Transforms individual points into continuous polylines by connecting them in the order they appear or based on a selected attribute. This feature is ideal for generating linear features such as routes or boundaries from point data. Points can be grouped by a specific data field, allowing for the creation of multiple polylines from categorized point sets..

The SPMPOINTSTOLINE command creates polylines from a set of points.

Points to Polyline Options

• Source: select the points to convert (review selection control options).
• Points to Polyline options
  • Order mode:
    • Automatic: The polyline creation begins at the furthest point from all selected points. Each following point is selected as the nearest point from those remaining.
    • Pick start point: If the point arrangement makes the previous method unsuitable, you can manually select the start point on the drawing. Subsequent points are then selected as the nearest remaining point.
    • Order by field value: If the points have an associated field value, you can choose to create the polyline based on that value ascending order.
  • Group by field value: If the points have an associated field value, you can choose to create separate polylines for each unique field value.
  • Close polyline: If checked, the last point will be connected to the first point to close the polyline.
• Options
  • Layer/Table name: specify the layer where the created polylines will be placed and the table name for attached data.
  • Apply random colors to new layers: if checked, the created layers will be assigned random colors.

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Points to Polyline video