and x-, y-, z-, and m-coordinates.

Legacy:

This is a deprecated tool. This functionality has been replaced by the Calculate Geometry Attributes tool.

Usage

  • One or many attribute fields will be added to the input features depending on the options specified in the Geometry Properties parameter. If the fields already exist in the input features, the values in those fields will be overwritten. Use the following table to determine which fields will be added for each geometry property:

    Geometry property

    Added field

    AREA

    POLY_AREA—The area of the polygon.

    AREA_GEODESIC

    AREA_GEO—The shape-preserving geodesic area of the polygon.

    CENTROID

    CENTROID_X—The x-coordinate of the centroid point.

    CENTROID_Y—The y-coordinate of the centroid point.

    CENTROID_Z—The z-coordinate of the centroid point. This field is only added if the input features are z-enabled.

    CENTROID_M—The m-coordinate of the centroid point. This field is only added if the input features are m-enabled.

    CENTROID_INSIDE

    INSIDE_X—The x-coordinate of a central point inside or on the input feature.

    INSIDE_Y—The y-coordinate of a central point inside or on the input feature.

    INSIDE_Z—The z-coordinate of a central point inside or on the input feature. This field is only added if the input features are z-enabled.

    INSIDE_M—The m-coordinate of a central point inside or on the input feature. This field is only added if the input features are m-enabled.

    EXTENT

    EXT_MIN_X—The minimum x-coordinate of the feature.

    EXT_MIN_Y—The minimum y-coordinate of the feature.

    EXT_MAX_X—The maximum x-coordinate of the feature.

    EXT_MAX_Y—The maximum y-coordinate of the feature.

    LENGTH

    LENGTH—The length of the line.

    LENGTH_GEODESIC

    LENGTH_GEO—The shape-preserving geodesic length of the line.

    LENGTH_3D

    LENGTH_3D—The 3D length of the line.

    LINE_BEARING

    BEARING—The start-to-end bearing of the line. Values range from 0 to 360, with 0 meaning north, 90 east, 180 south, and 270 west.

    LINE_START_MID_END

    START_X—The x-coordinate of the first point of the line or polygon border.

    START_Y—The y-coordinate of the first point of the line or polygon border.

    START_Z—The z-coordinate of the first point of the line or polygon border. This field is only added if the input features are z-enabled.

    START_M—The m-coordinate of the first point of the line or polygon border. This field is only added if the input features are m-enabled.

    MID_X—The x-coordinate of the point halfway along the length of the line or polygon border.

    MID_Y—The y-coordinate of the point halfway along the length of the line or polygon border.

    MID_Z—The z-coordinate of the point halfway along the length of the line or polygon border. This field is only added if the input features are z-enabled.

    MID_M—The m-coordinate of the point halfway along the length of the line or polygon border. This field is only added if the input features are m-enabled.

    END_X—The x-coordinate of the last point of the line or polygon border.

    END_Y—The y-coordinate of the last point of the line or polygon border.

    END_Z—The z-coordinate of the last point of the line or polygon border. This field is only added if the input features are z-enabled.

    END_M—The m-coordinate of the last point of the line or polygon border. This field is only added if the input features are m-enabled.

    PART_COUNT

    PART_COUNT—The number of parts composing the feature.

    PERIMETER_LENGTH

    PERIMETER—The length of the polygon perimeter or border.

    PERIMETER_LENGTH_GEODESIC

    PERIM_GEO—The shape-preserving geodesic length of the polygon perimeter or border.

    POINT_COUNT

    PNT_COUNT—The number of points composing the feature.

    POINT_X_Y_Z_M

    POINT_X—The x-coordinate of the point.

    POINT_Y—The y-coordinate of the point.

    POINT_Z—The z-coordinate of the point. This field is only added if the input features are z-enabled.

    POINT_M—The m-coordinate of the point. This field is only added if the input features are m-enabled.

  • If a coordinate system is specified, the length and area calculations will be in the units of that coordinate system unless different units are selected in the Length Unit and Area Unit parameters.

  • The attribute fields added by this tool are similar to any fields that you can add to a feature layer. You can overwrite the field values, or delete or rename the fields. The values in these fields are not automatically recalculated after edits. If you edit the features, you'll need to run this tool again to update the field values.

  • If the input features have a selection, only the selected features will have values calculated in the added fields; all other features will have null values.

  • This tool works with point, multipoint, polyline, polygon, and annotation feature classes. Annotation is treated as a polygon feature class.

Parameters

Label Explanation Data type

Input Features

The input features to which new attribute fields will be added to store properties such as length, area, or x-, y-, z-, and m-coordinates.

Feature Layer

Geometry Properties

Specifies the geometry or shape properties that will be calculated into new attribute fields.

  • Area—An attribute will be added to store the area of each polygon feature.

  • Geodesic area—An attribute will be added to store the shape-preserving geodesic area of each polygon feature.

  • Centroid coordinates—Attributes will be added to store the centroid coordinates of each feature.

  • Central point coordinates—Attributes will be added to store the coordinates of a central point inside or on each feature.

  • Extent coordinates—Attributes will be added to store the extent coordinates of each feature.

  • Length—An attribute will be added to store the length of each line feature.

  • Geodesic length—An attribute will be added to store the shape-preserving geodesic length of each line feature.

  • 3D length—An attribute will be added to store the 3D length of each line feature.

  • Line bearing—An attribute will be added to store the start-to-end bearing of each line feature. Values range from 0 to 360, with 0 meaning north, 90 east, 180 south, and 270 west.

  • Line start, midpoint, and end coordinates—Attributes will be added to store the coordinates of the start, mid, and end points of each feature.

  • Number of parts—An attribute will be added to store the number of parts composing each feature.

  • Length of perimeter—An attribute will be added to store the length of the perimeter or border of each polygon feature.

  • Geodesic length of perimeter—An attribute will be added to store the shape-preserving geodesic length of the perimeter or border of each polygon feature.

  • Number of vertices—An attribute will be added to store the number of points or vertices composing each feature.

  • Point x-, y-, z-, and m-coordinates—Attributes will be added to store the x-, y-, z-, and m-coordinates of each point feature.

String

Length Unit

(Optional)

Specifies the unit in which the length will be calculated.

  • Feet (United States)—Length in feet (United States)

  • Meters—Length in meters

  • Kilometers—Length in kilometers

  • Miles (United States)—Length in miles (United States)

  • Nautical miles (United States)—Length in nautical miles (United States)

  • Yards (United States)—Length in yards (United States)

String

Area Unit

(Optional)

Specifies the unit in which the area will be calculated.

  • Acres—Area in acres

  • Hectares—Area in hectares

  • Square miles (United States)—Area in square miles (United States)

  • Square kilometers—Area in square kilometers

  • Square meters—Area in square meters

  • Square feet (United States)—Area in square feet (United States)

  • Square yards (United States)—Area in square yards (United States)

  • Square nautical miles (United States)—Area in square nautical miles (United States)

String

Coordinate System

(Optional)

The coordinate system in which the coordinates, length, and area will be calculated. The coordinate system of the input features is used by default.

Coordinate System

Derived output

Label Explanation Data type

Modified Input Features

The updated input features.

Feature Layer

Environments

Output Coordinate System, Current Workspace

Licensing information

  • Basic: Yes
  • Standard: Yes
  • Advanced: Yes