ArcObjects Library Reference (Geometry)

esriShapeType Constants

Esri Shapefile shape types. Refer to the Esri Shapefile whitepaper for details. The ...General... types listed below are currently not public and not supported in shapefiles.

Constant	Value	Description
esriShapeNull	0	Empty shape and unknown type.
esriShapePoint	1	Two dimensional point.
esriShapePointM	21	Two dimensional point with a measure (M) attribute.
esriShapePointZM	11	Two dimensional point with measure (M) and height (Z) attributes.
esriShapePointZ	9	Two dimensional point with height (Z) attribute.
esriShapeMultipoint	8	Collection of two dimensional points.
esriShapeMultipointM	28	Collection of two dimensional points with measure (M) attributes.
esriShapeMultipointZM	18	Collection of two dimensional points with measure (M) and height (Z) attributes.
esriShapeMultipointZ	20	Collection of two dimensional points with height (Z) attributes.
esriShapePolyline	3	Two dimensional polyline with no attributes and all vertices connected by straight lines.
esriShapePolylineM	23	Two dimensional polyline with measures (Ms) on some or all vertices.
esriShapePolylineZM	13	Two dimensional polyline with measures (Ms) on some or all vertices and heights (Zs) on all vertices.
esriShapePolylineZ	10	Two dimensional polyline with heights (Zs) on all vertices.
esriShapePolygon	5	Two dimensional polygon with no attributes and all vertices connected by straight lines.
esriShapePolygonM	25	Two dimensional polygon with measures (Ms) on some or all vertices.
esriShapePolygonZM	15	Two dimensional polygon with measures (Ms) on some vertices and heights (Zs) on all vertices.
esriShapePolygonZ	19	Two dimensional polygon with heights (Zs) on all vertices.
esriShapeMultiPatchM	31	Three dimensional multipatch with measures (Ms) on some or all vertices.
esriShapeMultiPatch	32	Three dimensional multipatch.
esriShapeGeneralPolyline	50	New style two dimensional polyline type - can have non-linear segments and vertex identifier (ID) attributes.
esriShapeGeneralPolygon	51	New style two dimensional polygon type - can have non-linear segments and vertex identifier (ID) attributes.
esriShapeGeneralPoint	52	New style two dimensional point type - can have identifier (ID) attribute.
esriShapeGeneralMultipoint	53	New style two dimensional multipoint type - can have identifier (ID) attributes.
esriShapeGeneralMultiPatch	54	New style three dimensional multipatch type - can have vertex identifier, normal, texture coordinates, and part material attributes.
esriShapeTypeLast	55

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