Surface or Solid from Profile

On the Wireframe tab, in the From Strings group: Click Surface or Solid from Profile to make a copy of an "extrusion profile" and triangulate the two profiles to build a surface or a solid.

String File

If String file is chosen as the input option for the extrusion profile, double-click to select a String file as the clipping file. If required, define a filter to selectively control the records to be processed.

East and North and Z fields

Specify the names of the fields in which Easting, Northing, and Z coordinates are stored in the string file.

Join field

In forms that require polylines as an input, the values in this field define whether the data points in the input file should be joined by a line. If successive records have the same value in this field, a line will join the points. If two-factor topology is required, the values in a String field may also be used to segment the lines.

String field

In most forms, the String field is an optional generic attribute used to store a secondary input such as a code. Traditionally, this field has also been used with the Join field to define whether data points should be joined by a line, or strung, hence the name.

Outline File

If Outline file is chosen as the input option, click the More button to open the Outline Restrictions form.

Since the wireframe name is defined by the outline name, the Name field of the output wireframe is disabled.

Surface Restriction

Wireframe and Direction