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The Polyline tools are a set of tools for performing various types of editing and inquiry operations on polylines.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2 `
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Specify a new start point for polylines
Command line : GT_NEWSTART 
The GT_NEWSTART command allows to specify a new start point for closed polylines. Use this to change the start point of closed polylines without changing the polyline geometry. The new point specified must fall on the polyline and the nearest vertex is taken as the start point and the polyline is re-constructed.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Explode wide polylines retain width geometry
Command line : GT_XP_WPL 
The GT_XP_WPL command allows Linear polylines with widths to be exploded and to retain the geometry of the original polyline. The exploded objects will be created as lines.

Layer to place  

Source: Explodes the polyline and places the result in the layer in which it was created (source layer)

Current: Explodes the polyline and places the result in the layer which is current

Specify: Explodes the polyline and places the result in the layer selected by the user

Layer-name: Displays the name of the layer selected

Select: Clicking on Select button pops up the select layer dialog box

Delete original objects: Checking this box deletes the original source object after exploding

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Extract part of polyline
Command line : GT_PARTEXTRACT 
The GT_PARTEXTRACT command is useful to extract part of a polyline. You will be asked to pick two points that fall on the polyline and all the segments in between the two picked points will be extracted and a new polyline will be created on the current layer. 

Note: Polylines which have been curve fit using the Fit or Spline option cannot be used by this command. If there are arc segments in the polyline, they will be replaced with their straight line joins.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Copy part of polyline
Command line : GT_PARTCOPY
The GT_PARTCOPY command is useful to copy a part of a polyline. You will be asked to pick two points that fall on the polyline and a polyline will be created between these two points and you will be asked to move this polyline and place it at a new location.

Note: Polylines which have been curve fit using the Fit or Spline option cannot be used by this command. If there are arc segments in the polyline, they will be replaced with their straight line joins.  

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Offset part of polyline
Command line : GT_PARTOFFSET 
The GT_PARTOFFSET command is useful to offset part of a polyline. You will be asked to pick two points that fall on the polyline and all the segments in between the two picked points will be offset using the standard AutoCAD OFFSET command.

Note:
1) Polylines which have been curve fit using the Fit or Spline option cannot be used by this command.
2) If there are arc segments in the polyline, they will be replaced with straight line segments.
3) 3d polylines can be selected for part offset but the resulting offset polyline will be a 2d polyline.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Stretch part of polyline
Command line : GT_PARTSTRETCH 
The GT_PARTSTRETCH command is useful to stretch a portion of a polyline. You will be asked to pick two points that fall on the polyline and all the segments in between the two picked points will be stretched to a new location. Once the new polyline is created a line is drawn connecting the stretched and un-stretched portions of the polyline. 

Note: Polylines which have been curve fit using the Fit or Spline option cannot be used by this command. If there are arc segments in the polyline, they will be replaced with their straight line joins.  

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Mirror part of polyline
Command line : GT_PARTMIRROR 
The GT_PARTMIRROR command is useful to mirror only a portion of a polyline. You will be asked to pick two points that fall on the polyline and all the segments in between the two picked points will be flipped (mirrored) with the two picked points as the axis of mirroring. The polyline is updated with the new geometry and retains its handle, Xdata etc. 

Note: Polylines which have been curve fit using the Fit or Spline option cannot be used by this command. If there are arc segments in the polyline, they will be replaced with their straight line joins.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Rotate part of polyline
Command line : GT_PARTROTATE 
The GT_PARTROTATE command is useful to rotate only a portion of a polyline. You will be asked to pick two points that fall on the polyline and all the segments in between the two picked points will be rotated using the first point as the base point. The polyline is updated with the new geometry and retains its handle, Xdata etc. 

Note: Polylines which have been curve fit using the Fit or Spline option cannot be used by this command. If there are arc segments in the polyline, they will be replaced with their straight line joins.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Reshape part of a polyline
Command line : GT_PARTRESHAPE
The GT_PARTRESHAPE command can be used to re-shape or, in other words, re-digitize part of a polyline. You will be asked to pick two points on a polyline and will be prompted to pick the new locations of the points in between. The source polyline will then be updated and the newly digitized points will be used instead of the old set of points between the two source points.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Determine direction of polyline
Command line : GT_PL_DIR 
The GT_PL_DIR command determines if the selected polyline vertices flow in the clockwise or counter clockwise direction

See Also: GT_PL_STAT

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Provide detailed polyline statistics
Command line : GT_PL_STAT 

Create output file: Check this option if you want the output from this command to be saved to an ASCII text file.

