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Feature Envelope to Polygon (Data Management) (ArcInfo only)
Release 9.2 Last modified November 29, 2010	Print all topics in : "Tools"

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Creates polygons from the envelopes of each feature in the input feature class. An envelope is a rectangular area that covers a feature's geometry.

Learn more about how Feature envelopes to polygons works

Illustration

Feature envelopes to polygons illustration

Usage tips

Valid inputs are line, polygon, and annotation feature classes.
When the envelope of a feature is an invalid polygon (height or width is zero), no polygon will not be written to the output.
The multipart parameter will have no effect on the result when the input is a singlepart feature.
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The following environment settings affect this tool: Coordinate system, Extent, XY Tolerance, Z Tolerance, M Tolerance, XY Resolution, Z Resolution, M Resolution, Output XY domain, Output Z domain, Output M domain, Output has M values, Output has Z values, Default Z value, Configuration keyword, Output Spatial Grid.

Command line syntax
An overview of the Command Line window
FeatureEnvelopeToPolygon_management <in_features> <out_feature_class> {SINGLEPART | MULTIPART}

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
<in_features>	The features whose envelopes will be converted to polygon features.	Feature Layer
<out_feature_class>	The feature class that will contain the polygons.	Feature Class
{SINGLEPART \| MULTIPART}	Choose what multipart input features will produce. SINGLEPART — The envelope of all geometries that make up a multipart feature will be written to the output as a single polygon. MULTIPART — The envelope of each geometry that make up a multipart feature will be written to the output as a multipart polygon.	Boolean

Data types for geoprocessing tool parameters

Command line example

FeatureEnvelopesToPolygons d:\workspace\myGdb.mdb\feats d:\workspace\myGdb.mdb\fc_envelopes SINGLEPART

Scripting syntax
About getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts
FeatureEnvelopeToPolygon_management (in_features, out_feature_class, single_envelope)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_features (Required)	The features whose envelopes will be converted to polygon features.	Feature Layer
out_feature_class (Required)	The feature class that will contain the polygons.	Feature Class
single_envelope (Optional)	Choose what multipart input features will produce. SINGLEPART — The envelope of all geometries that make up a multipart feature will be written to the output as a single polygon. MULTIPART — The envelope of each geometry that make up a multipart feature will be written to the output as a multipart polygon.	Boolean

Data types for geoprocessing tool parameters

Script example

# Create the Geoprocessor
import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create()

# Set the workspace
gp.workspace = "c:\ws.mdb"

try:
    gp.FeatureEnvelopeToPolygon("province", "province_envelopes")

except:
    print "An error occurred while running Feature Envelope To Polygon"
    print gp.GetMessages(2)

Feature Envelope to Polygon (Data Management) (ArcInfo only)

Command line example

Script example