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GeoTools

Author name: Rakesh Rao

Display Drawing Statistics: GT_DWG_STAT – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_DWG_STAT command in GeoTools provides a detailed statistical report of the current drawing, making it an essential tool for CAD managers, drafters, and engineers working in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Inquiry Tools -> Inquiry Tools -> Display Drawing Statistics Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool helps in analyzing and managing complex drawings, improving workflow efficiency and drawing organization.

Compute Center of Gravity: GT_CGRAV – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_CGRAV command in GeoTools calculates the center of gravity (CG) of selected closed polylines, making it an essential tool for engineering, structural analysis, and land planning. This tool helps determine the geometric centroid of mass distributions, providing critical data for balance calculations, load distribution, and structural design. GeoTool -> Inquiry Tools -> Inquiry Tools -> Compute Center of Gravity Key Features Include: Benefits: With GT_CGRAV, users can efficiently determine the center of gravity of enclosed shapes, ensuring accurate engineering, architectural, and planning calculations.

Put Last GeoTools Selection in ‘Previous’ sel.set: GT_LASTSEL – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_LASTSEL command in GeoTools allows users to retrieve the last created or processed objects from a previous GeoTools command and place them in the active selection set. This feature is particularly useful for re-selecting and modifying previously processed entities without manually re-selecting them, enhancing workflow efficiency in CAD environments. GeoTool -> Selection Tools -> Selection Tools -> Put last GeoTools selection in ‘previous’ sel.set Key Features Include: Benefits: With GT_LASTSEL, users can efficiently restore and reuse their last processed selection, ensuring a faster and more streamlined CAD workflow.

Select Current Style: GT_SS – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_SS command in GeoTools allows users to quickly select a text entity and set its style as the current text style. Alternatively, users can choose from a list of available text styles via a dialog box, making it an essential tool for CAD drafters, designers, and engineers working in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Selection Tools -> Selection Tools -> Select Current Style Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool improves workflow efficiency and text consistency by offering an easy-to-use text style selection process.

Select Current Layer: GT_SL – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_SL command in GeoTools allows users to quickly select an entity and make its layer the current layer. Alternatively, users can choose a layer from a dialog box, streamlining layer management and drawing organization in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Selection Tools -> Selection Tools -> Select Current Layer Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool enhances workflow speed and accuracy by allowing seamless layer selection and management.

Find Objects in Selected Z Range: GT_FINDZRNG – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_FINDZRNG command in GeoTools allows users to select all objects whose Z-values (elevations) fall within a defined range. This tool is essential for surveyors, GIS professionals, and CAD drafters working in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Selection Tools -> Selection Tools -> Find objects in selected Z range Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool is particularly useful for validating elevation data and ensuring accuracy in 3D CAD models.

Enhanced Entity Selector: GT_ESELECT – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_ESELECT command in GeoTools provides an advanced entity selection method using multiple selection modes along predefined polyline boundaries. This tool is particularly useful for CAD professionals, GIS users, and engineers working in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Selection Tools -> Selection Tools -> Enhanced Entity Selector Key Features Include: Practical Applications: Benefits: This tool significantly improves selection efficiency and accuracy, making large-scale data processing and boundary-based selections easier.

Polylines Based on Properties: GT_PLFILTER – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_PLFILTER command in GeoTools provides a powerful method for filtering polylines based on their geometric and attribute properties, making it a useful tool for surveyors, GIS professionals, and CAD drafters in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Selection Tools -> Selection Tools -> Polylines based on properties Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool helps optimize selection and modification of polylines, improving workflow efficiency in CAD environments.

Insert Geo-Referenced Image Corresponding to Selected AOI: GT_IMAGESEARCH – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_IMAGESEARCH command in GeoTools enables users to insert a geo-referenced image corresponding to a specified area of interest (AOI). By defining a rectangular boundary, this command automatically searches for relevant scanned images (previously indexed using GT_IMAGESCAN) and attaches the corresponding image, ensuring accurate spatial placement in CAD. GeoTool -> Miscellaneous Tools -> Miscellaneous Tools -> Insert geo-referenced image corresponding to selected AOI Key Features Include: Benefits: With GT_IMAGESEARCH, users can efficiently retrieve and insert spatially relevant imagery, ensuring seamless integration of geo-referenced data into their CAD workflows for GIS, land planning, and mapping projects.

Insert a Geo-Referenced Image: GT_GEO_INS – GeoTools Command

Summary and ARES Commander The GT_GEO_INS command in GeoTools allows users to insert geo-referenced images into CAD drawings, making it an essential tool for GIS mapping, surveying, and geospatial analysis. It supports TIF, BMP, and JPG image formats, provided they are accompanied by their respective world files (TFW, BPW, or JGW), ensuring accurate spatial positioning. GeoTool -> Miscellaneous Tools -> Miscellaneous Tools -> Insert a geo-referenced image Key Features Include: Benefits: With GT_GEO_INS, users can efficiently integrate spatially accurate imagery into their CAD workflows, ensuring precise alignment with geospatial datasets for GIS, infrastructure, and planning projects.