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If two contours have starting or ending points that are even slightly different, the contours will not be combined. To ensure that such contours are combined, make sure the "Special/Allow Intersection" is checked. Then move the end of one of the contours close to the end of the other. The cursor will change to a hollow cross to indicate that it has detected another vertex. When you release the mouse, the vertex will be placed exactly over the position of the other vertex. Reducing the number of vertices in a layer can make the export process faster. If the vertices are much more closely spaced than the grid spacing, reducing the number of vertices may have little effect on the model inputs. To reduce the number of vertices in the contours in a layer, first turn "Allow Intersection" on for that layer. Then select "Declutter Contours" from the "File/Import" menu. A dialog box will appear with a list of information layers. Select the information layer in which you wish to reduce the number of vertices. Another dialog box will appear in which you should enter the desired vertex spacing. |
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When you click OK, the contours on the layer will be processed so that vertices that are closer together than the desired spacing will be eliminated if the "Delete nodes based on spacing" check box is checked. However, if the "Delete Node based on angle" check box is checked, nodes will only be deleted if the angle at the node exceeds the limit you specify. The effects of "Declutter Contours" is illustrated below. The first diagram shows contours with very closely spaced vertices. In the second illustration, many of the vertices have been eliminated. |
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A word of warning about the "Declutter Contours" method. After removing vertices, some contours that previously did not overlap may overlap and the geometric relationships among contours may differ. For example, in the illustrations below, the -200 ft contour has been reduced to a single point that is no longer inside the -150 ft contour as it was before. |
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Both the Join Contours and Declutter methods first clear the layer before writing to it. If there is an error when writing the data to the layer, this will result in a loss of data. An error might occur in the Declutter PIE if "Allow Intersection" is turned off and some of the contours cross each other after some vertices are removed. Thus it is a good idea to save your file before running either of these PIEs. |
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