Triton TritonMap - Manual (Page 88)

June 2004 DelphMap™ User's Manual
To insert a non-DelphMap file as a layer
1. Choose
Project
→Insert layer(s) from the main menu (or right-click
on the project name in the Project Window).
DelphMap displays a dialog box where you can browse or type a file
name.
2. Choose a file type appropriate to your needs. Your choices are:
• ASCII AutoCAD Files (*.DXF)
• QTC files (*.CLA)
• ESRI ArcView shapefiles (*.SHP)
Note: For the DXF format, the only supported objects are POLYLINE,
LINE, LWPOLYLINE, POINT, TEXT, and MTEXT.
If you choose a DXF and SHP file type, DelphMap displays a
message window telling you:
• DelphMap will convert the file to a VOB file type to make it
compatible with DelphMap.
• A DXF or SHP file cannot hold a projection.
• The layer you are about to insert will be assumed to contain the
same projection information as your project (or else you will have to
supply the projection to DelphMap at the time you are inserting the
layer).
3. Click
Yes
or No to acknowledge the message.
DelphMap displays a new dialog box prompting you to browse for a
folder to contain the files to be created.
4. From the list of available choices in the dialog box of folder choices,
choose an appropriate folder. (Note that folders cannot be created
from this dialog box, so your target folder must already exist.)
DelphMap displays a dialog box where you can specify input and
output projections.
5. If you need to change a projection, do so by clicking Change and
supplying the relevant information associated with this layer.
6. Click
OK
when you have finished with the Projection Settings dialog
box.
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