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Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Tapered lines.
Command line :  GT_CREATETAPER  



The GT_CREATETAPER command is used to create new tapered polylines (with specified widths at each end) OR convert existing lines, polylines and arcs into tapered polylines with specified start and end widths. The GT_CREATETAPER command creates the same output as that of a polyline command drawn with differing start and end widths. It allows you to set the start and end widths once and you can create multiple tapered polylines without having to enter the width information each time, as in the case of standard polyline command.

Start Width: Specify the starting width of polyline/arc.

End Width: Specify the ending width of polyline/arc.

Taper creation method

Draw New: Choosing this option allows to draw a new tapered polyline/arc.

Convert Existing: Choosing this option allows to convert the existing polyline/arc to tapered polyline/arc with specified start and end width.

Note: GT_CREATETAPER command can convert only two vertex polyline/arc into tapered polyline/arc.



Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw Slot.
Command line :  GT_SLOT 
The GT_SLOT command is useful for quickly drawing a slot with specified center point, width, length and rotation angle.

Note: The slot is rotated with respect to the centroid. 

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw Helix
Command line :  GT_HELIX 

Draws a helical curve.

Start Angle (degrees): Specify the start angle (in degrees, measured in AutoCAD terms) for the helix pattern to start drawing. The Show > button allows the angle (orientation) to be actually shown on the AutoCAD screen by picking two points.

Outside radius: Specify the outside radius of the helix. The Show > button allows the outside radius distance to be specified by on the AutoCAD screen by picking two points.

Radius pitch: Specify the radius pitch of the helix. The Show > button allows the radius pitch distance to be specified by on the AutoCAD screen by picking two points.

Coil width: Specify the helix coil width. The Show > button allows the coil width distance to be specified by on the AutoCAD screen by picking two points.

Pitch: Specify the pitch of the helix. The Show > button allows the pitch distance to be specified by on the AutoCAD screen by picking two points.

Number of rotations: Specify the number of rotations of the helix.

Resolution: Specify the SURFTAB1 resolution of the helix.

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw a parabolic curve.
Command line :  GT_PARABOLA 
This command draws a parabolic curve. By specified start point, end point and vertex distance. The vertex distance is taken from the mid of specified start and end point.

Note: To increase the smoothness of curve choose option segments and increase the number of segments.

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw an involute curve.
Command line :  GT_INVOLUTE 

The GT_INVOLUTE command draws an involute curve.

Grain Tolerance: The grain tolerance is the angle interval in degrees at which the points of the involute curve is computed.

Start angle: The start angle defines where the involute curve begins. The angle that you specify here in degrees follows the AutoCAD convention for angle measurement.

Angle to trace: The angle to trace defines the angle in degree through which the involute curve should be traced. 

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw a tube
Command line :  GT_TUBE 
The GT_TUBE command creates a solid tube with specified center point, inner radius, outer radius and height. It is a quick tool for drawing a solid tube which manually would take some steps to do.

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw a truncated cone
Command line :  GT_TRUNCCONE
The GT_TRUNCCONE command creates a solid truncated cone with specified bottom center point, bottom circle radius, top circle radius and height. It is a quick tool for drawing a solid truncated cone which manually would take some steps to do.


Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw a perpendicular line.
Command line :  GT_PERP  
The GT_PERP command draws a perpendicular line from one point to another. The first point must be on an existing line to enable the perpendicular direction to be established. 


Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw a rectangle with diagonals.
Command line :  GT_DBOX 
This is a quick command to draw a rectangle with diagonals. Pick the two corners of the rectangle and optionally specify the rotation angle also to align the rectangle at the desired angle.


Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Text counter
Command line : GT_TC 
See under Text Tools

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Quick multiple text insertions.
Command line : GT_MT
See under Text Tools

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Extend lines to a boundary.
Command line : GT_XLINES 
GT_XLINES is used to draw lines from a selected point to a horizontal, vertical or inclined boundary line.. 


Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Enhanced, easy 3D points command.
Command line :  GT_EASY3DPOINT  
GT_EASY3DPOINT allows 3d point objects to be created easily. It mimics the AutoCAD POINT command but allows the elevation value to be entered at each point pick prompt.

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Enhanced, easy 3D polyline drawing tool.
Command line : GT_EASY3DPOLY  
GT_EASY3DPOLY allows 3d polylines to be constructed easily by providing an easy-to-use interface that allows for elevation values of each point to be entered without having to use .xyz osnap filters. Imagine you are digitizing the values of a surveyed path which is in 3d and available only in paper form. This command allows each point to be picked and the Z value entered in an easy manner. Or if you estimating the elevations of each point based on nearby objects, this command can be used very effectively.

Command: gt_easy3dpoly

Draw 3d polyline with elevation prompts.
From point: (pick a point)
Enter vertex elevation <0.00>: 5.6

Close/Undo/Auto:<Endpoint of line>:a
Enable Automatic elevation increment/decrement? [ Yes/No ] <No>:y

Enter increment[+]/decrement[-] value <1.00>:

[-1.00, CurZ=6.60] Close/Undo/Auto:<Endpoint of line>:
[-1.00, CurZ=7.60] Close/Undo/Auto:<Endpoint of line>:
[-1.00, CurZ=8.60] Close/Undo/Auto:<Endpoint of line>:
[-1.00, CurZ=9.60] Close/Undo/Auto:<Endpoint of line>:

GT_EASY3DPOLY can also automatically calculate the elevation for subsequent points based on a constant increment or decrement from the current elevation. The current elevation and the current increment of decrement setting can be viewed in real-time while running this command.

