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Old 03-28-10, 07:42 PM   #8
etheberge
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Very interesting Seeadler, thank for that info. You seem to know about this stuff, is there a program that can let us open and edit those shape files visually?

I tried a bunch of vector editors but none of were able to open those SHP files.

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Originally Posted by Seeadler View Post
Shp files contain scaleable 2D polygon objects.

In ContactDirectionSymbol.shp
1. object -> 4 vertices = a quad
2. object -> 2 vertices = a line

to get rid off the course line, set the line vertices to zero

Code:
0 
4
0.0 0.13481 0.0
-2.14312 0.13481 0.0
-2.14312 -0.13481 0.0
0.0 -0.13481 0.0
2
0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0
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