TeeJet RMS Office User Manual
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RMS Office
Software Version 3.10
Chapter 4 - RMS Map Manager 4-39
Shape File Conversion
the source field's and destination field's units of measure are compatible. If the units of measure
are incompatible, you are presented with an error when you press OK. Figure 4-25 shows meters
selected as the destination field's unit of measure.
If the Unit Of Measure setting has a Browse button to its right, you can opt to build a unit of mea-
sure for the field. Pressing the button brings up the Build Unit Of Measure dialog (see Figure 4-26).
This dialog allows you to select or compose a UOM (unit of measure) from a long list of options. If
you wish to select a UOM from the list, you can type the UOM's name in the “Unit Of Measure” edit
box, or find the UOM in the list. You can compose new compound UOMs (such as pounds/acre) by
separating UOMs in the list with a '/'. Pressing the “/ (Per)” button adds the '/' for you. If you make
a mistake, simply click the Clear button, or erase the text in the “Unit Of Measure” edit box. When
you select OK, your UOM is passed to the Unit Of Measure setting.
Under some circumstances, the Field Transfer dialog's appearance undergos some changes. One
such circumstance arises when we set the source field's name to
file object. If you set the source field name to
field's Type setting (Figure 4-27). The Value setting is a string or number, passed to the specified
destination field for each object written to a file. If you set the source field name to
First Number setting replaces the source field's Type setting. As its name implies, the First Number
setting represents the counter's starting value. Each time the program transfers the counter value
to the specified destination field, it increments the value by one. For example, if the First Number is
set to 2, the specified destination field would receive a 2 for the 1st object, a 3 for the 2nd object, a
4 for the 3rd object, and so on.
Templates are a complex, yet powerful, tool. Creating templates takes some practice. However,
when you get the hang of it, you should be able to perform an almost limitless array of RMS/
Shapefile conversions.
Figure 4-27: User Defined Fields