❖ In the Tools tab is the General Layer Operation tool. This tool allows you to perform a general transformation on layers or records one by one and create a new layer. You can transform the geometry and even the attributes as needed. For example you can calculate the centroids of a polygon layer:
❖ Clicking on it brings up the following dialogue where you can write scripts to do various things. The same scripting features exist here as other areas:
For full information on how the General Layer Operation tool works, refer to the General Layer Operation guide.