Vector Edit Module FAQ

Add Points

1.[Warning] "Please set the current layer to a points type layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Point" function, the point layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.
• Solution: Before entering the "Add Point" function, select the point type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning.
• Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a point layer, choose tools like "Add Point".

Add Lines

1.[Warning] "Please set the current layer to a polyline type layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Line" function, the line layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.
• Solution: Before entering the "Add Line" function, select the line type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

-Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning. -Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a line layer, choose tools like "Add Line" or "Add Line Segment".

3.[Warning] "Lines less than three points cannot be closed."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when using the right-click close line tool to draw a line object, the line object has fewer than three points, which does not meet the condition for closing the line.
• Solution: When using the close line tool to draw a line object, ensure that at least three points are drawn.

Add Line Segments

1.[Warning] "Please set the current layer to a polyline type layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Line Segment" function, the line layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.
• Solution: Before entering the "Add Line Segment" function, select the line type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning.
• Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a line layer, choose tools like "Add Line" or "Add Line Segment".

Add Polygons

1.[Warning] "Please set the current layer to a polygon type layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Polygon" function, the polygon layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.
• Solution: Before entering the "Add Polygon" function, select the polygon type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning.
• Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a polygon layer, choose tools like "Add Polygon".

Add Arcs

1.[Warning] "Please set the current layer to a polyline type layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Arc" function, the line layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.
• Solution: Before entering the "Add Arc" function, select the line type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning.
• Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a line layer, choose tools like "Add Arc" or "Add Line".

Add Rect/Parallelograms

1.[Warning] "Please set the current layer to a polygon type layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Rectangle" function, the polygon layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.
• Solution: Before entering the "Add Rectangle" function, select the polygon type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning.
• Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a polygon layer, choose tools like "Add Rectangle".

Add Circles

1. [Warning] "Please set the current layer to a polygon type layer."

2. Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Circle" function, the polygon layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

3. Solution: Before entering the "Add Circle" function, select the polygon type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning.
• Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a polygon layer, choose tools like "Add Circle".

Add Hexagons/Octagons

1.[Warning] "Please set the current layer to a polygon type layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Add Hexagon" or "Add Octagon" function, the polygon layer has not been selected under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.
• Solution: Before entering the "Add Hexagon" or "Add Octagon" function, select the polygon type layer to be drawn under the vector node in the data directory tree on the left side of the software.

2.[Warning] "Please select a suitable action for this layer."

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because the selected vector layer does not match the clicked vector drawing function. For example, selecting a line layer and clicking the "Add Point" function will trigger this warning.
• Solution: Select a layer that matches the vector drawing tool as the current layer, or choose a vector drawing tool that matches the currently selected layer. For example, if the selected layer is a polygon layer, choose tools like "Add Hexagon" or "Add Octagon".

Adjust Vectors

1.[Warning] "This feature only supports 3D Viewer!"

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Adjust Vector" function, the "Section" function has not been exited.
• Solution: When entering the "Adjust Vector" function, exit the "Section" function.

Extend/Trim

1.[Warning] "This feature only supports 3D Viewer!"

• Warning Reason: The software outputs this warning because when entering the "Extend/Trim" function, the "Section" function has not been exited.
• Solution: When entering the "Extend/Trim" function, exit the "Section" function.

Point Split Line / Line Split Line / Line Split Polygon

1.[Warning] "This feature only supports 3D Viewer!"

• Reason: The software outputs this warning because the "Section" feature has not been exited when entering this function.
• Solution: Exit the "Section" feature before entering this function.

2.[Warning] "Please select point object!" "Please select line object!"

• Reason: After entering the "Point Break Line" feature, you must first select a point object, then a line object. If the selection order is incorrect or if an object of another type is selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Point Break Line" feature, first select a point object, then a line object.

3.[Warning] "Please select line object!" "Please select multi line or line object!"

• Reason: After entering the "Line Break Line" feature, you must first select a line object, then a line/multi-line object. If the selection order is incorrect or if an object of another type is selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Line Break Line" feature, first select a line object, then a line/multi-line object.

4.[Warning] "Please select line object!" "Please select polygon object!"

• Reason: After entering the "Line Break Polygon" feature, you must first select a line object, then a polygon object. If the selection order is incorrect or if an object of another type is selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Line Break Polygon" feature, first select a line object, then a polygon object.

