Create Relationships

CARIS HPD Product Editor

CARIS HPD Source Editor

CARIS S-57 Composer

A feature relationship is a hierarchical relationship between features at the same location. One feature is designated the parent, others are its children. For example, a buoy could be a parent and attached equipment such as lights and navigational devices would be its children.

Feature relationships are called parent/child relationships in S‑57 data.

S-101 data can have a number of relationships (for example, StructureEquipment and AidsToNavigationAssociation) Relationships are defined in the S-101 catalogue.

Related commands:

Procedure: Automatic

Automatically create feature relationships from a selection of features that are defined as parents or children in the catalogue, and which are in the same location.

1. Select one or more features to use in the relationship.

2. Select the Automatic Feature Relationships command.

A message box displays the number of feature relationships created.

3. Click OK.

The relationships are created.

Procedure: Manual

Manually create a feature relationship between any superselected and selected features.

The manual selection of features overrides the parent/child relationships set by the catalogue. Any selected feature can become a child of any superselected parent.

1. Select one or more features.

2. Superselect the feature to use as the parent.

3. Select the Manual Feature Relationships command.

If the superselected feature is not a recognized parent object in the catalogue, a warning message is displayed.

4. To continue, click Yes.

The relationship is created.