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      Menu : GeoTools Bauwesen Tools Unregelmäßiges Dreiecksnetz erzeugen (Delauney triangulation)
Command line: GT_TRIANGULATE
The GT_TRIANGULATE command connects a set of points to form irregular triangles based on the TIN model.


 

 

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Command line: GT_CHAINAGE



The GT_CHAINAGE command is used to annotate chainage distances along a traverse. The traverse must be drawn as a 3dpolyline or 2d polyline.

Command: GT_CHAINAGE
Select polyline to annotate with chainages: (do so)

Annotation Interval:
This is the interval distance along the polyline where the annotation marks will be placed. Annotation marks are the points where the chainage is annotated or displayed.

Default Value: 100.00

Tick Mark Interval:
This is the interval distance along the polyline where tick marks are placed. Tick marks are usually placed at a distance closer than the annotation interval.

Default Value: 25.00

Tick Mark Length:
This is the length of the tick mark drawing. It is specified in AutoCAD units.

Default Value: 3.00

Annotation Text Height
This is the height of the text used for chainage annotation. It is specified in AutoCAD units.

Default Value: 5.00

Gap Length:
This is the gap distance between the end of the annotation mark and the annotation text.

Default Value: 2.50

Starting Chainage:
Specify the starting chainage value. Usually, this value should be 0.0 for new traverses. A non-zero value will be used where the traverse is a continuation of some other traverse and it is necessary to continue the chainage annotation.

Default Value: 0.00

Starting Chainage Count:
In cases where the annotation type is by Route Name (see below), the Starting Chainage Count defines the count of the start point.

 Usually, this value should be 1 for new traverses. Another value will be used where the traverse is a continuation of some other traverse and it is necessary to continue the chainage annotation.

Default Value: 1

Route Name
Specify the Route Name to be used for this annotation. If the annotation type is by Route Name (see below), the  Route Name is used along with the Chainage Count as part of the annotation string.

Default Value: ROUTE-

Chainage Format:
This drop down box allows to select either 0+00, 0+000 or 0+000.
If 0+00 is selected, the annotation of 100 feet (or drawing units) is written as 1+00 and 1000 feet is written as 10+00..
If 0+000 is selected, the annotation of 1000 feet is written as 1+000 and 100 feet will be 0+100.
If 0+0000 is selected, the annotation of 10000 feet is written as 1+0000 and 1000 feet will be 0+1000 and so on.

Choose the format that most suits your annotation style.

Default Value: 0+00

Chainage precision:
Enter the precision of the chainage value here.

Chainage prefix:
Enter the string to be prefixed in front of the chainage string.

Use Route Name as layer prefix:
If this option is enabled, the annotation is created on a layer whose prefix will be the Route Name specified (see above).

Default Value: Disabled

Use Incrementing counts on route name:
If this option is enabled, an incrementing counter of the type 1,2,3... is appended to the route name text.

Default Value: Enabled

Chainage Layer:
Specify the layer where the chainage annotation is to be created. The layer can also be selected from the available layers in the drawing by choosing the Select button next to it.

Measure Distances in:

Slope:
The chainage distances will be actual distances measured in slope.
Horizontal:
The chainage distances will be horizontally projected distances. This option is often required by surveyors for hydrographic or pipeline surveys, to name a few.

What to annotate:

Source:
If this option is chosen, annotation marks will be created at every vertex of the polyline. Choosing this option ignores the annotation interval and tick mark interval (see above). No tick marks are created.

Interpolate: If this option is chosen, annotation and tick marks are created as specified above and these are by interpolation along the polyline traverse.

Source + Interpolate: Combines both Source and Interpolate above and annotates both the types.

Picked points: This option provides a means to create chainage at only the picked points along the polyline. A chainage annotation is created only at the picked location using the current annotation parameters as specified in this dialog box. Note that measurements at manually picked locations along the polyline are always slope measurements and not horizontally projected ones.

Annotate Using:
Chainages:
This is the default method and uses annotation of chainage distances using the format 0+00.
Route name: Choosing this option causes annotation marks to be placed using route name and chainage count rather than chainage distances.

Annotation Direction:
Left:
This causes annotation to be placed on the left side of the polyline.
Right:
This causes annotation to be placed on the right side of the polyline.

Place custom blocks instead of tick marks:
If this option is enabled, a custom block defined in the current drawing will be used and placed rotated at each point instead of a tick mark.

