Introduction

By conversion, we mean to translate the information from one structure to another one. The conversion rule defines that the source information for a given category should become the target features of a given category.

Simply said: A polyline in a DWG drawing, placed on a layer named GuardRail, should become a GuardRail feature type in the Quadri model.

Conversion rules can be simple, but they can also be complex, especially when the original format is complex, using many attributes.

When importing to the Quadri Model, the information first is added to format-near features. The conversion rule set is used to translate the content of the file (now as format-near features) to the final target Quadri Models feature types.

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