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== Create a New Layer ==
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<li>Click on the ‘Import Empty File’ symbol from the TUFLOW Plugin toolbar. <br>
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[[File:import_empty_file.png]]<br>
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<li>This opens the Dialog shown below. The TUFLOW plugin accesses the 'Empty Directory' created when the project was configured and provides a list of files to choose from. It appends the 'Empty Type' to the beginning of the 'RUN ID' and the 'Geometry Type' letter to the end. This becomes the name of the file.<br>
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[[File:import_empty_dialogue.png]]<br>
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<li>In the 'Spatial Database Options' section, there are the following options:
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<li>'''Convert to GPKG'''. This will convert the imported format to a GPKG even if the empty file format is not a GPKG. The video below shows it being used for the 'separate' option, however it can be toggled on for any of the export options. <br>
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{{Video|name=Animation_import_layer_convert.mp4|width=1000}}
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<li>'''Separate:''' Creates a separate GPKG for each new file.<br>
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{{Video|name=Animation_import_layer_separate.mp4|width=1000}}
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<li>'''Group geometry types:''' Creates a GPKG containing the new files for all selected geometry types.<br>
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{{Video|name=Animation_import_layer_group_geom.mp4|width=1000}}
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<li>'''All to one:''' Adds the new files to a GPKG. It can be a preexisting or a new GPKG.<br>
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{{Video|name=Animation_import_layer_alltoone_preexisting.mp4|width=1000}}
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{{Video|name=Animation_import_layer_alltoone_new.mp4|width=1000}}
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For more information, see [[QGIS TUFLOW Import Empty|QGIS TUFLOW Import Empty]].
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