{"id":6491,"date":"2025-02-19T08:14:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2025-02-19T08:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:14:27","slug":"draw-2d-3d-polylines-with-auto-edge-panning-gt_autopan-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/draw-2d-3d-polylines-with-auto-edge-panning-gt_autopan-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw 2d\/3d Polylines with Auto-Edge Panning: GT_AUTOPAN \u2013 GeoTools Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The GT_AUTOPAN<\/strong> command in GeoTools<\/strong> enables users to draw 2D or 3D polylines<\/strong> with an automatic edge-panning feature, allowing smooth navigation beyond the current screen view in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GeoTool -> Polyline Tools -> Create\/Edit -> Draw 2d\/3d polylines with auto-edge panning<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Key Features Include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Auto-Pan for Continuous Drawing:<\/strong>\n
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    • Automatically scrolls the view when the cursor approaches the screen edge, making it ideal for heads-up digitizing and large-scale polyline creation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Customizable Panning Settings:<\/strong>\n
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      • Pan Activation Threshold<\/strong> \u2013 Defines the screen edge width (percentage) where auto-pan should trigger.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Pan Displacement<\/strong> \u2013 Sets how far (percentage of screen width) the view should shift when panning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Polyline Type Selection:<\/strong>\n
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        • Choose to create 2D polylines<\/strong> or 3D polylines<\/strong> based on project requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Coordinate Entry Modes:<\/strong>\n
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          • Geographic (Lat-Long)<\/strong> \u2013 Uses latitude, longitude, and height-based input.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Non-Geographic<\/strong> \u2013 Standard coordinate system for general CAD drawings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • On\/Off Toggle for AutoPan:<\/strong>\n
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            • Enable or disable the auto-pan feature as per user preference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

              This tool is especially useful for cartographers, GIS professionals, and CAD users<\/strong> working on large maps, site plans, and complex polylines<\/strong> that extend beyond the current display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Summary The GT_AUTOPAN command in GeoTools enables users to draw 2D or 3D polylines with an automatic edge-panning feature, allowing smooth navigation beyond the current screen view in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -> Polyline Tools -> Create\/Edit -> Draw 2d\/3d polylines with auto-edge panning Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool is especially useful for cartographers, GIS professionals, and CAD users working on large maps, site plans, and complex polylines that extend beyond the current display.<\/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":[79,26,80],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-draw-2d-3d-polylines-with-auto-edge-panning","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_autopan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491","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=6491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7180,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6491\/revisions\/7180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}