ConvertIntersectingPolygons

Available with Production Mapping license.

Summary

Converts polygons that intersect one layer into the features that are part of another layer.

Discussion

With this function, you can convert overlapping polygons to features from a secondary feature class. The secondary features are compared to the primary features to determine where they are merged with the primary features. The secondary features that share the largest common boundary with the primary features are merged.

Syntax

ConvertIntersectingPolygons (primary_feature_layer, secondary_feature_layer_list)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
primary_feature_layer	The feature layer that is going to be compared to the secondary feature classes.	Layer
secondary_feature_layer_list [secondary_feature_layer_list,...]	The feature layers that will be compared to the primary feature class. Features that intersect the primary features are converted to it.	Layer

Code sample

ConvertIntersectingPolygons example

This sample converts industrial features to building features when the two intersect.

import arcpy
import arcpyproduction
from arcpyproduction import generalization

# set environment
arcpy.env.workspace="c:/Data/Austin.gdb"

# Check out Production Mapping license
arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Foundation")

# Define variables
inFeatures="TopographicMap/IndustrialA"
inFeatLayer="industrial"
inIntersecting="TopographicMap/BuildingA"

# Create feature layers
inFeatLayer=arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(inFeatures,"industrial")

# Execute the ConvertIntersectingPolygons function
generalization.ConvertIntersectingPolygons(inFeatLayer,[inIntersecting])