BlockName: Clicking on this button allows selection of a block from the current drawing to be used as a custom block to place at each annotation point.

Chainage Description Options:
Read Chainage Descriptions:
Checking this option causes the specified chainage description file to be read during chainage computation.
Create descriptions as MText:
Checking this option causes the descriptions to be created as MText and not Text objects..
Descriptions File: Select the desired chainage descriptions file. This file must be a comma delimited ASCII text file in the following format:

0.0,BEGIN RECONSTRUCTION
26.7,INTERSECTION
138.5,EXIST LANDING
187.0,FILL EXISTING SWALE
246.75,T/S 14"PINE LT
278.5,EXIST WB,INSTALL DIP
299.0,BEGIN AB@4"DEPTH,12'WIDTH
348.0,EXIST PUNCHEON
398.0,END AB PLACEMENT
465.5,T/S 2-SNAGS LT
530.0,T/S 12"PINE LT
553.0,EXIST WB,INSTALL DIP
612.0,T/S 12"PINE LT
854.0,T/S 16"SNAG LT
895.5,T/S 12"SNAG RT
923.0,EXIST WB,INSTALL DIP
978.5,T/S 14"PINE RT
1033.0,T/S 14"SNAG LT

The first field is the chainage value followed by the descriptions for that chainage, all in the same line. Multiple chainage values are separated by commas.

Save:
Pops up a file dialog box and allows the program parameter INI file to be save to the disk. All the current values in the dialog box will be saved into the ASCII file.

Restore:
Pops up a file dialog box and allows the program parameter INI file to be restored. Once restored, all the dialog box values will be replaced with the values read from the INI file.

Quick stats:
Produces quick statistics about the polyline being annotated. This is a quick tool to learn quickly some vital statistics about the polyline like the maximum and minimum values of X, Y and Z coordinates, the slope length, horizontal projected length etc.

GT_CHAINAGE Tutorial

 

 

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Bauwesen Tools Querprofil einer 3D-Polylinie zeichnen
Command line:  GT_PROFILE 




The GT_PROFILE command allows cross-sectional profile to be generated from 3d polylines.

Command: GT_PROFILE
Select 3d polyline to profile: (do so)

Vertical Exaggeration Factor: This is the ratio of the vertical to horizontal scale of the profile. This ratio denotes the exaggeration of the profile.

Default Value: 5.00

Profile Interval: Denotes the interval distance at which the 3d polyline is profiled.

Default Value:
20.00

Annotation Interval:  Denotes the interval distance at which the profile is annotated. The annotation interval should be larger than the profile interval.

Default Value: 100.00

Reference Height: This is the elevation at the base of the profile. Specifying a non-zero value will prevent the profile vertical lines from being too long.

Default Value: 0.00

Annotation Text Height: Specifies the height of the annotation text height in AutoCAD units.

Route Name:
Specifies the route name to be annotated

Starting Chainage:
Specify the starting chainage value. Usually, this value should be 0.0 for new traverses. A non-zero value will be used where the traverse is a continuation of some other traverse and it is necessary to continue the chainage annotation.

Default Value: 0.00

Starting Chainage Count:
In cases where the annotation type is by Route Name (see above), the Starting Chainage Count defines the count of the start point.

 Usually, this value should be 1 for new traverses. Another value will be used where the traverse is a continuation of some other traverse and it is necessary to continue the chainage annotation.

Default Value: 1

Profile Grid X Size:
Specify the size of the X (horizontal) width of the grid. This option is enabled only if the Draw profile grid lines option is checked.

Default Value: 100.00

Profile Grid Y Size:
Specify the size of the Y (vertical) width of the grid. This option is enabled only if the Draw profile grid lines option is checked.

Default Value: 10.00

Profile Layers: Defines the layers where the profile components will be created.

Profile Top: Specify the layer name for the profile top line. Select from existing drawing layers by clicking on the button next to it.
Profile Grid: Specify the layer name for the profile grid lines. Select from existing drawing layers by clicking on the button next to it.
Profile Vertical: Specify the layer name for the profile vertical line. Select from existing drawing layers by clicking on the button next to it.
Profile Base: Specify the layer name for the profile base line. Select from existing drawing layers by clicking on the button next to it.
Profile Annotation: Specify the layer name for the profile annotatioon line. Select from existing drawing layers by clicking on the button next to it.

Measure Distances in:
Slope:
The chainage distances will be actual distances measured in slope.
Horizontal:
The chainage distances will be horizontally projected distances. This option is often required by surveyors for hydrographic or pipeline surveys, to name a few.

