{"id":6481,"date":"2025-02-19T08:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2025-02-19T08:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:06:20","slug":"weed-remove-vertices-based-on-distance-and-angle-gt_distangweed-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/weed-remove-vertices-based-on-distance-and-angle-gt_distangweed-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Weed (Remove) Vertices Based on Distance and Angle: GT_DistAngWeed \u2013 GeoTools Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Summary<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
The GT_DISTANGWEED<\/strong> command in GeoTools<\/strong> helps simplify polylines by removing redundant vertices<\/strong> based on distance, deflection angle, or a combination of both. This ensures optimized polyline geometry in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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GeoTool -> Polyline Tools -> Vertex Management -> Weed (remove) vertices based on distance and angle<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nWeed (Remove) Vertices Based on Distance and Angle: GT_DistAngWeed \u2013 GeoTools Command<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Vertex Weeding Criteria:<\/strong>\n
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By Distance<\/strong> \u2013 Removes vertices that are closer than a specified distance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
By Deflection Angle<\/strong> \u2013 Removes vertices where the deflection angle is within a specified threshold<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
By Deflection Distance<\/strong> \u2013 Eliminates unnecessary vertices based on deviation from a straight path.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Combination Methods<\/strong> \u2013 Weeding based on both distance & deflection angle<\/strong> or distance & deflection distance<\/strong> for better optimization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Create Marker for Weeded Locations:<\/strong>\n
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Option to place a POINT object<\/strong> at each removed vertex for verification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Distance Measurement Options:<\/strong>\n
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Slope Distance<\/strong> \u2013 Measures actual 3D distances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Horizontal Distance<\/strong> \u2013 Measures the projected horizontal distances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Processing Limitations:<\/strong>\n
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Arc Segments Handling<\/strong> \u2013 Works on straight-line distances of polyline segments, not true arc distances. Use GT_PLARC2PL<\/strong> to convert arc polylines into segmented polylines for better results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
This tool is highly useful for surveying, GIS applications, civil engineering, and road alignment design<\/strong>, where unnecessary vertices can be removed while maintaining polyline accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Summary The GT_DISTANGWEED command in GeoTools helps simplify polylines by removing redundant vertices based on distance, deflection angle, or a combination of both. This ensures optimized polyline geometry in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Polyline Tools -> Vertex Management -> Weed (remove) vertices based on distance and angle Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool is highly useful for surveying, GIS applications, civil engineering, and road alignment design, where unnecessary vertices can be removed while maintaining polyline accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26,74,73],"class_list":["post-6481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_distangweed","tag-weed-remove-vertices-based-on-distance-and-angle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7174,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions\/7174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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