What are the Attributes of Exported Shapefiles?

Shapefiles can be created in EnviroInsite by selecting File> Export> CAD/SHP. Select the shapefile type and enter the filename. EnviroInsite will generate independent files containing polylines, arcs, and points. The file content can be understood by looking at the filename. For example, sfilearcz.shp contains the arc objects and sfileptsz.shp contains the point objects and text strings. The points shapefile contains the text values as attributes. The file with no particular type contains the polygon objects. Closed polylines, polyfaces, rectangles, and circles are saved to the polygon file. Line segments and open polylines are saved to the Arcs file.

Shapefiles exported by EnviroInsite contain attributes that assist in loading these files into ArcMap. The attributes can be examined outside of ArcMap by opening the associated dbf files in MS Excel. The attributes depend on the content of the shapefile and are listed below.

Point File Attributes

Field Name	Content	Notes
Handle	Internal object identifier	This may contain both descriptive information about the object and some internal identification used by the program.
Text String	Value of text string	Text string indicated if value is set. Otherwise, point should be drawn using point symbol.
Height	Text height	Height is specified in world coordinates.
Rotation	Text rotation	Rotation specified in radians, counter-clockwise.
Style	Text style name as defined in EI
Horizontal Alignment	Indicates vertical alignment relative to insertion point	6 – Center 0 – Left 2 – Right
Vertical Alignment	Indicates vertical alignment relative to insertion point	24 – Baseline 100 – Center 8 – Bottom 0 – Top
Color	Color index	Internal color index (not reliable).
RGB	RGB macro value	This is the RGB macro color used by Windows. More info at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162937(v=vs.85).aspx.
Font	Windows font name
Bold	Indicates whether text is bold font	Value set to Y (for bold) or N.
Italics	Indicates whether text is italicized	Value set to Y (for italicized) or N.
R	Red value	Red intensity on scale of 0 to 255.
G	Green value	Green intensity on scale of 0 to 255.
B	Blue value	Blue intensity on scale of 0 to 255.

Polyline File and Arc File Attributes

Field Name	Content	Notes
Handle	Object identifier	This may contain both descriptive information about the object and some internal identification used by the program.
Fill Mode	Determines whether polygon should be filled or left hollow	Value is either 1 for fill or 0 for hollow.
PenClrRGB	Outline color	This is the RGB macro color used by Windows. More info at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162937(v=vs.85).aspx.
FillClrRGB	Fill Color	This is the RGB macro color used by Windows. More info at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd162937(v=vs.85).aspx.
PolyClr	Not used
Pen_R	Outline red value	Red intensity on scale of 0 to 255.
Pen_G	Outline green value	Green intensity on scale of 0 to 255.
Pen_B	Outline blue value	Blue intensity on scale of 0 to 255.
FillR	Fill red value	Red intensity on scale of 0 to 255
FillG	Fill green value	Green intensity on scale of 0 to 255
FillB	Fill blue value	Blue intensity on scale of 0 to 255.