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July 4, 2005
Bangalore, India
GeoTools V 6.04 update:
Pick up this latest update from
http://www.4d-technologies.com/geotools/download/geotools.exe
New command added: 'GT_XP_RetDat' (Miscellaneous Tools):
The GT_XP_RETDAT command is a modified explode command
which explodes polylines, blocks, hatches and mulitple
polygon objects while retaining both extended entity data
and object table data in each one of the exploded
components.
New command added: 'GT_CmdDlgTog' - Automatic toggle
command-line mode (script-mode) on and off
'GT_CmdDlg' - Asks for a Yes/No question and toggles
GeoTools command-line mode on/off
Commands enhanced:
GT_FLIP : [Polyline Tools - Flip (reverse) directions] :
Two new options have been added to this command. You can
now flip polylines based on the values of the first and
last point elevations. Depending on whether the first
point elevtaion is lesser than or greater than the last
point elevation, you can reverse the direction of the
polyline. This is a very useful tool in many surveying
applications where you expect polylines to be flowing in
either increasing or decreasing z values. This command
helps to identify such flows and reverse them. Please be
aware that this tool only looks at the first and last
point elevations and does not check the intermediate
vertex elevation values for any reason.
In the future, we plan to come up with a more
"intelligent" polyline elevation analyzer
program that would also study the pattern on intermediate
elevations and check if there are intermediate segments
that violate the desired flow of the vertices.
GT_3DOFFSET : [Polyline Tools - 3d offset of polylines] :
The internal mechanism of this command has been altered
slightly to overcome some bugs which would show up while
handling some situations of 3d polyline vertices. The
program is now more stable and error-proof. These changes
affect only the handling of offsets when the number of
vertices between the source and offsetted polylines are
not the same.
GT_REPBLK : (Block Tools - Replace blocks) - The GT_REPBLK
command now allows a manual selection of blocks to be made
for block replcaement. The earlier way of working would
replcae every instance of one block with another. This has
now been changed. Additionally, this command now retains
both extended entity data as well as object table data
while replacing one block with another.
Enhanced commands:
GT_LINE2PL : (Polyline/Conversion Tools - Convert lines
and arcs/circles to polyline):
GT_3DF2PL : (Conversion/Polyline Tools - 3DFaces to
polylines)
GT_3DF2PFACE : (Conversion Tools - 3DFaces to polyface
mesh)
GT_PFACE2PL : (Conversion Tools - Polyface mesh to
polylines)
GT_CH3D2D : (Polyline Tools - Convert 3D-to-2D polylines)
GT_CH2D3D : (Polyline Tools - Convert 2D-to-3D polylines)
GT_XP_RETDADT: (Miscellaneous Tools - Explode objects,
retain Xdata and object data)
GT_REPNBLK : (Block Tools - Replace Blocks)
All of the above commands have been enhanced to retain
both extended entity data and object table data while
entities are transformed from source to target.
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Important note: While all of GeoTools commands are tested
quite extensively before they are released, it is humanely
impossible to test-run it under every different data type
or operating environment. In the event that you notice any
GeoTools command not functioning as expected, please bring
it to our notice asap. We will attend to it and fix the
problem as soon as possible.
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Thank you for your continued support. As always, we
welcome feedback at all times.
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Four Dimension Technologies
C-616, Natasha Golf View
[ Off Airport Road ]
No. 2, New Ring Road
Domlur Layout
Bangalore - 560 071
India
Phone : +91-80-25353090
TeleFax: +91-80-41147616
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