Import Regions

A group of regions can be imported from one or multiple csv, shape, and tab files. The Import Regions menu item is available in the Object Manager when selecting the Objects node or a group node.

CSV Files
Each csv file must be formatted as shown below. The files may contain additional fields, but only “ID”,“ “X” and “Y” are used in the import. The “ID” is used to identify individual regions. The “ID” field is also used to name the regions.

ID;X;Y
Region1;479915.11154000000;6252226.55917999000
Region1;479915.11154000000;6252008.01472999000
Region1;479945.46493600000;6251771.25824000000
Region1;479902.97018100000;6251528.43106999000
Region1;480018.31308699900;6251267.39185999000
Region1;480036.52512499900;6251060.98876999000
Region2;480333.98840899900;6252220.48850000000
Region2;480431.11927700000;6251989.80269000000
Region2;480552.53286199900;6251746.97551999000
Region2;480544.00000000000;6251392.00000000000
Region2;480522.17946600000;6251273.46253999000
Region2;480637.52237199900;6251048.84740999000
Region3;479685.00000000000;6254345.00000000000
Region3;480859.33450000000;6252105.83511000000
Region3;480905.38172599900;6251814.20266999000
Region3;481150.96693300000;6251491.87208999000
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Shape and Tab Files
Shape and tab files must contain the regions as polygons. To auto name the regions during import the file must contain a field with the name of the region. A promt is shown for each imported file where the name of this field can be entered.