{"id":6857,"date":"2025-02-21T07:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6857"},"modified":"2025-02-21T07:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:17:23","slug":"create-dem-grid-gt_demgrid-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/create-dem-grid-gt_demgrid-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Create DEM Grid: GT_DemGrid \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_DEMGRID<\/strong> command is used to generate a <strong>DEM (Digital Elevation Model) grid<\/strong> over a selected surface in CAD. This tool can create a grid representation for terrain analysis and modeling, and it supports the use of <strong>BricsCAD TIN surfaces<\/strong> or manually input <strong>3D face grids<\/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; Geological\/Mining Too<\/strong>l<strong>s -&gt; General -&gt; Create DEM Grid<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-87.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-87.png 461w, https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-87-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Create DEM Grid: GT_DemGrid \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>Use BricsCAD TIN Surface<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Option to generate the DEM grid directly from a <strong>BricsCAD TIN surface object<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grid Size Control<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Initial Zoom Size<\/strong> defines the area of focus when creating the grid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>X and Y Size<\/strong> set the interval or spacing of grid points in the respective directions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DEM Points and Grid Layer Assignment<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose a <strong>DEM points layer<\/strong> (e.g., DEM_POINTS) to store the point data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally, create a <strong>rectangular DEM grid<\/strong> using <strong>3dfaces<\/strong> for more detailed representation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Customization<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Control the layer for <strong>3D face grids<\/strong> by selecting the appropriate grid layer (e.g., DEM_3DFACE).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This command is vital for tasks involving <strong>terrain modeling<\/strong>, <strong>earthworks<\/strong>, and other applications requiring detailed elevation grids within CAD platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The GT_DEMGRID command is used to generate a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) grid over a selected surface in CAD. This tool can create a grid representation for terrain analysis and modeling, and it supports the use of BricsCAD TIN surfaces or manually input 3D face grids. GeoTool -&gt; Geological\/Mining Tools -&gt; General -&gt; Create DEM Grid Key Features Include: Benefits: This command is vital for tasks involving terrain modeling, earthworks, and other applications requiring detailed elevation grids within CAD platforms.<\/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":[385,26,386],"class_list":["post-6857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-create-dem-grid","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_demgrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857","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=6857"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7401,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6857\/revisions\/7401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}