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How do I export horizons as polylines?
Hello,
I picked horizons in IHS Kingdom (version 2016.1 and 2017) and need to export them and display them as one polyline-shapefile in ArcMAP.
When I export them, I only get point coordinates which I can not convert into separated lines in ArcMAP.
Is there any option to directly export the picked horizons as line features from Kingdom?
Thanks,
Tanita
One method is export the data so that it has a line identifier. Create a point feature class from the export. Then using the Point to Line Geoprocessing Tool which is found Data Management Tools > Features toolbox join the dots to create lines using the line identifier field for the field called Line Field (optional).
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How to apply a line identifier? Manually in the attribute table you mean? The problem is that i have many many lines so manual would be very time consuming…
Another problem is that in using the point to line tool ArcGIS still connects some lines although i am using the optional line field.
So you dont know any option to export it directly from Kingdom as a line shapefile?
Thank you!
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LikeI’ll try and provide some more concise instructions.
In Kingdom export the horizon
Horizons>Export>Horizons…
Select Line Trace X Y Time for the Data Format to Output
Save the file using a .txt extention
In Arc create a point feature class
Right click the file in Catalog and select Create Feature Class > From XY Table..
Set X Field: to Field3
Set Y Field: to Field4
Set Z Field: to Field5
Select Coordinate System
Set location and name of output
Click on OK
Run the Points To Line Geoprocessing Tool
Set the Input Features to the point file just created
Set Output Feature Class location and name
Set Line Field(optional) to Field1
click on OK
Note that Field1 Field3 Field4 and Field5 are the real name of the fields. You could edit the txt file if you want to change the names before processing.
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