5.[Warning] "The point object has no point or more than one point!"

• Reason: The point object selected for the "Point Break Line" feature must be a single point object. When a multi-point object is selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Point Break Line" feature, first select a single point object.

6.[Warning] "The point is not on the line!"

• Reason: The point object selected for the "Point Break Line" feature must be a single point object, and this point must be on the line being broken. If the selected point is not on the selected line, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Point Break Line" feature, first select a single point object, then select the line object where the point lies.

7.[Warning] "The two lines have more than one intersect points!" "The two lines have no intersect points!"

• Reason: For the "Line Break Line" feature, the two selected line objects must have exactly one intersection point. If the two line objects have no intersection points or more than one intersection point, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Line Break Line" feature, select two line objects that intersect at exactly one point.

8.[Warning] "The line and polygon have less than two intersect points!"

• Reason: For the "Line Break Polygon" feature, the selected line object must intersect the selected polygon object at exactly two points. If the selected objects do not meet this condition, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Line Break Polygon" feature, select a line object and a polygon object that intersect at exactly two points.

Reshape

1.[Warning] "This feature only supports 3D Viewer!"

• Reason: The software outputs this warning because the "Section" feature has not been exited when entering this function.
• Solution: Exit the "Section" feature before entering this function.

2.[Warning] "Please select line or multi line object!"

• Reason: The Redraw feature currently supports line/multi-line objects. If an object of another type is selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Redraw" feature, select a line/multi-line object.

3.[Warning] "The two lines have less or more than two intersect points!"

• Reason: If the selected line object has fewer than two points or if the drawn line intersects the selected line object at fewer than two points, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: After entering the "Redraw" feature, ensure the selected line object has at least two points, and the redrawn line intersects the selected line object at more than two points.

Vector Smoothing

1.[Warning] "This feature only supports 3D Viewer!"

• Reason: The software outputs this warning because the "Section" feature has not been exited when entering this function.
• Solution: Exit the "Section" feature before entering this function.

2.[Warning] "The process is running." "The process is not finished."

• Reason: When the smoothing thread is running, performing other operations will cause the software to output this warning.
• Solution: When the software displays this message, wait for the progress bar to complete before performing other operations.

3.[Warning] "Please reduce the number of iterations."

• Reason: When the number of iterations is set too high, many redundant points may appear on the line, so the software will output this warning to prompt the user to reduce the number of iterations to achieve a better smoothing effect.
• Solution: When the software displays this message, reduce the number of iterations and perform the smoothing operation again.

Split/Merge Polygons

1.[Warning] "This feature only supports 3D Viewer!"

• Reason: The software outputs this warning because the "Section" feature has not been exited when entering this function.
• Solution: Exit the "Section" feature before entering this function.

2.[Warning] "Merge Failed!"

• Reason: When the polygon merge fails (the two polygons do not share a common edge and do not meet the merge conditions), the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Select polygons that share a common edge and meet the merge conditions to perform the polygon merge operation.

Line Intersection

1.[Warning] "No solutions found."

• Reason: The selected two objects do not intersect, or their extensions do not intersect. The software will output this warning.
• Solution: Select two line objects that intersect or whose extensions intersect.

Lines to Polygon

1.[Warning] "Please select Polygon layer."

• Reason: If the layer for converting line objects to polygon objects is not selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: To use this feature, select the layer for converting line objects to polygon objects in the popup settings window.

2.[Warning] "There are less than three lines or two lines that are not connected from end to end."

• Reason: This warning is output because the selected line objects do not meet the conditions for forming a polygon (fewer than three lines or the selected line objects are not connected end-to-end).
• Solution: Select line objects that form a surface and meet the conditions for constructing a surface.

3.[Warning] "Generate polygon error."

• Reason: If the layer for converting line objects to polygon objects is not selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: To use this feature, select the layer for converting line objects to polygon objects in the popup settings window.

Layer Split Layer

1.[Warning] "Split layer has no vector object."

• Reason: The selected split layer does not contain any vector objects, and the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Ensure the split layer contains vector objects.

2.[Warning] "Target layer has no vector object."

• Reason: The selected target layer does not contain any vector objects, and the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Ensure the target layer contains vector objects.

3.[Warning] "Please select split layer and target layer."

• Reason: The split layer and target layer have not been selected in the settings dialog.
• Solution: Set the split layer and target layer before running the function.

4.[Warning] "The working thread is running."

