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Explode

Explode turns any multi-edge shape into lines and points (corners).

Written by Holly Conrad Smith

Use this when you want to break a multi-edge shape into its individual line segments and corner points within a flow, for example processing each edge of a polygon separately.

Inputs

Name

Abbreviation

Type

Access

Description

Feature

F

Feature

List

Feature to explode

Outputs

Name

Abbreviation

Type

Access

Description

Points

P

Feature

List

Exploded points

Lines

L

Feature

List

Exploded lines

Polygons

P

Feature

List

Sub-polygons. Only filled for multipolygon input.

How to

  1. Draw a line, polygon, or rectangle

  2. Add the explode node

  3. Process the point, line or polygon outputs as needed with further nodes

Explode Outputs

  • Gives 3 outputs: points (P[]), lines (L[]) and polygons (P[])

  • The points, lines and polygons are nested in Lists

In this example, the points have a Marker property that includes the Base Elevation of each point on the terrain.

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