Tool Create New Shapes Layer

Creates a new empty shapes layer of given type, which might be either point, multipoint, line or polygon.

Possible field types for the attributes table are:
- string
- date
- color
- unsigned 1 byte integer
- signed 1 byte integer
- unsigned 2 byte integer
- signed 2 byte integer
- unsigned 4 byte integer
- signed 4 byte integer
- unsigned 8 byte integer
- signed 8 byte integer
- 4 byte floating point number
- 8 byte floating point number
- binary

Author: O. Conrad (c) 2008
Menu: Shapes|Construction

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Output	Shapes (*)	Data Object (optional output)	`SHAPES`	-	-
Options	Name	Text	`NAME`	-	Default: New Shapes Layer
	Shape Type	Choice	`TYPE`	-	Available Choices: [0] Point [1] Multipoint [2] Lines [3] Polygon Default: 0
	Vertex Type	Choice	`VERTEX`	-	Available Choices: [0] x, y [1] x, y, z [2] x, y, z, m Default: 0
	Number of Attributes	Integer	`NFIELDS`	-	Minimum: 1 Default: 2
	Attributes	Parameters	`FIELDS`	-	4 Parameters: - 1. Default: Name - 2. Available Choices: [0] string [1] date [2] color [3] unsigned 1 byte integer [4] signed 1 byte integer [5] unsigned 2 byte integer [6] signed 2 byte integer [7] unsigned 4 byte integer [8] signed 4 byte integer [9] unsigned 8 byte integer [10] signed 8 byte integer [11] 4 byte floating point number [12] 8 byte floating point number [13] binary Default: 0 - 3. Default: Name - 4. Available Choices: [0] string [1] date [2] color [3] unsigned 1 byte integer [4] signed 1 byte integer [5] unsigned 2 byte integer [6] signed 2 byte integer [7] unsigned 4 byte integer [8] signed 4 byte integer [9] unsigned 8 byte integer [10] signed 8 byte integer [11] 4 byte floating point number [12] 8 byte floating point number [13] binary Default: 0
(*) optional

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd shapes_tools 0 [-SHAPES <str>] [-NAME <str>] [-TYPE <str>] [-VERTEX <str>] [-NFIELDS <num>] [-FIELDS_NAME0 <str>] [-FIELDS_TYPE0 <str>] [-FIELDS_NAME1 <str>] [-FIELDS_TYPE1 <str>]
  -SHAPES:<str>      	Shapes
	Data Object (optional output)
  -NAME:<str>        	Name
	Text
	Default: New Shapes Layer
  -TYPE:<str>        	Shape Type
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] Point
	[1] Multipoint
	[2] Lines
	[3] Polygon
	Default: 0
  -VERTEX:<str>      	Vertex Type
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] x, y
	[1] x, y, z
	[2] x, y, z, m
	Default: 0
  -NFIELDS:<num>     	Number of Attributes
	Integer
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 2
  -FIELDS_NAME0:<str>	Name
	Text
	Default: Name
  -FIELDS_TYPE0:<str>	Type
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] string
	[1] date
	[2] color
	[3] unsigned 1 byte integer
	[4] signed 1 byte integer
	[5] unsigned 2 byte integer
	[6] signed 2 byte integer
	[7] unsigned 4 byte integer
	[8] signed 4 byte integer
	[9] unsigned 8 byte integer
	[10] signed 8 byte integer
	[11] 4 byte floating point number
	[12] 8 byte floating point number
	[13] binary
	Default: 0
  -FIELDS_NAME1:<str>	Name
	Text
	Default: Name
  -FIELDS_TYPE1:<str>	Type
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] string
	[1] date
	[2] color
	[3] unsigned 1 byte integer
	[4] signed 1 byte integer
	[5] unsigned 2 byte integer
	[6] signed 2 byte integer
	[7] unsigned 4 byte integer
	[8] signed 4 byte integer
	[9] unsigned 8 byte integer
	[10] signed 8 byte integer
	[11] 4 byte floating point number
	[12] 8 byte floating point number
	[13] binary
	Default: 0