FCSI has several feature placement tools that allow you to easily add point objects based off other geometry.

Feature Scatter

Our scatter algorithms not only do the basic inside area scatters, but do more complex scatters based on linear features. Our scatter algorithm supports the following functionality.

•  Area Scatter - You can scatter multiple feature types based on density or absolute values.
•  Linear Scatter - You can scatter multiple features types based on density, absolute values, or intervals. You can modify the scatter parameters using the following options. 
  •  Relative Offset - You can use add an additional offset from the line feature in addition to the buffer distance attribution of the line feature. Also, if there are any connected features at either end of the line feature, those distances are used to ensure no features are placed on the connected features.
  •  Head or Tail Inset - You can control the distance at the beginning or at the end where the scatter can begin or end along the linear feature. This is perfect for signs like Stop Ahead or Stop.
  •   Rotations - You can control the rotations of the features to be random or relative to the linear feature.

Stop Sign Placement

We have algorithms that create stop signs based on the attribution of all the roads connected to the feature. The offsets and rotations are calculated in combination with the attribution on the linear features and addition offsets entered by the user.