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What' new in
GeoTools V11
( Includes all changes since the
last update of GeoTools V10 [i.e. 10.15] )
GeoTools V11 is the first
version of GeoTools to be compatible with AutoCAD 2011.
New commands added in GeoTools
V11
GT_BC_OD2XD
command: GeoTools -> AutoCAD Map Tools
-> Bricscad/plain AutoCAD compatibility tools -> Convert Object
Table Data to Xdata)
GT_BC_ODEDIT
command: GeoTools -> AutoCAD
Map Tools -> Bricscad/plain AutoCAD compatibility tools -> Edit
object data from AutoCAD Map
GT_BC_XD2OD
command: GeoTools -> AutoCAD
Map Tools -> Bricscad / Plain
AutoCAD compatibility tools -> Transfer Xdata to Object Data (for use after Bricscad / Plain AutoCAD
editing only
GT_DWGBROWSER
command: GeoTools -> Miscellaneous Tools -> DWG Browser, with
thumbnail preview
GT_HNDLABEL command:
GeoTools -> Annotation -> Display object handles as text labels
GT_EXPLODE2LAYER command :
GeoTools -> Blocks -> Explode blocks to a specified layer
GT_CREATEANNOT command
: GeoTools -> Annotation -> Create annotations at intersections
GT_MEASUREMANY command :
GeoTools -> Build -> Measure mulitple objects
GT_PLANARPOLY command : GeoTools
-> Drawing Cleanup -> Make polylines/3dfaces planar
Commands
Enhanced or changed
1. GT_PARTSTRETCH (GeoTools  Polyline
ToolSet 1 Stretch part
of a polyline): A bug has been fixed in
this command which caused malfunction of the command
when the first segment of the polyline was picked for stretching.
2. GT_PARTROTATE (GeoTools Polyline
ToolSet 1 Rotate part of
a polyline): When the base point for
rotation is asked, the OSNAP mode is now set automatically
to ENDpoint. (enhancement)
3. GT_PARTOFFSET/GT_PARTCOPY/GT_PARTRESHAPE/GT_PARTROTATE/
GT_PARTSTRETCH (GeoTools Polyline
ToolSet 1): All
these commands now set and restore
their OSNAP setting.
4. GT_XFER_OD_XD : (GeoTools
AutoCAD Map Tools Transfer
object data / xdata between two
objects) : This command caused a crash in plain AutoCAD. This
has been fixed.
5. GT_ALIGNTEXT (GeoTools Text Tools Align Text Objects) and GT_ALINGTEXT2LINE (Text Tools
-> Align Text Objects to a line): These two commands now call
and run correctly from the pull-down menu as well as the toolbars.
Until now, they were calling a wrong command name and displaying
a message to the effect that the command name has changed but
with no offer to run that command.
6. GT_OD2XD (GeoTools AutoCAD Map Tools Convert object data
to Xdata) : This command would not work
correctly if there was only one object table in the
drawing if the user clicked Ok without selecting it with a mouse click.
The implicit, autmoatic selection of a single object data table was
not working. This has been fixed now.
7. General change: All commands that require a block to be
inserted would work correctly only if
the block was defined with the default setting
of "Non-Uniform scaling". If this default was changed and a
block created with "Uniform XY
Scaling", the block insertion would not work
correctly in certain AutoCAD versions. This has now been fixed. A
number of other small bugs have been fixed and improvements made.
8. General change: The AutoCAD menu bar with the GeoTools menu is now made visible automatically upon loading
GeoTools.
Tip: In the event you do not see the
AutoCAD (and GeoTools) menubar, type MENUBAR on the command line and set the
value to 1.
9. GT_IMPEX (GeoTools
Export Import/Export points and lines) now provides an additional option under the 'Export Options' dialog box called 'Append object handle to the exported record'. If this option is checked, the last field in the exported record will be the object handle. When used in conjunction with the GT_HNDLABEL command, the handle export can be used as a means to correlate visually between the records in the ASCII file against the objects in the drawing.
10. The GT_MREDEFINE (GeoTools
Block Tools Multiple Redefine Blocks-Lyr/Clr) command updates block definition - color, layer, elevation and thickness of objects. A new option 'LineWidth' has been added and this command will now update line widths of lines, polylines and arcs within the block definition.
11. The GT_IMPEX command (GeoTools Export Tools Import/Export points and lines) now supports additional options for import/export. You can specify 'Start' and 'Stop' codes for linear records. A Start or Stop code is added to each linear record at the beginning or end of the record and denotes if the point in question is the last point or not in a linear sequence of points.
12. The GT_AUTOINCROD command (GeoTools AutoCAD Map Tools Create auto-incrementing object table data) now has an additional option to assign incrementing object table data in a X/Y sorted manner. With options similar to those provided by the GT_SORTEDPOLY command, you can now assign incrementing object data with X/Y coordinates sorted.
