Removing Suffix from Shapefile Export

[loic.jourdan]

 

When exporting a shapefile from VW it adds the suffix _polygons or _polylines to each exported file, I then have to rename each file from the export to remove the suffix as it disrupts the shape files import into our GIS system. The suffix is completely unnecessary for us so an option to toggle it off would be preferential as we will never need it to be included in our file name.

 

As far as I am aware there is no option to remove this suffix, I have looked through the VW preferences and the shapefile export preferences but can't find anything. There is an old Wishlist post from 2014, asking for its removal, that never got a response (attached below) so I'm hoping this will be looked into this time. As the previous post suggested, a simple tick box with the ability to disable the suffix would be more than sufficient to fix the problem. Thanks.

 

 

[John S. Hansen]

If you're on Mac: Try A Better Finder Rename

[zoomer]

4 hours ago, John S. Hansen said:

If you're on Mac: Try A Better Finder Rename

 

I used that in the past too.

 

 

I think nowadays you could do that already with Finder's rename features.

Not sure about (thread starter using) Windows, as default functionality,

but there should be affordable solutions available too.

 

But I think the @loic.jourdan is already aware of ways to batch file renameing.

I think his wish is to make VW to finally offer an option to stop it from adding

those suffixes ....

🙂

[loic.jourdan]

@John S. Hansen Unfortunately I'm on PC, but I will have a little look and see if I can find something similar! Thanks for the suggestion 🙂

 

@zoomer Exactly, I don't think I should have to find a solution for a problem that doesn't really need to be there! Hopefully VW will sort this out at some point down the line...