{"id":6485,"date":"2025-02-19T08:08:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2025-02-19T08:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:08:51","slug":"weed-remove-collinear-vertices-from-polyline-gt_rem_linverts-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/weed-remove-collinear-vertices-from-polyline-gt_rem_linverts-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Weed (Remove) Collinear Vertices from Polyline: GT_REM_LINVERTS \u2013 GeoTools Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Summary<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>GT_REM_LINVERTS<\/strong> command in <strong>GeoTools<\/strong> efficiently removes <strong>collinear (redundant) vertices<\/strong> from polylines, simplifying geometry while maintaining accuracy in <strong>BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD, and ARES Commander<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>GeoTool -&gt; Polyline Tools -&gt; Vertex Management -&gt; Weed (remove) collinear vertices from polyline<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Weed (Remove) collinear vertices from polyline: CADPower &amp; GeoTools\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TNsV8sWs-hA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weed (Remove) Collinear Vertices from Polyline: GT_REM_LINVERTS \u2013 GeoTools Command<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12.png 320w, https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-12-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Weed (Remove) Collinear Vertices from Polyline: GT_REM_LINVERTS \u2013 GeoTools Command<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Automatic Collinear Vertex Removal:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Detects and removes vertices that <strong>lie on a straight line<\/strong>, reducing unnecessary complexity in polylines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marker for Removed Vertices:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Option to <strong>place POINT objects<\/strong> at removed vertex locations for verification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improves CAD Performance &amp; File Size Efficiency:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Optimizes polylines by reducing excess vertices without affecting the overall shape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ideal for GIS, Civil Engineering &amp; Topographical Mapping:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helps in cleaning up polyline data for <strong>road alignments, contour maps, and boundary simplifications<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool is essential for <strong>surveyors, engineers, and CAD professionals<\/strong> looking to streamline their polylines for efficient drawing management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The GT_REM_LINVERTS command in GeoTools efficiently removes collinear (redundant) vertices from polylines, simplifying geometry while maintaining accuracy in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD, and ARES Commander. GeoTool -&gt; Polyline Tools -&gt; Vertex Management -&gt; Weed (remove) collinear vertices from polyline Weed (Remove) Collinear Vertices from Polyline: GT_REM_LINVERTS \u2013 GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool is essential for surveyors, engineers, and CAD professionals looking to streamline their polylines for efficient drawing management.<\/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":[26,76,75],"class_list":["post-6485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_rem_linverts","tag-weed-remove-collinear-vertices-from-polyline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485","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=6485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7176,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions\/7176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}