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To access feature type parameters, click the gear icon 
on a feature type in the workspace to open the Feature Type Parameter Editor. To always display the editor in Workbench, you can select View > Windows > Parameter Editor.
All feature types share similar General Parameters. This includes Name and Writer Name. From here, you can also control Dynamic Properties.
Shapefile Settings
This parameter applies at the feature type level. The initial value for this parameter is obtained at the writer level (see Dimension Settings in the Shapefile writer parameters dialog), but it can also be modified for individual feature types.
Output Dimension
- Dimension from First Feature: Shapefiles produced will contain geometries with dimension information obtained by the first feature observed by the writer.
- 2D: Shapefiles produced will contain two-dimensional coordinate geometry.
- 2D + Measures: Shapefiles produced will contain two-dimensional coordinate geometry and measures.
- 3D + Measures: Shapefiles produced will contain three-dimensional coordinate geometry and measures.