Import WFS and map point features z value to a field value.

Hi Carlos,

I think we might be miss understanding each other. What I want to do is to map the point elements 'z' value in a 3d dgn. And not simply map one features attribute to another. Apologies if my previous posts were not specific enough.

This is described in the help  documentation...

Interoporability > Importing GIS Data Types > Importing into a 3d file

There is no mention in the documentation for a requirement to define the features prior in GSA. 
I can't find anyway in GSA to specify the z value (not Attribute) of a feature. I'm beginning to think I need to write some vba.

What are the circumstances in which the described steps in the help manual will work.. Is this limited to specific Import types?

Thanks
Mike

Mike,

In answer to your question: What are the circumstances in which the described steps in the help manual will work.. Is this limited to specific Import types?

The command currently only works that way for importing Shapefiles.  Multi-feature sources, such as WFS (Oracle, SQL Server) require some changes to the code to accommodate the import at the Feature-level, rather than the current file-level.  There is a Change Request on the books that is under evaluation to correct this limitation.

One way you might be able to get around this would require an additional step; round-trip the data from WFS to DGN to SHP to DGN.  Or you could write your vba to produce the results you need.

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the information. That is good to know.

The documentation could be more specific as it doesn't mention this limitation. Hopefully though the limitation will be resolved.

Regards,

Mike