What to Profile:
Source:
If this option is chosen, profile annotation will be created at every vertex of the polyline. Choosing this option ignores the annotation interval and profile interval (see above).
Interpolate: If this option is chosen, annotation and tick marks are created as specified above and these are by interpolation along the polyline traverse.
Both: Combines both Source and Interpolate above and annotates both the types.

Use Route Name as Layer Prefix:
If this option is enabled, the profile is created on a layer whose prefix will be the Route Name specified (see above).

Draw vertical profile lines: If this option is enabled, the vertical lines from the profile top to the base are draw at each interpolated or source point.

Draw profile grid lines: If this option is enabled, the rectangular grid of horizontal and vertical lines encompassing the entire profile is drawn at the specified X and Y interval size.

Profile from Right to Left: Checking this option causes the profile to be drawn from right to left. The default direction is left to right.

Adjust Annotation Spacing: Check this option if the annotations are too close and cluttered. They will be spaced out such that the annotation text will not overlap. But, checking this option will cause the chainage annotation to be displaced to the side and guided with an inclined  guide line.

Highlight Crossing Objects: Checking this option will cause special annotations to be placed at positions along the 3d polyline where crossing objects are found. The crossing objects supported are AutoCAD blocks and shapes. i.e if there is a block or shape object anywhere along the line, that position within the profile will also be annotated.

Create Named Sections annotations: Checking this option causes annotations to be created at section intervals.

Create Segment distance annotations: Checking this option displays distance between the segments. 
Note: the last segment distance is displayed with respect to the last point of the profile.

Create X coordinates annotations: Checking this option displays the X coordinates of each section.

Create Y coordinates annotations: Checking this option displays the Y coordinates of each section.


Distance from Profile Bottom:
Height Text:
Specify the distance to the height (elevation) annotation text in AutoCAD units
Chainage Text: Specify the distance to the chainage annotation text in AutoCAD units
Chainage Names Text: Specify the distance to the chainage names text in AutoCAD units
Segment Distances Text: Specify the distance at which the Segment Distance text should be displayed with respect to the profile line in AutoCAD units
X Coordinates Text: Specify the distance at which the X coordinates of each section should be displayed with respect to the profile line in AutoCAD units
Y Coordinates Text: Specify the distance at which the X coordinates of each section should be displayed with respect to the profile line in AutoCAD units

Save:
Pops up a file dialog box and allows the program parameter INI file to be save to the disk. All the current values in the dialog box will be saved into the ASCII file.

Restore:
Pops up a file dialog box and allows the program parameter INI file to be restored. Once restored, all the dialog box values will be replaced with the values read from the INI file.

Quick stats:
Produces quick statistics about the polyline being profiled. This is a quick tool to learn quickly some vital statistics about the polyline like the maximum and minimum values of X, Y and Z coordinates, the slope length, horizontal projected length etc.

 

 

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      Menu : GeoTools Bauwesen Tools Adjust cross-section elevations
Command line: GT_ADJUSTLEVELS

The GT_ADJUSTLEVELS command is a “fixer” command to re-compute cross-sectional profile elevations. Often, surveyors may need to re-compute or modify the profile elevations from a new set of elevation data or new profile obtained from other sources. Rather than having to re-create the profile from a new 3d polyline, this command helps by regenerating the levels (elevations) by picking the modified (or new super-imposed) cross-sectional profile line. In other words, while the GT_PROFILE command creates a cross-sectional profile (and elevation / chainage annotations) from a 3d polyline, the GT_ADJUSTLEVELS command would take an ‘already-created’ profile as input and re-create the elevations and chainages.

A few basic parameters that this command would require are datum (reference) height, datum point location, horizontal / vertical exaggeration factors and annotation interval, all of which are asked on the command-line.

 

 

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Command line:  GT_DRAWGRADE 



Grade representation format:

As percentage:
Choosing this option causes the grade annotation to be created as a percentage. for example, uphill grades are created as "2% Up" and downhill grades are created as "2% Down".

As decimal:
Choosing this option causes the grade annotation to be created as a decimal. For example, uphill grade will be created as "1:50 Up" and downhill grade will be created as "1:50 Down".

As Degrees:
Choosing this option causes the grade annotation to be created as a degrees. For example, uphill grade will be created as "20.0' Up" and downhill grade will be created as "45.0' Down".

