r3.to.rast(1)

NAME
r3.to.rast - Converts 3D raster maps to 2D raster maps

KEYWORDS
raster3d, conversion, raster, voxel

SYNOPSIS
r3.to.rast
r3.to.rast --help
r3.to.rast [-mr] input=string output=string [type=string] [multiply=float] [add=float] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

-m
    Use 3D raster mask (if exists) with input map

-r
    Use the same resolution as the input 3D raster map for the 2D output maps, independent of the current region settings

--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

input=string [required]
    3D raster map(s) to be converted to 2D raster slices

output=string [required]
    Basename for resultant raster slice maps

type=string
    Type of raster map to be created
    Storage type for resultant raster map
    Options: CELL, FCELL, DCELL
    CELL: Integer
    FCELL: Single precision floating point
    DCELL: Double precision floating point

multiply=float
    Value to multiply the raster values with
    Coefficient a in the equation y = ax + b

add=float
    Value to add to the raster values
    Coefficient b in the equation y = ax + b

DESCRIPTION
Converts one 3D raster map into several 2D raster maps (depends on depths). If the 2D and 3D region settings are different, the 3D resolution will be adjusted to the 2D resolution (the depths are not touched). The user can force r3.to.rast to use the 2D resolution of the input 3D raster map for the output maps, independently from the current region settings.
How r3.to.rast works

  Map type conversions
Type of resulting 2D raster maps is determined by the type of the input 3D raster, i.e. 3D raster of type DCELL (double) will result in DCELL 2D rasters. A specific type for 2D rasters can be requested using the type option.

The type option is especially advantageous when the 3D raster map stores categories (which need to be stored as floating point numbers) and the 2D raster map should be also categorical, i.e. use integers. The type is set to CELL in this case.

  Modifying the values
The values in the 3D raster map can be modified prior to storing in the 2D raster map. The values can be scaled using the option multiply and a constant value can be added using the option add. The new value is computed using the following equation:

y = ax + b

where x is the original value, a is the value of multiply option, b is the value of add option, and y is the new value. When multiply is not provided, the value of a is 1. When add is not provided, the value of b is 0.

NOTES
Every slice of the 3D raster map is copied to one 2D raster map. The maps are named like output_slicenumber. Slices are counted from bottom to the top, so the bottom slice has number 1.

The number of slices is equal to the number of depths.

To round floating point values to integers when using type=CELL, the add option should be set to 0.5.

SEE ALSO
r3.cross.rast, r3.out.vtk, r3.out.ascii, g.region

AUTHORS
Sören Gebbert
Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r3.to.rast source code (history)

Accessed: Monday May 11 17:54:57 2026

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