Mask Handling
Portions of NTX linear features may be masked.
Ignore Mask Changes
By choosing to ignore mask changes, features will be merged regardless of the mask flag settings.
Break on Mask Changes
By choosing to break on mask changes, linear features will be split into separate features at each vertex where the mask setting changes.
NTX Name Handling
Each character in an NTX annotation feature may have its own rotation and position.
Single Feature for each Name
If you select a single feature for each name, the characters are kept together and an average rotation is computed.
Separate Feature for each Character
If you select a separate feature for each character, then each character keeps its original rotation and the output dataset will more closely resemble the original NTX file.
Group Entities By
Group NTX entities by any of the NTX attributes listed. For more information about these attributes, see NTX Attributes on All Features.
Aggregates
Soundings
Specifies whether consecutive sounding features should be merged into aggregate features. If the box is checked, consecutive sounding features will be merged into aggregate features. If this box is unchecked, each sounding feature will be treated as an individual feature.
Dashed Lines
Determines whether dashed lines will have their geometry represented as a single linestring or as an aggregate of 2-point lines - each line being one of the dashes. If this box is checked, it will form aggregate geometries on dashed line features. If this box is unchecked, it will set the geometry to be a single line for dashed line features.
Those wishing to read NTX files for cartographic reasons may prefer to read dashed lines as aggregates. Those wishing to read the lines most efficiently may prefer to read dashed lines as a single linestring.