Layers:

Lines:
Choose the layer where the graded line must be placed.
Text:
Choose the layer where the grade text must be placed.

Other parameters:

Precision for grade value:
Specify the precision of the grade value
Grade Offset from line:
Specify the grade text offset from the graded line in AutoCAD units.

Graded Line Object Type:
Line:
Choosing this option causes the graded object to be digitized as an AutoCAD LINE object.
Polyline:
Choosing this option causes the graded object to be digitized as an AutoCAD 3d polyline object.
Arrow [Leaders] : Choosing this option causes the graded object to be digitized with the arrow symbol using AutoCAD Leader objects. Make sure that you have set the value to DIMSCALE appropriately to scale else you will not be able to see the arrow symbol correctly.

 

 

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Command line:  GT_TRAVADJ
The GT_TRAVADJ command implements the Bowditch's method of traverse adjustment for both open and closed traverse polylines. The Bowditch's method is based on distributing the linear mis-closure (closing error) across each vertex proportionally as a ratio between the distance from the start to the total traverse distance.

 



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Command line: GT_SHEETINS
The GT_SHEETINS command allows to insert sheets on a surveyed map by specifying the required size of sheet in X (horizontal) and Y (Vertical) direction with specified rotation angle. The GT_SHEETINS command also allows to enter reference text for the sheet such as (100- 200 Km.).

 

 


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Command line: GT_ANNOGRID

The GT_ANNOGRID command can be used to create a map grid within a given map sheet area. The map sheet can be specified either by picking an existing SHINDEX block (created by the GT_SHEETINS command) or by picking points on the screen to 'show' the extents of the map sheet. The grid annotation parameters include variable spacings in the X and Y directions for the text annotation (along the map edges) as well as for the grid tick marks. The text height and block scale factors can be user-controlled. The grid annotation text as well as the tick marks are defined in pre-defined blocks which can be customized to achieve a custom grid as per user specifications.

Scale: The scale value is used as a key to specify in which map scale the mapping is done, so that the grid annotation settings can be saved for future reference with specified map-scale value. (Note: This scale has no effect on any of the other values specified in the grid annotation settings).

Text Height: Specifies the annotation text height in AutoCAD units.

Block Scale Factor : Specify the scale factor for the block annotated as a grid in the map.

Note: By default the GT_ANNOGRID command places the block GRID_CROSS as a grid tick mark, which is a plus sign (+). But if you want to represent the tick with some thing different then the (+) plus sign. Then all you have to do is to open the file by name Grid_Cross which is located in Block folder inside GeoTools  i.e. (GeoTools\Block\Grid_Cross.dwg). And make the required changes but make sure that you are not changing the insertion point. In similar manner you can make changes to other .dwg files in the Block folder used for representing the tick marks on Left, Right, Top and Bottom but do not change the insertion point

Text Annotation distances:

Along X [Eastings] : Specify the required Text Annotation distance in X (Eastings) direction.

Along Y [Northings] : Specify the required Text Annotation distance in Y (Northings) direction.

Grid Annotation distances:

Along X [Eastings] : Specify the required Grid Annotation distance in X (Eastings) direction.

Along Y [Northings] : Specify the required Grid Annotation distance in Y (Northings) direction.

OK : Clicking on OK button unloads the Grid Annotation Settings dialog box and prompts to select sheet index block or polyline to draw the grid. as shown below.

 

 

(Note: If you select a sheet index block or polyline then the grid is created on the selected object. But if you press ENTER you are prompted to pick the  Origin point, Upper left corner and Lower right corner. And the grid will be created as per that)

Cancel : Clicking on Cancel button terminates the command.

Add/Update : Clicking on Add/Update button adds the parameters specified in the Grid Annotation Settings boxes to Current Grid Annotation Settings box.

Remove : Clicking on Remove button removes the selected parameter from Current Grid Annotation Settings box.

Make Current : Clicking on Make Current button populates the boxes with the selected parameter under Current Grid Annotation Settings.

Save : Clicking on Save button allows to save all the parameters under Current Grid Annotation Settings. As an .ini file.

Restore : Clicking on Restore button allows to restore the parameters saved as .ini file.

Coordinates label:

(E)asting / (N)orthing : Choosing this option marks the axis label as Easting / Northing.

(X) / (Y) : Choosing this option marks the axis label as X / Y.

(M)eridian / (P)erpendicular : Choosing this option marks the axis label as Meridian / Perpendicular.

 

 

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