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Enhanced, easy 3DFace drawing tool.
Command line : GT_EASY3DFACE 
GT_Easy3dFace allows a quick and easy way to create 3DFACE objects by allowing elevation values of the 3dFACE vertices to be entered without having to use .xyz osnap filter.


Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Create text aligned to a curve
Command line : GT_EASYTEXT  
See under Text Tools

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw 2D/3D polylines with automatic edge panning.
Command line : GT_AUTOPAN 
The GT_AUTOPAN command allows polylines to be drawn across the screen with the auto panning feature. This is a useful tool in many heads-up digitizing projects where the user needs to create long polylines that may often span across and beyond the limits of the current view.

Pan activation (percentage) of screen edge: Specifies the corridor width for the auto-pan to activate. If the picked point of polyline happens to be in the border width around the current view defined by this amount in percentage, then the auto-pan will activate.

Pan displacement (percentage) of screen edge: Specifies the amount (in percentage width of screen) that the view should scrolls when auto pan activates.

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw tangents to curves.
Command line : GT_TANCURVE 



The GT_TANCURVE command provides a quick way to draw tangents to curves like arcs, polylines, splines etc.

Tangent points: Use this section to specify where the tangents should be drawn.

At Ends: Draws the tangents from both the ends of the curve.
At picked point: Draws the tangent from the picked point on the curve.

Tangent lengths:
Specify on screen: Choosing this brings up a rubber banded line and specify the length of the tangent by mouse pick.
Fixed: Specify the desired length in the "Length" box and the tangent will be drawn to this length exactly. In case of tangents drawn at picked point, this option results in half of the length to be drawn on either side of the picked point.
Intersect: Draws the tangents from both ends of the curve until they intersect. Not yet implemented.

See also: GT_MKARCTAN

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw embankment hatch slope pattern.
Command line : GT_EMBHATCH  
See under Miscellaneous Tools

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Create vegetation cover line pattern
Command line : GT_VEGLINE 
See under Miscellaneous Tools

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw center of line from road right-of-way.
Command line : GT_CENTLINE 
See under Build Tools

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Easy 'Extrude' command
Command line : GT_EXTRUDER 



The GT_EXTRUDER command is useful to create extruded 3d solids in an easy and intuitive manner. This command internally uses the AutoCAD EXTRUDE command but provides a better and easy interface to setup the command.

Cross Section pattern: Use this section to specify which type of pattern to use as a cross section profile for the extrusion. Pre-defined sections like Rectangle, Circle and an n-sided Polygon can be specifed by their parameters. If Custom option is chosen, the user is prompted to select a closed 2d object which will be used as the cross section profile and extruded through the path curve.  

Width of rectangle: Specify the width of the rectangle to be used in the pre-defined rectangle pattern.
Height of rectangle: Specify the height of the rectangle to be used in the pre-defined rectangle pattern.
Radius of circle: Specify the radius of the circle to be used in the pre-defined circular pattern.
Length of polygon side: Specify the length of each side of the polygon used as cross-section profile.
Number of polygon sides: Specify the number of sides of the cross section polygon pattern.

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw centroidal marks inside closed polylines.
Command line : GT_CREATECENTROID 
See under Polyline Tools 3

Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw 3D polylines with automatically incrementing / decrementing elevations. Command line : GT_DRAWPOLYINCRDECR 

The GT_DRAWPOLYINCRDECR command is used to automatically create 3d polylines with incrementing or decrementing vertex elevations between successive picks. You can either draw the 3d polylines manually by specifying their XY locations and have the Z values generated automatically or specify an existing selection of 3d polylines and have their z values automatically populated.

3d polyline creation options: Specify how new 3d polylines are to be created.

Create New: Starts the 3d polyline digitizing command and enables new polylines to be created with incrementing or decrementing elevations.
Update existing: Select existing 3d polylines and update their vertex elevations incrementing or decrementing.

Starting Z value: Specify the starting Z value of the first vertex on the polyline being drawn or in the selection.
Increment/Decrement value: Specify the elevation value to increment or decrement.



Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draws a rectangular box at the current screen extents.
Command line : GT_BOXSCREEN.
The GT_BOXSCREEN command is useful in situations where you want to mark the current view area of the map with a closed polyline representing the screen extents so that the area can be determined by coordinates for any future use or export etc.


Toolbar : Draw Tools  
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draws bounding box around selected object(s)
  Command line :  GT_BOUNDENT  
The GT_BOUNDENT command draws a rectangular bounding box (closed polyline) encompassing the extents of all selected objects.

Toolbar : Draw Tools
      Menu : GeoTools Draw Tools Draw a polyline by joining points in sorted order
Command line : GT_SORTEDPOLY
See Under Polyline Toolset 3

Toolbar : Draw Tools
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 3 Draw arc-ends to arc-center connections in arcs polyarcs
Command line : GT_SHOWPLARCS
See Under Polyline Toolset 3

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