{"id":6870,"date":"2025-02-22T05:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T05:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2025-02-22T05:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T05:20:17","slug":"draw-graded-polylines-gt_drawgrade-geotools-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/draw-graded-polylines-gt_drawgrade-geotools-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw Graded Polylines: GT_DRAWGRADE \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_DRAWGRADE<\/strong> command in <strong>GeoTools<\/strong> enables the creation of <strong>graded 3D polylines or lines<\/strong> with precise slope control, essential for <strong>civil engineering, site grading, and infrastructure design<\/strong> 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; Geological\/Mining Too<\/strong>l<strong>s -&gt; General -&gt; Draw Graded polylines      <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-90.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-90.png 492w, https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-90-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Draw Graded Polylines: GT_DRAWGRADE \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>Flexible Grade Representation:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Percentage (+2%)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decimal (1:n)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Multiple Output Object Types:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>3D Polylines<\/strong> for direct grading representation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lines<\/strong> for simpler slope depiction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leaders with Arrows<\/strong> for annotation-based slope visualization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Layer Control:<\/strong> Assign specific layers for graded <strong>lines<\/strong> and <strong>text annotations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Precision Settings:<\/strong> Define <strong>grade value precision<\/strong> and <strong>text height<\/strong> for clear annotation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Customizable Annotation Placement:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose between <strong>Text or MText<\/strong> annotation styles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjust <strong>grade text distance from the line<\/strong> for optimal readability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool is perfect for <strong>roadway design, landscape modeling, and slope analysis<\/strong>, allowing users to create visually clear and dimensionally accurate grading representations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary The GT_DRAWGRADE command in GeoTools enables the creation of graded 3D polylines or lines with precise slope control, essential for civil engineering, site grading, and infrastructure design in BricsCAD, AutoCAD, ZWCAD and ARES Commander. GeoTool -&gt; Geological\/Mining Tools -&gt; General -&gt; Draw Graded polylines Key Features Include: Benefits: This tool is perfect for roadway design, landscape modeling, and slope analysis, allowing users to create visually clear and dimensionally accurate grading representations.<\/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":[395,26,396],"class_list":["post-6870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geotools-commands","tag-draw-graded-polylines","tag-geotools-command","tag-gt_drawgrade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870","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=6870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7410,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions\/7410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedesignsense.com\/geotools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}