{"id":6818,"date":"2025-02-20T10:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T10:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6818"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T10:09:00","slug":"autotrim-outside-map-sheet-gt_mapsheettrimmer-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/autotrim-outside-map-sheet-gt_mapsheettrimmer-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"(Auto)Trim Outside Map Sheet: GT_MAPSHEETTRIMMER \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_MAPSHEETTRIMMER<\/strong> command in <strong>GeoTools<\/strong> is designed to <strong>automatically trim all objects that extend beyond a closed polygon boundary<\/strong>, such as a <strong>map sheet or project area<\/strong>. This tool is particularly useful for <strong>surveying, GIS mapping, and infrastructure planning<\/strong>, where CAD drawings need to be <strong>cleaned up and confined to a specific area<\/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; Civil Tools -&gt; Map Sheets -&gt; (Auto)Trim outside map sheet<\/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=\"GeoTools Tutorials: Map Sheet Trimmer in GeoTools | EXTRIM Command | DesignSense Software&#039;s\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3fMNtx3YWro?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>(Auto)Trim Outside Map Sheet: GT_MAPSHEETTRIMMER \u2013 GeoTools Command<\/strong><\/p>\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>Trims <strong>2D lines, polylines, circles, and arcs<\/strong> outside a <strong>defined boundary<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works seamlessly in <strong>BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Functions similar to the <strong>EXTRIM<\/strong> command in AutoCAD but optimized for <strong>map sheet workflows<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ideal for <strong>corridor mapping, road design, and GIS-based documentation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Works with <strong>GT_MAPSHEETMAKER<\/strong> to generate trimmed map sheets efficiently.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does <strong>not trim hatch patterns, blocks, or text<\/strong>, which must be manually adjusted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>GT_MAPSHEETTRIMMER<\/strong>, users can <strong>automate the trimming process<\/strong>, ensuring <strong>clean and well-structured map sheets<\/strong>, significantly reducing manual editing efforts in <strong>large-scale CAD and GIS projects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The GT_MAPSHEETTRIMMER command in GeoTools is designed to automatically trim all objects that extend beyond a closed polygon boundary, such as a map sheet or project area. This tool is particularly useful for surveying, GIS mapping, and infrastructure planning, where CAD drawings need to be cleaned up and confined to a specific area. GeoTool -&gt; Civil Tools -&gt; Map Sheets -&gt; (Auto)Trim outside map sheet (Auto)Trim Outside Map Sheet: GT_MAPSHEETTRIMMER \u2013 GeoTools Command Key Features Include: Benefits: With GT_MAPSHEETTRIMMER, users can automate the trimming process, ensuring clean and well-structured map sheets, significantly reducing manual editing efforts in large-scale CAD and GIS projects.<\/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":[350,26,351],"class_list":["post-6818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-autotrim-outside-map-sheet","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_mapsheettrimmer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6818","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=6818"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7380,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6818\/revisions\/7380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}