BIT2LINE

Description

BIT2LINE creates a line layer from a bitmap segment. It provides an option to omit lines on the edge of the bitmap and an option to smooth the lines.

Parameters

Name	Type	Length	Value range
Input: Input bitmap segment *	Bitmap port	1 - 1
Output: Output line segment *	Vector port	1 - 1
Remove lines on edges	String	0 - 1	YES | NO Default: NO
Smooth vectors	String	0 - 1	YES | NO Default: YES

* Required parameter

Parameter descriptions

Input: Input bitmap segment

Specifies the input bitmap segment that contains the image to be converted to lines.

Output: Output line segment

Specifies the output file to receive the lines.

Remove lines on edges

Specifies whether remove the outside edges (bounds) of the raster.

If YES (selected), lines are removed from the bounds of the raster when converting to lines. If NO (cleared), lines are created for the entire extents of the raster; this is the default value.

Smooth vectors

Specifies whether or not the vector data will be smoothed (corners rounded).

If the Smooth vectors check box is selected, the vector lines will be smoothed. If the check box is cleared, the created vector lines will follow the pixel edges exactly.

Details

BIT2LINE creates a line vector segment from an input bitmap. The outside edge of the on pixels (i.e. values of 1) in the bitmap results in lines.