• Reason: When the layer split function is running, performing other operations will cause the software to output this warning.
• Solution: Wait for the progress bar to complete before performing other operations when the layer split function is running.

Line to Points

1.[Warning] "Please select point layer and line layer."

• Reason: When running the line to point function, the line layer and point layer need to be selected in the settings dialog. If the appropriate layers are not set, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Select the line layer and point layer in the settings dialog before running the line to point function.

2.[Warning] "Layer of line has no vector object."

• Reason: When running the line to point function, the selected line layer does not contain any vector objects, and the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Ensure the line layer contains vector objects before running the line to point function.

3.[Warning] "No selected vector object."

• Reason: When the line to point function is running in selection mode, but no line vectors are selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Select the line vectors to be converted before running the line to point function in selection mode.

4.[Warning] "The working thread is running."

• Reason: When the line to point function is running, performing other operations will cause the software to output this warning.
• Solution: Wait for the progress bar to complete before performing other operations when the line to point function is running.

5.[Warning] "The line must have more than two points."

• Reason: When the line object to be converted has fewer than two points, the software will output this warning and skip this line object, not converting it.
• Solution: Ensure the line object to be converted contains two or more points when running the line to point function.

Multi-part to Single-part

1.[Warning] "Please select multipart layer."

• Reason: When running the multi-part to single-part function, the multi-part layer needs to be selected in the settings dialog. If the appropriate layer is not set, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Select the multi-part layer in the settings dialog before running the multi-part to single-part function.

2.[Warning] "Layer of multipart has no vector object."

• Reason: When running the multi-part to single-part function, the selected multi-part layer does not contain any vector objects, and the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Ensure the multi-part layer contains vector objects before running the multi-part to single-part function.

3.[Warning] "The working thread is running."

• Reason: When the multi-part to single-part function is running, performing other operations will cause the software to output this warning.
• Solution: Wait for the progress bar to complete before performing other operations when the multi-part to single-part function is running.

Points to Lines

1.[Warning] "Please select point layer and line layer."

• Reason: When running the point to line function, the line layer and point layer need to be selected in the settings dialog. If the appropriate layers are not set, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Select the line layer and point layer in the settings dialog before running the point to line function.

2.[Warning] "Layer of point has no vector object."

• Reason: When running the point to line function, the selected point layer does not contain any vector objects, and the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Ensure the point layer contains vector objects before running the point to line function.

3.[Warning] "No selected vector object."

• Reason: When the point to line function is running in selection mode, but no point vectors are selected, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Select the point vectors to be converted before running the point to line function in selection mode.

4.[Warning] "The working thread is running."

• Reason: When the point to line function is running, performing other operations will cause the software to output this warning.
• Solution: Wait for the progress bar to complete before performing other operations when the point to line function is running.

Add Auxiliary Line

1.[Error] "This function only supports 3D window."

• Reason: When the 3D window is not displayed or the focus is not on the 3D window, the software will output this warning.
• Solution: Ensure the 3D window is displayed and has focus before running the function.

Issues Related to Vector Import and Export

1.[Warning] "Project coordinate get failed."

• Cause: Loss of project coordinate system information, possibly due to project version upgrades, project file corruption, or other factors.
• Solution: Close the current project, reopen it, or create a new project.

2.[Warning] "Project read failed." & [Warning] "Invalid param type."

• Cause: Failure to read project file content, possibly due to project version upgrades, file corruption, or other factors.
• Solution: Close the current project, reopen it, or create a new project.

3.[Warning] "Invalid coordinate system."

• Cause: Failure to correctly read the coordinate system of the selected imported vector data.
• Solution: Verify that the vector data to be imported is correct.

4.[Warning] "Get factory failed: ..."

• Cause: Failure to properly read vector files during import.
• Solution: Ensure data is correct, and consider reinstalling the software. The issue may be due to missing dependency files required for reading certain data formats.

5.[Warning] "Open Database failed: ..."

• Cause: The vector file was read during import but could not be parsed.
• Solution: Verify that the vector data is correct.

6.[Warning] "Create Database failed: ..."

• Cause: Failure to create vector file during export.
• Solution: Check if the export directory has permission and allows normal file access.

7.[Warning] "Open feature class failed: ..."

• Cause: Failure to export a specific feature class within the vector file.
• Solution: Check if the corresponding data within the vector file is correct or if the feature class exists.