[ADV] :: GeoTools V9, a productivity tool for the AutoCAD Mechanical engineer

G E O T O O L S 9.03 C O M M A N D S S N A P S H O T

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GeoTools is a productivity tool for AutoCAD. It works on AutoCAD versions 2009-2004 and all vertical applications built on these AutoCAD versions.

GeoTools helps you finish your AutoCAD tasks faster, smarter and more efficiently, minimizing operator errors, automating repetitive and commonly asked AutoCAD production tasks.

The program was conceived and written with geographic data users in mind. Typical industries which would benefit from GeoTools are GIS / Mapping, Planning, Utilities and Infrastructure, Facilities Management, Surveying and engineering industries. With over 225 tools covering various function categories like Polylines, Text, Blocks, Attributes, Conversion, Autodesk Map, Civil etc, the program has enough tools that is of benefit and use for just about any AutoCAD user.

Download fully functional 30-day evaluation version at

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GeoTools offers: - multiple user interfaces - is fully dialog box driven - is 100 % icon and pull-down menu driven - and is command line compatible for un-attended script file (SCR) operations.

In addition, each command has several options and sub-options to fine- tune the way each command works. This makes each command very flexible in its capability to handle processing parameters.

Flexible purchase options: You now no longer need to purchase the entire toolkit. Our 'MyGeoTools' feature allows you to order only the required tools that you need. Check out this URL for more info:

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GeoTools also ships now with a GDF Viewer in AutoCAD which can bring up GDF files and display the geometry and also be able to query point, line, areas, attributes, relationships, complex and conversion features etc. The program is still in beta and under development but it demonstrates our growing competence and interest in handling GDF files.

What is GDF?

GDF means Geographic Data Files. It is a standard data exchange format and a data model used for modeling navigation data. It is used to describe road networks & road-related data and is an international standard ISO/TC204 / CEN/TC 278.

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GeoTools Commands Snap-Shot:

Tool # 1 [Polyline] Join 3D polylines Tool # 2 [Polyline] Automated join [2d polylines] Tool # 3 [Polyline] Flexible ways to convert 2D to 3D and 3D to 2D polylines Tool # 4 [Polyline] Specify a new start point for closed polylines Tool # 5 [Polyline] Single pick add vertex, delete vertex Tool # 6 [Polyline] Convert zero length to points Tool # 7 [Polyline] Identify & Reverse direction Tool # 8 [Polyline] Distance and angle based weeding Tool # 9 [Polyline] Set zero elevations to nearest non zero value Tool # 10 [Polyline] Populate zero value elevations by linear interpolation Tool # 11 [Polyline] Label vertices, Label segments, angles. Fully user customized Tool # 12 [Polyline] Compute summed lengths Tool # 13 [Polyline] Control polyline linetype Tool # 14 [Polyline] Multiple Pedit Tool # 15 [Polyline] Identify zero elevation vertex Tool # 16 [Polyline] Explode wide polylines, retain width geometry Tool # 17 [Polyline] Place Points/Blocks along vertices Tool # 18 [Polyline] Powerful property based filtering Tool # 19 [Polyline] Offset, Move, Extract, Mirror, Rotate, Stretch part of polyline Tool # 20 [Polyline] Find direction of vertices Tool # 21 [Polyline] Convert arc segments to linear in many ways Tool # 22 [Polyline] Convert from spline, Convert to spline Tool # 23 [Polyline] Compute detailed statistics Tool # 24 [Polyline] Easy 3d polyline Tool # 25 [Polyline] Express Pedit Tool # 26 [Polyline] Highlight elevation differences Tool # 27 [Polyline] Add/Remove closing vertices Tool # 28 [Polyline] Fillet between two polylines Tool # 29 [Polyline] Fillet multiple polylines Tool # 30 [Polyline] Offset and delete original Tool # 31 [Polyline] Offset closed polylines INwards / OUTwards Tool # 32 [Polyline] Break crossing objects at end of polyline Tool # 33 [Polyline] Multiple Variable distance measure Tool # 34 [Polyline] Multiple Variable polyline segment offset Tool # 35 [Polyline] Convert lines, arcs, circles to polylines Tool # 36 [Polyline] Offset 3d polylines Tool # 37 [Polyline] Weed (remove) collinear vertices from polyline Tool # 38 [Polyline] Draw 2d/3d polylines with auto-edge panning Tool # 39 [Polyline] Join nearest ends of lines and/or polylines Tool # 40 [Polyline] Create polygonal centroid points / labels Tool # 41 [Polyline] Create closed polylines from a mass of networked polylines Tool # 42 [Polyline] Convert polylines to 3dfaces Tool # 43 [Polyline] Compute summed polyline areas from selected layers Tool # 44 [Polyline] Merge adjacent closed polylines Tool # 45 [Polyline] Draw 3d polylines with auto-incrementing/ decrementing elevations Tool # 46 [Polyline] Multiple polyline / line/ arcs vertex editor Tool # 47 [Polyline] Create mathematical offsets between two contour polylines Tool # 48 [Polyline] Analyze and fix Z elevation trends Tool # 49 [Polyline] Drape a 3d polyline over a set of intersecting lines/polylines Tool # 50 [Polyline] Mark junction points on a network of lines Tool # 51 [Polyline] Mark intersection points along lines,polylines,arcs.. Tool # 52 [Polyline] Detect free ends (dangles) of lines,polylines and arcs

