SurfaceFootprintReplacer
Replaces the geometry of a feature with a planar representation of the feature's shadow.
Input Ports
Output Ports
Output features with replaced shadow geometries.
Parameters
Transformer
Overhead Shadow: The shadows are obtained from a light source directly above the features.The shadows will have a Z coordinate specified by theElevationparameter.
Drop Shadow: The shadows are obtained from a light source located in a direction specified by theX, Y, Zparameters.The shadows will have a Z coordinate specified by theElevationparameter.
Perpendicular Shadow: The shadows are obtained from a light source located in a direction specified by theX, Y, Zparameters, but are cast onto a plane perpendicular to the direction of the light source.Each feature's shadow is located near the original feature, so the shadows may not all lie on the same plane.
Light Source Vector Parameters
Coordinates representing the direction of the light source projecting the shadow.The light source is considered to be an infinite distance away.
The Z coordinate cannot be 0.
The value that will be used as the Z coordinate in the output shadow features.This parameter is not used when theShadow ModeisPerpendicular Shadow.
Editing Transformer Parameters
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Keywords: SurfaceFootprintGenerator