Line to Region

Introduction

Convert the selected lines to regions, and save them to a region dataset or a CAD dataset.

When converting line objects into region objects, the closed line object will be converted as the region boundary; the non closed line object will be connected end-to-end, then converted to the region boundary. As shown in the following figure, figure 1 is to convert the closed line object to the region object, and the figure 2 is to convert the non closed line object to the region object.

Basic Steps

1. Open the line dataset to the map, select one or more line objects when the current line layer can be selected.
2. Click Object Operations > Object Edit > Conversion > Line to Region….
3. In the dialog box, select the target datasource and dataset of the new regions. The result data is stored in two ways: save it to the existing dataset or create a new region dataset. The parameters in the dialog are set as follows:
4. Target Datasource : the datasource the target dataset is in.
5. Target Dataset : the existing region or CAD dataset, to save the new regions.
6. New Dataset : check it to set the new dataset name and save the regions in it.
7. Delete Source Object : If the layer where the selected regions locate is editable, you can check the “Delete source object” to delete the selected regions in the source dataset.
8. Click OK to finish.

Note

1. One line object will be converted to one region object. The grouped line objects will be converted to a grouped region objects.
2. A straight line can not be converted to a region object, if you choose a straight line, then the output window will prompt that it fails to convert the straight line.