Esri Shapefile (SHAPEFILE) Geometry Support

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Geometry	Supported?	Notes
Aggregate	No
Arc	No	Converted to Line on write.
Box	Yes	Converted to Surface on write.
BRep Solid	Yes	Converted to Surface on write.
Clothoid	No	Converted to Line on write.
Composite Solid	Yes	Converted to MultiSolid on write.
Composite Surface	Yes	Converted to MultiSurface on write.
Coordinate Precision	Full	64-bit floating point coordinates.
CSG Solid	Yes	Converted to MultiSolid on write.
Donut	Yes
Ellipse	No	Converted to Polygon on write.
Extrusion	Yes	Converted to Surface on write.
Face	Yes	Multipatch
Geometry Definitions and Instances	No
Georeferencing	Native	.shp for world coordinate locations, .prj for coordinate system.
Hierarchical Geometries	No
Homogeneous Aggregates	Yes	Only for Point, Line, and Polygon.
Line	Yes
Measures	Yes	Depends on the dimension set. The dimension only has one value per file.
Mesh	Yes	Converted to MultiSurface on write.
MultiArea	Yes
MultiCurve	No
Multiple Geometries	No
MultiPoint	Yes
MultiSolid	Yes	Converted to MultiSurface on write
MultiSurface	Yes	Multipatch
MultiText	No
Null	Yes	Supported as individual geometries within a file.
Oriented Arc	No
Path	No
Point Cloud	No	Bounds converted to Polygon on write.
Point	Yes
Polygon	Yes
Raster	No	Bounds converted to Polygon on write.
Rectangle Face	Yes	Multipatch
Surface Normals	No
Surface Sidedness	No
Text	No	Converted to Point on write. Manually split before the writer to keep line or polygon locations.
Textures	No
Traits	No
Triangle Fan	Yes	Multipatch
Triangle Strip	Yes	Multipatch
Z values	Yes	Depends on the dimension set. The dimension has only one value per file.