MapBox MBTiles Vector Tiles (MVT) Geometry Support

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Geometry	Supported?	Notes
Aggregate	No
Arc	No	Converted to Line on write.
Box	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.	Converted to Surface on write.
BRep Solid	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.	Converted to Surface on write.
Clothoid	No	Converted to Line on write.
Composite Solid	No Attempts to flatten aggregate and create multiline from wireframe of each object	Converted to MultiSolid on write.
Composite Surface	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.	Converted to MultiSurface on write.
Coordinate Precision	Full	64-bit floating point coordinates.
CSG Solid	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.	Converted to MultiSolid on write.
Donut	Yes
Ellipse	No	Converted to Polygon on write.
Extrusion	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.	Converted to Surface on write.
Face	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.	Multipatch
Geometry Definitions and Instances	No
Georeferencing	Native	Web Mercator tile system.
Hierarchical Geometries	No
Homogeneous Aggregates	Yes	If containing only points, lines, or polygons.
Line	Yes
Measures	No
Mesh	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.
MultiArea	Yes	Multipolygons only.
MultiCurve	Yes	Multilines only.
Multiple Geometries	No
MultiPoint	Yes
MultiSolid	No Attempts to flatten aggregate and create multiline from wireframe of each object	Converted to MultiSurface on write.
MultiSurface	No Attempts to flatten aggregate and create multiline from wireframe of each object	Multipatch
MultiText	No
Null	Yes
Oriented Arc	No
Path	No	Stroked to lines.
Point Cloud	No	Stroked to polygon from bounding box.
Point	Yes
Polygon	Yes
Raster	No	Stroked to polygon from bounding box.
Rectangle Face	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.
Surface Normals	No
Surface Sidedness	No
Text	No	Text location geometry is converted to a point.
Textures	No
Traits	No
Triangle Fan	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.
Triangle Strip	No Attempts to wireframe object as multiline.
Z values	No

Note No attempt is made to stitch geometries across tile boundaries. Geometries that span tile boundaries will be read as separate geometries.