About the Attribute Editor Point Cloud Task

The Attribute Editor Point Cloud Task allows you to modify, add, delete, and prompt for input values for attributes associated with shapefiles. This is useful as several point cloud tasks generate shape files as the final product, which may contain several features and have few predetermined attributes. This point cloud task can be chained with existing point cloud tasks in a macro.

Overview of the Attribute Editor Property Page

From the 'Main Properties Page', select the following ways to set attributes:

• Input Geometry
  The input Tool Geometry, File, or Layer. These are set using the 'IO Manager'.

• Edit Fields
  This button brings up the Edit Fields dialog. The Edit Fields dialog allows you to import the schema from an existing DBF file, add new fields, edit existing fields, and remove the existing fields.

• Field Name, Type, and Action Grid
  The grid that shows the 'Field Name', 'Type', and 'Action' columns is a read-only grid showing what fields are going to be added, removed, set to a default value, or prompted for the attribute value.

• Non-Specified Group Box
  Allows you to bulk set an action on non-specified fields in the grid above. Selecting the 'Pass through' option copies the attribute values of fields that are not specified in the grid from the input file/layer to the output file. Selecting the 'Delete' option removes non-specified fields from the grid in the output file.

• Output File
  You may set the output file using the IO Manager.