The Golden Software Blanking filter imports Golden Software Blanking Files .BLN. Voxler honors Z values when importing a 3D BLN file.
File Description
Golden Software Blanking File .BLN is an ASCII format file used to store geographic information including areas, curves, and points. Spatial information is only concerned with the location of objects in space (i.e., their coordinates) and not with their attributes (i.e. line or fill style, marker symbol used, text labels, etc.). Even though the primary use of GS Blanking files is to indicate regions to be "blanked-out", they can also be used for simple boundaries and decorative illustrations.
File Format
The general format of the file is:
length,flag "Pname 1"
x1,y1,z1
x2,y2,z2
...
xn,yn,zn
length,flag "Pname 2"
x1,y1,z1
x2,y2,z2
...
xn,yn,zn
Where:
Length
The length value is an integer which indicates the number of X, Y coordinate pairs that follow.
Flag
The flag value is 1 if the region inside areas is to be blanked and 0 if the region outside areas is to be blanked.
Pname
Pname is optional and is the name of a primary ID to be associated with the object. The primary ID is used to link the object to external data.
X, Y, and Z Coordinates
Following lines contain the actual X, Y coordinate pairs (or X, Y, Z coordinate triads) that make up the object. These can be integers or real numbers, and are stored 1 pair/triad per line.
Type of Object
The type of object is determined as follows:
· If the type/length field is 1, the object is considered a point. One coordinate pair follows.
· If the type/length field is greater than 1 and the first and last coordinate pairs are equal, the object is considered a simple closed area. Otherwise, the object is considered a curve.
File Name Extensions
.BLN
Import Method
Choose the File | Import command to import the BLN file into the Network Manager as a Geometry Source module. Choose File | Open to open the BLN file in the worksheet.
Choose the File | Save Data command for a module in a Voxler project or the File | Save As command for data in the worksheet.
See BLN Golden Software Blanking Export Options Dialog
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