Attribute-Spatial Conversion

Text to Field

Adds text from text datasets to their attribute tables by specifying target fields for converted text.

Feature Entry

  • Data tab->Data Processing group->Type Conversion->Text to Field.
  • Toolbox->Type Conversion->Attribute-Spatial Conversion->Text to Field.

Steps

  1. In the pop-up Text to Field dialog, select the text dataset to convert and its datasource in the text dataset area.
  2. Set target fields under Select Fields. For naming conventions, refer to Database Reserved Keywords List.
  3. Execute conversion after configuration.

Field to Text

  • Converts field values to text datasets for map labeling. E.g., convert Name field in Province_R dataset (China datasource) to text for labeling when displayed with Province_R dataset.
  • Text position is determined by feature's interior point. Adjust via Text Alignment if needed.
  • Supports point/line/region/text/3D point/3D line/3D region/2D network/3D network/model datasets.

Feature Entry

  • Data tab->Data Processing group->Type Conversion->Field to Text.
  • Toolbox->Type Conversion->Attribute-Spatial Conversion tool: Field to Text.

Steps
  1. In the Field to Text dialog, set target datasource, dataset name, and fields to convert.
  2. Execute conversion after configuration.

Text to Point

Extracts text anchor points to create point datasets. Anchor points relate to text alignment (set via Styles tab->Text Style group). See: Set Text Style.

Feature Entry

  • Data tab->Data Processing group->Type Conversion->Text to Point.
  • Toolbox->Type Conversion->Attribute-Spatial Conversion tool: Text to Point.

Steps
  1. In the Text to Point dialog, select source dataset and set target dataset name/datasource.
  2. Execute conversion after configuration.

Attribute to Point

Creates point datasets using X/Y coordinate values from attribute fields.

Feature Entry

  • Data tab->Data Processing group->Type Conversion->Attribute to Point.
  • Toolbox->Type Conversion->Attribute-Spatial Conversion tool: Attribute to Point.

Steps

  1. In the Attribute to Point dialog, select vector dataset and set target dataset name/datasource.
  2. Select X/Y coordinate fields whose values will generate point coordinates.
  3. Execute conversion after configuration.

Point Attribute to Polygon

Updates polygon attributes with point attributes (non-system fields). When multiple points exist in a polygon, randomly selects one point and adds StaticInfo field recording point count.

  • Transfers SmUserID and all non-system fields from points.
  • Updates existing same-name/type fields; creates new fields if names/types differ.

Feature Entry

  • Data tab->Data Processing group->Type Conversion->Point Attribute to Polygon.
  • Toolbox->Type Conversion->Attribute-Spatial Conversion tool: Point Attribute to Polygon.

Steps
  1. In the Point Attribute to Polygon dialog, select datasets and set target dataset name/datasource.
  2. Execute conversion after configuration.
  3. Observe attribute tables:
    • Common fields: SmUserID, Name
    • Unique fields: Code (points), Value (polygons)
    • Different values in common fields

    Conversion results:
    • Added Code field and StaticInfo field
    • Original Value field unchanged
    • StaticInfo shows contained point count
    • Polygons A/B/C/D/F updated with P1/P2/P4/P5/P8 attributes

Related Topics

CAD/Composite-Simple Data Conversion

Network-Point/Line Conversion

2D-3D Conversion

Points, Lines and Regions