Browse: Click on this button to select an output file to save the polyline statistics listing

Create tabular output: Creates the polyline statistics in a tabulated form

Treat polyline as elevation view: Checking this option causes the polyline to be treated as elevation view. In other words, the X and Y of the two vertices of the polyline are treated as measurements in the Z plane and the difference between the Y values is taken as the actual elevation difference between the points.

Hide dialog box and run GT_PL_STAT with current settings next time: Checking this option causes GT_PL_STAT to run the next time without dialog box. You will be prompted to only select the polyline to compute statistics and the program operates with the current settings as last set. This setting enables users to run the command quickly without having to navigate through the dialog box each time. The setting remains in place for the current CAD session unless it is reset using the 'GT_ShowDlg' command. 

Table Text Height: Specify the required text height for the contents of table.

An example of the statistical information is shown below:

Polyline properties:
----------------------
Polyline is Open.
Polyline is 2D.
Polyline does not contain arc segments.
This is a clockwise polyline.
Polyline is a light weight polyline.

The picked point is at vertex # 3
The coordinates of the picked point is: 3.4398,4.7316,0
The elevation at the picked point is: 0
Slope Length : 8.3293 Projected horizontal length: 8.3293
Maximum X coordinate : 8.7316 Minimum X coordinate : 1.7754
Maximum Y coordinate : 5.4440 Minimum Y coordinate : 3.3751
Maximum Z coordinate : 0 Minimum Z coordinate : 0
Number of vertices : 7

Press any key to continue.

Longest segment in polyline : 2.1497
Shortest segment in polyline : 0.7631
Average segment length in polyline : 1.3882


GT_PL_STAT Tutorial

See Also: GT_PL_DIR

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Explode splined and fitted polylines
Command line : GT_XPSPL 
This command is used to explode splined and fitted polylines. Upon selecting the splined or fitted polylines, they are exploded into their line or arc segment and then joined back to produce a "plain" polyline with line or arc segments. This command is useful to many geographic and surveying users who require a non-splined non-fitted polyline for many design purposes.






Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Express PEDIT
Command line : GT_XV 
Express Pedit allows a faster and quicker way to access some of the Pedit Edit Vertex commands like Move, Insert and Break. Additionally, it also provides extra commands like polyline statistics - slope length, horizontal projected length, X, Y and Z coordinate extents and number of vertices.

Select vertex on polyline:
Next / Previous / Move / Z / Insert / Break / Statistics / Settings / eXit <Next>:

Use Next and Previous to navigate through the vertices of the polyline. The current vertex is always shown with a cross attached to it.

Move allows specifying a new location for the current vertex.

Z allows the elevation of the current point to be set

Insert allows a new vertex to be added between the current vertex and the next vertex.

Break allows the polyline to be broken at the current point. Saves some keystrokes as compared to the Pedit command.

Statistics: Generates detailed polyline statistics

Settings allows specifying whether the Move and Insert sub-commands take the Z value from the new location or inherit it from the current vertex elevation.

An example of the statistical information is shown below:

Slope length:22719.1175 Projected horizontal length:22718.4936
Max. X-coordinate:2025286.6092 Min. X-coordinate:2010210.0148
Max. Y-coordinate:924910.0082 Min. Y-coordinate:913590.4827
Max. Z-coordinate:212.5000 Min. Z-coordinate:45.6000
Number of vertices:15

Press any key to continue.

Tech Info: Make sure that the entire polyline is visible on screen.

GT_XV Tutorial

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Zoom to the extents of a polyline or spline
Command line : GT_ZPOLY
Pick a polyline and zoom to the lower left and upper right extents.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Identify objects with elevation differences 
Command line : GT_VXDROP 

The GT_VXDROP command identifies polylines, lines, splines and 3dfaces whose vertex elevation range (difference of maximum and minimum elevations) exceed a specified value. Enter the desired vertex elevation difference into the dialog box shown above.

