Copy Features

Copies elements from one view to another. Per default only the geometry is copied. To copy the attributes set copy_attributes to true. To add a reference to the original set the add_link parameter to true.

Parameter

Name	Type	Description
from_view	STRING	source of the elements that are copied
to_view	STRING	destination to where elements are copied
add_link	BOOL	if true (default false) creates a link to the original feature
copy_attributes	BOOL	if true (default false) copy attributes from original feature

Data-stream

View	Attribute	Type		Access	Description
from_view		COMPONENT, NODE, EDGE, FACE		read
	all	any		read	if copy_attributes is set true
to_view		COMPONENT, NODE, EDGE, FACE		write
	from_view_id	LINK	from_view	write	if add_link is true a link is created
	all	any		write	if copy_attributes is set true

Module Name

GDALCopyElementToView

Sample Code for Python Simulation

#Create conduits form node including reference
junctions = sim.add_module('GDALCopyElementToView',
                           {'from_view': 'node',
                            'to_view': 'conduit',
                            'add_link': True,
                            'copy_attributes': False},
                            hotstart)