Geometric Network properties

Summary

The Describe function returns the following properties for Geometric Networks. Dataset Properties are also supported.

A Geometric Network returns a dataType of "GeometricNetwork".

Properties

Property	Explanation	Data Type
featureClassNames (Read Only)	A Python List of the feature classes participating in the Geometric Network	String
networkType (Read Only)	The type of associate logical network StreetNetwork UtilityNetwork	String
orphanJunctionFeatureClassName (Read Only)	The name of the feature class that contains the Orphan Junction features	String

Code sample

Geometric Network properties example (stand-alone script)

The following stand-alone script displays properties for a geometric network.

import arcpy

# Create a Describe object from the geometric network.
#
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/data/wellingham.gdb/water/water_Net")

# Print some geometric network properties
#
print "NetworkType:                    " + desc.networkType
print "OrphanJunctionFeatureClassName: " + \
    desc.orphanJunctionFeatureClassName
print "Feature Class Names:"
for fcname in desc.featureClassNames:
    print "  " + fcname