In which cases Bentley Map Topology works?

Hi. I have a file that includes a big amount of Buildings geometry. Some of the buildings are "closed shapes" and possible to see an area of it. But a big amount is not- even Autocad shows that it is a closed polyline.
Tried to use
0. Place a fence
1. Bentley Map/Topology/ Create Centroid
2. Bentley Map/Topology/Create Shapes

Does not work in some case with my file. Works with other files. Could you check and tell what is wrong?Buildings_for_forum.dgn

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  • Hi,
    Topology tools are used to cleanup and create valid topology from line elements. Once it is validated, we will be able to create area from boundaries (line elements). So, when you are using create shapes tool on shape elements, it won’t give any results since shape elements are already existing. It should result to a "Found no boundaries".

    In your file, if I drop shape to line, place a fence around lines and centroids (only one centroid by expected shapes), the Creates Shapes tool work properly to me.

    I also see you work on 3D model. In case where you have elements on different Z values, you will need to enable Consider Z option in the Preferences > Topology dialog.

    I hope that helps.
    Sebastien Lefrancois

    See help section: Topology Operations


    This is a test

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  • Hi,
    Topology tools are used to cleanup and create valid topology from line elements. Once it is validated, we will be able to create area from boundaries (line elements). So, when you are using create shapes tool on shape elements, it won’t give any results since shape elements are already existing. It should result to a "Found no boundaries".

    In your file, if I drop shape to line, place a fence around lines and centroids (only one centroid by expected shapes), the Creates Shapes tool work properly to me.

    I also see you work on 3D model. In case where you have elements on different Z values, you will need to enable Consider Z option in the Preferences > Topology dialog.

    I hope that helps.
    Sebastien Lefrancois

    See help section: Topology Operations


    This is a test

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