Features to Points

Purpose

Input features:

Output features:

The tool converts polygon and polyline features to points. Location and number of output points are managed with the tool parameters.

The tool creates a new point feature class from the input polygon and polyline features.

Following options are available to specify output points:

All points
- all points (nodes) forming input features will be converted.
Start point
- only the start points of the input features will be converted.
End point
- only the end points of the input features will be converted.
Start and end points
- both start and end points of the input features will be converted.
Center point
- only the center points of the input features will be converted.
Please note that the center point for 3D polygon features will have "0" as Z coordinate.
Self-intersection points
- points of self-intersections in the input features will be converted.
Equidistant points (fixed number)
- a given number of equidistant points will be derived from the input features and converted to points.
Please note that only values between 2 and 10 000 are allowed for this option.
Equidistant points (fixed interval)
- equidistant points with the fixed specified interval between them will be derived from the input features and converted to points. At that, interval units and direction of points generation (Start to End or End to Start) can be selected.

Attributes of the input features are transferred to the output point feature class. As an option, input feature IDs can be added as well.

Multipart features are considered as a single polygon or polyline. Therefore, each multipart feature will have only one Start, End and Center point.

Select the "Features to Points" tool from the XTools Pro Conversions tools.
Select the input polylines or polygons that you wish to convert to points. If there are any selected features, there is an option to process only selected features.
Specify the name and location of the output point feature class.
Select the type of output points.
Specify ID field to store input features IDs to the attribute table of output points. Default ID field name can be changed.

Deriving coordinates of angle points of land lots:

1. Convert lot polygons to points using the Features to Points tool:

2. Add coordinates to points using the Add XYZ Coordinates tool:

3. Export point coordinates and other required attributes to Excel or text files using the Table to Excel or Table to Text tools: