{"id":6538,"date":"2025-02-19T09:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6538"},"modified":"2025-02-19T09:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:38:42","slug":"scale-z-values-gt_scale_z-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/scale-z-values-gt_scale_z-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Scale Z Values: GT_SCALE_Z \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_SCALE_Z<\/strong> command in <strong>GeoTools<\/strong> updates <strong>2D polylines, 3D polylines, and 3D faces<\/strong> by scaling the <strong>Z-values<\/strong> of each vertex using a specified factor 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; Conversion Tools -&gt; Conversion Tools -&gt; Scale Z values<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"104\" src=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-26.png 354w, https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-26-300x88.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scale Z Values: GT_SCALE_Z \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>Applies Z-Scaling to Multiple Object Types:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Works on <strong>2D polylines, 3D polylines, and 3D faces<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports Z scaling for <strong>POINTs, BLOCKs, and SHAPEs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Customizable Z Conversion Factor:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Users can <strong>increase or decrease elevation values<\/strong> by specifying a scale factor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>factor greater than 1<\/strong> increases Z-values, while a <strong>factor less than 1<\/strong> reduces them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Preserves Geometry Integrity:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensures that only the Z-values are modified while <strong>retaining XY coordinates<\/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>terrain modeling, elevation adjustments, and CAD-based 3D transformations<\/strong>, providing precise control over <strong>vertical scaling<\/strong> in drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The GT_SCALE_Z command in GeoTools updates 2D polylines, 3D polylines, and 3D faces by scaling the Z-values of each vertex using a specified factor in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -&gt; Conversion Tools -&gt; Conversion Tools -&gt; Scale Z values Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool is essential for terrain modeling, elevation adjustments, and CAD-based 3D transformations, providing precise control over vertical scaling in drawings.<\/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":[26,120,119],"class_list":["post-6538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_scale_z","tag-scale-z-values"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538","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=6538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7216,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6538\/revisions\/7216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}