Transfer/Convert Features

 

 

Purpose

 

This tool provides an easy way to copy spatial features from one layer and paste them into another layer. Either all features or the selected ones can be transferred.

 

Description

 

The "paste to" output layer must have either the same feature type as the source "copy from" layer or have a less complex feature type. If the "paste to" layer feature type is less complex than the "copy from" layer, the command will automatically convert the copied features to the less complex feature type before pasting. For instance, copied polygon features would be converted to polylines, multipoints, or points (whichever is appropriate) if the "paste to" layer is not polygon. Feature types decrease in complexity in this order: Polygon, Polyline, Multipoint, and Point.

 

This command cannot be used to build features that are more complex than the source features.  This means that you cannot use this command to build Polylines from Points, Polygons from Polylines or Points, etc.  Such operations are beyond the scope of this command.

 

Usage

 

1. Select the "Transfer/Convert Features" tool from the XTools Pro Feature Conversions menu.

2. Select the input layer containing features that you wish to transfer.

3. Select the destination "paste to" layer.

4. Then select an attribute field of the output layer in which ID(s) of the transferred features will be stored.

5. Press Run to transfer selected features to the destination layer.

 

 

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