export vector gis
The export vector gis module will create a file in one of the following vector formats: ESRI Shapefile (.shp); GMT ASCII Vectors (.gmt); and MapInfo TAB (*.tab).
Although C Tech allows non-ASCII analyte names, ESRI does not. Acceptable shapefile field (attribute) names only allow A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and “”. When writing a shapefile, any unacceptable (non-ASCII) character will be changed to “” and a number added if there are duplicates.
If you plan to create a shapefile it will be better to change the analyte names to an ASCII equivalent that is more meaningful, but uses only the acceptable character set.
Info
Make sure to connect export vector gis after explode and scale to ensure that z-scaling is properly compensated.
Ports
| Direction | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Input Field | Field | A field for output to a vector format. |
Properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Save To Gdb | Button | Saves the output to a FileGDB directory. Opens a folder picker; the selected folder must end in .gdb. |
| Filename | String | The output filename and the vector format to write to. Supported formats include SHP, GML, FGB, GPKG, SQLite, DB, GMT, and TAB. For FileGDB output, use the Save To Gdb button instead. |
| Layer Name | String | The layer name written to the output file. If left blank, the layer name is derived from the filename. For Shapefile, GMT, and MapInfo TAB outputs that contain more than one geometry type, the input is split across multiple files with _points, _lines, and _tris suffixes (since those formats only support one geometry type per layer); other formats write a single layer using this name directly. |
| Write Mode | Choice: Replace File, Replace Layer, Append Layer | Controls how the output file is written. Replace File overwrites the entire file. Replace Layer (multi-layer formats only) keeps other layers and replaces matching ones. Append Layer (multi-layer formats only) fails if the layer already exists. Single-layer formats always replace the file. |
| Z Scale | Double | Used to remove vertical exaggeration before writing. |
| Prepend Nodal Data | Boolean | Adds the prefix “n_” before each nodal data name when writing, indicating that the nodal data has been averaged across the cell. |
| Exponentiate Log Data | Boolean | Causes any nodal or cell data with log units to be exponentiated when written out. |
| Include Average Data | Boolean | Adds four cell data components to the output file: the absolute cell number and average coordinate of each cell in X, Y, and Z. |
| Translate By Origin | Boolean | Causes the output to be written in the user’s coordinate space. When turned off, the output will be written around the origin. |