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See also:
■ Converting Polylines to Polygons (page 970)
■ Overview of Polygons (page 955)
■ Setting Polygon Options (page 977)
NOTE This procedure is for drawing objects. There is no equivalent for geospatial
feature data.
To convert a polygon topology to polygons
1 On the command line, enter maptopologytopolygons. Press Enter.
2 In the Create Polygons From Topology dialog box (page 1823), for Name,
select the topology to convert.
Click Load Topology to select and load the topology.
3 For Layer, select the layer on which you want to place the converted
polygons.
Click Layer Settings to create a new layer and set its properties.
4 Optionally, select Group Complex Polygons to create a single polygon
from nested polygons in the topology.
If one polygon is inside another, they both become boundaries in the
resulting polygon object. There is no specific limit to the nesting level of
polygons grouped with this option, but in some conditions the resulting
inner/outer type of individual boundaries may not be what you
anticipated. You can use the
MAPMPEDIT (page 963) command to correct
this.
5 Optionally, select Copy Object Data From Centroid to copy object data
from the polygons to the new polygon objects.
If you selected Group Complex Polygons, the object data is copied only
from the outermost polygon.
6 Optionally, select Copy Database Links From Centroid to copy database
links from the polygons to the new polygon objects.
If you selected Group Complex Polygons, the database links are copied
only from the outermost polygon.
7 Click OK.
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