13. The GT_ANNOGRID (GeoTools Civil Tools Create
map grid): use
supporting DWG files which used to be located in a common folder called 'BLOCKS'
under the GeoTools installation folder. Anticipating that commands may need to
use their own support files in the future, a new folder called
"Support" has now been created under the GeoTools installation folder
and all support files specific to each command will be placed in a folder by the
name of that command.
For example, the support files used
by GT_ANNOGRID will now be placed in <install_folder>/Support/ANNOGRID
folder.
14. The GT_VEGLINE command (GeoTools
Draw Tools Draw vegetation cover symbols) now offers 6 pre-defined
PAR files which are useful to draw vegetation symbols for (T)rees, (S)hrubs and
(H)edges, with scales of 1:200 and 1:500. The names of the files are
HPOLY500.PAR, TPOLY500.PAR, SPOLY500.PAR, HPOLY200.PAR, TPOLY200.PAR and
SPOLY200.PAR. You can use these files as a guide to set GT_VEGLINE parameters
which are suggested best fits for the type of vegetation and the scales. If you
don't like the parameters, feel free to save your own and retrieve later.
15. The GT_ATTEDIT command (GeoTools
Block Tools
Global Attribute Editor) now allows block attribute
increments and decrements in real numbers also. Until now, only integer
increments and decrements were possible
16. The GT_ENCLOSE command (GeoTools Text Tools Enclose Text in
Box): The GT_ENCLOSE
command now supports additional options to enclose text objects. You can now use either a WIPEPOUT, SOLID or
3DFACE object to create the enclosing
bounding box. These are provided under the 'Box' sub-option and closely mimics the AutoCAD TEXTMASK command.
17. The GT_LAYERMAN command (Geotools Miscellaneous
Tools Layer Names
Editor): Two
additional options have been introduced 'Add at Position' and 'Strip at Position'. These two options allow you to add or
remove a specified number of characters from
the layer name starting from a specified
position.
For instance, if you have layers called LOTS-LABELS, LOTS-LINES
and LOTS-CENTROIDS and would like to rename
them to LOTS-OLD-LABELS, LOTS-OLD-LINES and LOTS-OLD-CENTROIDS, this is the tool
to use.
18. The GT_SURFAREA command (GeoTools Miscellaneous
Tools Compute surface area
of 3dFACEs):
can now be used to optionally create
'projected' 3DFACE objects on the XY plane, when you choose the option 'Projected(horizontal)' area. This is in addition
to the projected area reporting that is
performed by the command.
19. The GT_INSVX command (GeoTools Polyline
ToolSet 1
Insert vertex) : Until now,you were only able to add a new vertex
at a point on the existing segment of the
polyline. The GT_INSVX now allows you to pick a point outside the polyline and a new vertex will be added at the picked
location. The segment closest to the picked point
will redraw itself to include the new vertex.
20. The GT_FLIP command (GeoTools Polyline
ToolSet 1
Flip(reverse) direction of polylines):
The GT_FLIP command has been made more intuitive, with clearer dialog descriptions. A bug has been fixed which affected 2-
vertex polylines. Additionally, support for LINE
objects has been added when 'High-2-Low' and
'Low-2-high' options are chosen.
21. The GT_ENDELEVCHECK command (GeoTools Drawing
Cleanup Tools
Check for coincident (XY)
endpoints with varying Z):The GT_ENDELEVCHECK command
now provides an option to create a single 3d polyline from the joined objects.
22. The GT_3DJ command (GeoTools Polyline
ToolSet 1 Join 3D Polyines)
: The GT_3DJ command
now allows LWPOLYLINE objects to be selected as inputs. You can now provide a combination of light-weight,
heavy-weight polylines as well as lines and
3DPOLYlines as inputs for this command.
Interface changes
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Bug Fixes
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1. GeoTools V11 (running in
trial mode only, not licensed versions) was causing an unexplained freeze in
AutoCAD 2011 and the only way out was to shut down AutoCAD. This has now been
fixed. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused to all our AutoCAD
2011 evaluation users.
2. Some commands in GeoTools were
incorrectly displaying a message "There is no license to run this
command". This bug sneaked in during one of the earlier updates back and
has been fixed now.
3.The GT_DRAPEPOLY (GeoTools
Build Tools
Drape a 3d polyline across a set of intersecting linear objects) command would freeze AutoCAD if a LINE object was supplied as a source object. This has been fixed now.
GeoTools
Tutorial
GeoTools
Tutorial Lesson 14
This tutorial covers how to
utilize some of GeoTools Block / Attribute
tools to edit, modify the block attributes
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