GeoTools

GeoTools Commands

Transfer CAD properties to Blocks Attributes: GT_PROP2ATT – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_PROP2ATT command enables seamless transfer of CAD object properties into block attributes, allowing users to store essential object data inside block definitions. This feature enhances data organization, automation, and interoperability in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD, and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Blocks Tools -> Blocks Tools -> Transfer CAD properties to Blocks Attributes Key Features Include: Property Selection & Transfer: Enhanced Attribute Data Integration: Benefits: The GT_PROP2ATT command is a powerful tool for CAD professionals who need to integrate object properties into block attributes for better data management and automation.

Transfer Attributes to CAD Properties: GT_ATT2PROP – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_ATT2PROP command enables seamless transfer of block attributes to standard CAD properties, allowing users to extract, map, and utilize attribute values as fundamental CAD object properties in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Blocks Tools -> Blocks Tools -> Transfer Attributes to CAD properties Key Features Include: Attribute to Property Mapping: Enhanced CAD Property Control: Benefits: The GT_ATT2PROP command is ideal for CAD professionals managing structured block data, offering a powerful way to convert block attributes into functional CAD properties for improved workflow automation and drawing intelligence.

Transfer Text Strings to Block Attributes: GT_TXT2ATT – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_TXT2ATT command allows you to convert standalone text entities into block attributes, enabling structured and standardized data representation within blocks. This is particularly useful for title blocks, annotations, and standard CAD documentation in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD, and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Blocks Tools -> Blocks Tools -> Transfer Text strings to Block attributes Key Features Include: Block Selection & Attribute Assignment: Automated Text Transfer: Benefits: The GT_TXT2ATT command is an essential tool for CAD professionals managing title blocks, legends, or standardized text-based attributes, providing a fast and reliable solution for text-to-attribute

Transfer Attributes between Blocks: GT_ATTXFER – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_ATTXFER command facilitates the transfer of attribute values from one block to another. This tool is particularly useful when working with CAD drawings that use block attributes to store information, ensuring efficient attribute management between blocks in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Blocks Tools -> Blocks Tools -> Transfer Attributes between blocks Key Features Include: Attribute Transfer Options: Automation Settings: Command-Line Shortcut: Benefits: The GT_ATTXFER command is an essential tool for CAD users working with block attributes, enabling precise and automated attribute management with minimal manual effort.

Create Annotations at Intersections: GT_CREATEANNOT – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_CREATEANNOT command allows users to generate automated annotations along a selected polyline or linear feature, based on intersecting objects. The annotations are placed perpendicular to the path and can represent layer-based descriptions, interval distances, or cumulative distances. GeoTool -> Annotation Tools -> Annotation Tools -> Create annotations at Intersections Create Annotations at Intersections: GT_CREATEANNOT – GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Annotation Type: Customization Options: Annotation Settings: Save & Restore Functionality: Benefits: The GT_CREATEANNOT command is an essential tool for surveying, infrastructure planning, and GIS workflows, ensuring efficient and precise annotation of linear features based on intersections.

Label Points: GT_IDXYZ – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_IDXYZ command is used to label selected points with their X, Y, Z coordinates in various formats. This tool is highly useful for surveying, GIS, topographic mapping, and engineering applications where precise coordinate annotation is required. GeoTool -> Annotation Tools -> Annotation Tools -> Label points Label Points: GT_IDXYZ – GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Format Options for Labels: Prefix Settings: Text Formatting & Display Options: Additional Annotation Options: Layer Management: Benefits: The GT_IDXYZ command is a powerful, flexible tool for coordinate labeling, making CAD-based surveying and mapping workflows more efficient and professional.

Label Contour Polylines: GT_CONTLABEL – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_CONTLABEL command allows users to annotate contour polylines with elevation values, custom text, or curve length. This tool is essential for professionals working in topographic mapping, civil engineering, and GIS applications where clear labeling of contour data is required. GeoTool -> Annotation Tools -> Annotation Tools -> Label contour polylines Label Contour Polylines: GT_CONTLABEL – GeoTools Command Key Features Include: What to Label? Text Orientation: Annotation Position: Text Spacing Options: Visibility Options: Elevation Check Before Labeling: Other Annotation Parameters: Benefits: The GT_CONTLABEL command is a powerful, flexible tool for contour labeling, making CAD-based topographic and GIS workflows more efficient and professional.

Label Polyline Vertices: GT_VXLABEL – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_VXLABEL command enables precise labeling of vertices in polylines, lines, 3D faces, and splines. It provides various annotation options for coordinate values, elevations, distances, and numbering, making it an essential tool for CAD users working on topographic, survey, and infrastructure drawings GeoTool -> Annotation Tools -> Annotation Tools -> Label polyline vertices Label Polyline Vertices: GT_VXLABEL – GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Annotation Options: Label Formatting & Customization: Advanced Settings: Benefits: The GT_VXLABEL tool simplifies complex labeling tasks, making it faster, more accurate, and highly configurable for any CAD-based mapping or design workflow.

Create/Update Length Annotation: GT_LENTEXT – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_LENTEXT command allows users to create and update length or area annotations for various geometric entities such as lines, polylines, arcs, splines, and circles. It enables precise and automated annotation of these properties as text, significantly enhancing CAD detailing and quantity take-offs. GeoTool -> Annotation Tools -> Annotation Tools -> Create/update length annotation Create/Update Length Annotation: GT_LENTEXT – GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Property to Annotate: Length/Area Selection Options: Advanced Annotation Controls: Text Formatting & Customization: Benefits: This tool simplifies and speeds up the process of measuring, annotating, and managing length/area properties within CAD drawings, making it an essential feature for professionals handling surveying, drafting, and estimation tasks.

Cut a Polygon into Two using a Slicing Line: GT_PolygonCutter – GeoTools Command

Summary The GT_PolygonCutter command allows users to divide a closed polygon into two separate sections using a slicing line. This is particularly useful for land parcel division, zoning, or GIS-based spatial planning where polygons need to be systematically split. GeoTool -> Build Tools -> Build Tools -> Cut a Polygon into Two using a Slicing Line Key Features Include: Define Cutting Parameters: Automatic Naming of New Polygons: Text Settings for Annotation: Advanced Splitting Options: Benefits: This tool provides a fast and efficient way to divide polygonal regions while maintaining accurate spatial relationships and naming conventions

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