[GiDlist] Importing Gis data

Good morning, and happy new year!

My question is related to the way of working with Gis files in GiD
(shp, lyr, tin). I need to create a model from topographic data in Gid
format. I’ve downloaded it and I’ve worked with it using ArcGis. I
know there is an option in GiD to import shape files. I tried and it
worked, but the polylines don’t have elevation. Of course, I can move
them to their right position, but it would be a hard work. Besides,
given that the shape files have polylines with elevation, after
importing them to GiD I should create new lines to have closed
surfaces, and after that mesh them. It is possible to create a
triangulation (TIN) in Gid. I wonder if importing the TIN to GiD would
be possible, so that I would already have a surface and could directly
mesh it. I know that GiD is being used as pre and post processor for
CARPA, which has to deal with similar topographic data. I suppose that
people working with this software will have found similar problems to
create their models, and that there has to be an appropiate way of
creating a GiD model from Gis data.

Thanks!
Fernando Salazar González
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
CIMNE
Paseo Gral Martínez Campos, 41, 9º Izq.
Madrid 28010.
Tel. +34 91 319 13 59
Tel. +34 610 234 477
Fax: +34 91 319 13 59
fsalazar at cimne.upc.edu
www.cimne.com
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Hello Fernando,

The last GiD beta versions (since 9.1.0b ) import the shp files with the right elevation instead to have z=0
Which GiD version are you using?

If the problems persists with the last beta, send me the .shp example (directly to escolano at cimne.upc.edu)

GiD doesn’t import TIN files (I think that is not an stadarized format, send also this file to have a look to its format), maybe you can export this triangulation in another format like stl or vrml

Regards

Enrique
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Good morning, and happy new year!

My question is related to the way of working with Gis files in GiD (shp, lyr, tin). I need to create a model from topographic data in Gid format. I’ve downloaded it and I’ve worked with it using ArcGis. I know there is an option in GiD to import shape files. I tried and it worked, but the polylines don’t have elevation. Of course, I can move them to their right position, but it would be a hard work. Besides, given that the shape files have polylines with elevation, after importing them to GiD I should create new lines to have closed surfaces, and after that mesh them. It is possible to create a triangulation (TIN) in Gid. I wonder if importing the TIN to GiD would be possible, so that I would already have a surface and could directly mesh it. I know that GiD is being used as pre and post processor for CARPA, which has to deal with similar topographic data. I suppose that people working with this software will have found similar problems to create their models, and that there has to be an appropiate way of creating a GiD model from Gis data.

Thanks!




Fernando Salazar González
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
CIMNE
Paseo Gral Martínez Campos, 41, 9º Izq.
Madrid 28010.
Tel. +34 91 319 13 59
Tel. +34 610 234 477
Fax: +34 91 319 13 59
fsalazar at cimne.upc.edu
www.cimne.com

AVISO IMPORTANTE

Los datos de carácter personal contenidos en el mensaje, se registrarán enun fichero para facilitar la gestión de las comunicaciones de CIMNE. Se pueden ejercitar los derechos de acceso, rectificación, cancelación y oposición por escrito, dirigiéndose a nuestras oficinas de CIMNE, Gran Capitán s/n, Edificio C1 - Campus Norte UPC, 08034 Barcelona, España.



AVIS IMPORTANT

Les dades de caràcter personal contingudes en aquest missatge es registraran en un fitxer per facilitar la gestió de les comunicacions del CIMNE. Es poden exercir els drets d’accés, rectificació, cancel·lació i oposició, per escrit a les nostres oficines del CIMNE, Gran Capità s/n, Edifici C1, Campus Nord UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Espanya.



IMPORTANT NOTICE

All personal data contained in this mail will be processed confidentially andstored in a file property of CIMNE in order to manage corporate communications. You may exercise the right of access, rectification, deletion and objection by letter sent to CIMNE, Gran Capitán, Edificio C1 - Campus Norte UPC, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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