Contents Index

Write ESRI Shape File

This option will points to an ESRI format shape file in type 11 PointZ format.
An associated dbf file will be generated for the the following attributes for each point
Number, Type, Name, Code, Remark.

Select Points/Layers
This opens the Select Dialog to allow selection of points by layer and other parameters

Points
Tick this box to export the Points.

Strings
Tick this box to export the Strings

Date
The data is added to the dbf file which contains the Points/Strings attribute data.

Nine files may be created:

Jobname_Points.dbf - Point attribute data
Jobname_Points.shp - Point co-ords data
Jobname_Points.shx - Index for the Point.shp file
Jobname_Points.prj - Projection for the Point.shp file
Jobname_Polygons.dbf - Polygons attribute data
Jobname_Polygons.shp - Polygons coords data
Jobname_Polygons.shx - Index for the Polygons.shp file
Jobname_Polygons.prj - projection for the Polygons.shp file
Jobname_Polylines.dbf - Polylines attribute data
Jobname_Polylines.shp - Polylines coords data
Jobname_Polylines.shx - Index for the Polylines.shp file
Jobname_Polylines.prj - Projection for the Polylines.shp file

Un-closed strings are exported to the 'Polyline' file and Closed strings (Lots) to 'Polygon' file.
String Attributes

String Values Exported

Layer Name
String Name
Plan Name
String Type - "Lot","Traverse","Unannot","Road", ..
String length in metres
Discon/Breakline set to 1 if discon
Start Chainage of the string
Line Style

Point Values Exported
The following attributes are exported for each point.

Point Number
Easting
Northing
Height (if present)
Code
Layer Name
Remark
Name
Point type - "Point","Station","Control","interpolated","Reference Mark","Bench Mark"
Symbol Name (if not ByLayer)
Attribute 1-5 (if present)

Point Attributes Exported
Each point may have one or more attribute values.
The Select Attributes Dialog dialog displays a list of all the attributes used by all the Chosen points
and allows you to choose which ones should exported.

Projection File

For each of the Entities exported (Points, Polygons, Polylines - the program will also write
a projection file. This will contain the Datum and projection for the data.

Notes: If the Datum/projection file contains a value in the 'Description' (column Q, or column 17)
It will be appended to the Datum name.
If the datum name is "GDA_1994", and the 'description' is "Perth Coastal Grid 1994"
the datum field in the projection file will be
"GDA_1994_Perth_Coastal_Grid_1994"
Note that the spaces are converted to underscore characters.

If the 'Description' field is blank, the datum field in the projection file will be: "GDA_1994_MGA_PCG94"