The H-bit means the following:
- It indicates whether the element is a solid or a hole for closed element types as shape, complex shape, ellipse, cone, B-spline surface header, and closed B-spline curve header:
- false is Solid
- true is Hole
- For a cell header if the H-bit is
- false = Header for a cell
- true = Header for an orphan cell
- For a a line:
- false = Line segment
- true = Infinite-length line
- For a point string element:
- false = Continuous
- true = Disjoint
The H-bit has no meaning in other elements.