See Also: GT_PL_STAT, GT_VXLABEL, GT_FINDZRNG, GT_DWG_STAT

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Add / Remove redundant closing (last) vertex from polylines. 
Command line : GT_FIXCLOSED

The GT_FIXCLOSED command helps to add or remove the last vertex of a closed polyline. In other words, this command adds or removes the redundant duplication of the last vertex in closed polylines.

Add Closing Vertex
Adds a redundant "last" vertex to closed polylines. This duplicates the first and last vertex of a closed polyline. The new vertex is added only if the distance between the first and last vertex is greater than the closing tolerance specified in the dialog box above.

Remove Closing Vertex
Removes the last vertex from the polyline if the distance between the first and last vertex is less than the value specified in the dialog box above.

See Also: GT_DISTANGWEED

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Enhanced fillet command
Command line : GT_FILLETPOLY 

The GT_FILLETPOLY command allows filleting to be done between two polylines. The two segments of the polyline nearest to the ends picked will be filletted according to the specified radius.

The command is now offered as a replacement for the standard fillet command, which has several short-comings. For example, the AutoCAD/Bricscad fillet command does not work correctly under the following situations:
a. Fillet between an ARC and a polyline object
b. Fillet between a LINE and polyline that has arc segments near the fillet end.
c. Fillet between an ARC and polyline that has arc segments near the fillet end.

The GT_FILLETPOLY command processes all of the cases in (a), (b) and (c) above successfully.

Fillet Radius: Specify the radius to be applied for filleting across all the segments of the multiple selected polylines.

Command: filletpoly

Select first polyline: <do so>
Select second polyline: <do so>

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Fillet multiple polylines 
Command line : GT_MFILLET

The GT_MFILLET command allows multiple polylines to be filleted at once with the Fillet Polyline option.

Fillet Radius: Specify the radius to be applied for filleting across all the segments of the multiple selected polylines.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Fix objects with different [non-parallel] UCS. 
Command line : GT_FIXUCS 

The GT_FIXUCS command allows lines and polyline which have been created in a different UCS to be brought back to the WCS at the same position.
 

Layer to place  

Source: Creates the new polyline and places it in the layer in which it was created (source layer)

Current: Creates the new polyline and places it in the current layer

Specify: Creates the new polyline and places it in the layer specified by the user

Layer-name: Displays the name of the layer selected

Select: Clicking on Select button pops up the select layer dialog box

Delete original objects: Checking this box deletes the original source object

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Offset multiple polylines INwards or OUTwards. 
Command line : GT_INOUTOFFSET

The GT_INOUTOFFSET allows multiple closed polylines to be offsetted INwards or OUTwards with one single command.
Command: GT_INOUTOFFSET
Select Objects: (select polylines to offset)
Offset direction: [ Inwards/Outwards ] <Outwards>: (Type Inwards or Outwards)
Horizontal offset distance : <1.0000>: (Enter horizontal distance to offset)

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 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: Specify the screen edge width (in percentage) at which auto-pan should activate if the picked point of the polyline happens to be within it.

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

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Draw linear polylines from arced polylines 
Command line : GT_LINPOLY

The GT_LINPOLY command is used to create a linear polyline from an arced polyline. It creates a polyline by joining each vertex of the arced polyline with a straight line. The arced section is thus replaced with a straight line (arc-chord). The GT_LINPOLY command has an option to run without the dialog box selector.

Toolbar : Polyline Tool Set 2  
      Menu : GeoTools Polyline Tool Set 2 Compute summed areas of polylines in selected layers. 
Command line : GT_LAYERAREA 

The GT_LAYERAREA command displays the total summed area and length of all polylines in selected layer(s).

Select layers: Clicking on this button displays the complete list of layers in the drawing. From this list, you can select the layers for which you want the total summed areas to be displayed and these will be displayed each time the command starts.

Create table of layers areas: Checking this box generates a table of Area, Length and Color of selected layers as shown below.

GT_LAYERAREA Tutorial

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