General Module Function
The read_vector_GIS module reads the following vector file formats: ESRI Shapefile (*.shp); Arc/Info E00 (ASCII) Coverage (*.e00); Atlas BNA file (*.bna); GeoConcept text export (*.gxt); GMT ASCII Vectors (*.gmt); and the MapInfo TAB (*.tab) format.
Module Input Ports
No input Ports
Module Output Ports
out_field (Blue-Black): This port outputs the field created from reading the file.
out_obj (Red): This port outputs a renderable geometry of the output field.
Module Control Panel
The user interface for read_vector_GIS is shown above.
The Choose GIS File button selects the vector file to be read.
If a line object is read in, the Line Width slider will control the width of the renderable line.
If the Include attributes as cell data toggle is turned on, all attribute data will turned into cell data. This includes text data which will be assigned a data value based upon the content of the string.
The Data to assign to Z toggle allows you to specify the attribute (cell data component) to assign to your Z coordinate for 2D shapefiles which represent 3D data. See the figure below as an example of elevation contours.
The attribute data to be used to color your data can be selected in the Data to Display frame.