Tool # 53 [Conversion] Scale Z values Tool # 54 [Conversion] Change Properties ByLayer to ByEntity Tool # 55 [Conversion] Convert Blocks/Shapes to Points Tool # 56 [Conversion] Convert Points to Blocks/Shapes Tool # 57 [Conversion] Assign inherited Properties Tool # 58 [Conversion] Assign contour elevation semi-automatically Tool # 59 [Conversion] Assign contour elevations from text objects Tool # 60 [Conversion] Change to current layer Tool # 61 [Conversion] 3DFaces to polylines Tool # 62 [Conversion] 3DFaces to polyface mesh Tool # 63 [Conversion] Polyface meshes to polylines Tool # 64 [Conversion] Convert Object Table Data to Xdata Tool # 65 [Conversion] Transfer Object Table Data to Block Attributes Tool # 66 [Conversion] Convert lines, arcs, circles to polylines Tool # 67 [Conversion] Convert polylines to 3dfaces Tool # 68 [Conversion] Flatten - Convert to elevation = 0.0

Tool # 69 [Text] Add Prefix/Suffix to Text Tool # 70 [Text] List Drawing Fonts Tool # 71 [Text] Enclose Text in Box Tool # 72 [Text] Align Text Tool # 73 [Text] Change to upper, lower, mixed case Tool # 74 [Text] Globally modify TEXT/MTEXT properties Tool # 75 [Text] Draw quick auto incrementing text (running numbers) Tool # 76 [Text] Draw Multiple Text Tool # 77 [Text] Trim characters Tool # 78 [Text] Filter by property Tool # 79 [Text] Round Off Numeric text Tool # 80 [Text] Slide (move) text relative to its rotation angle Tool # 81 [Text] Write Text to File Tool # 82 [Text] Add/Remove underlining Tool # 83 [Text] Consolidate into MText Tool # 84 [Text] Search, Replace and Zoom to Text & Attributes Tool # 85 [Text] Search Blocks for text strings Tool # 86 [Text] Transfer text strings as object data Tool # 87 [Text] Transfer text strings as block attributes Tool # 88 [Text] Split long text strings into smaller delimited strings Tool # 89 [Text] Create text along a curve Tool # 90 [Text] Un-clutter text labels by repositioning them away from each other Tool # 91 [Text] Create text aligned to a curve Tool # 92 [Text] Create Date/Drawing Stamp

Tool # 93 [Selection] Polylines based on derived properties Tool # 94 [Selection] 3DFaces based on derived properties Tool # 95 [Selection] Powerful boundary based object selector Tool # 96 [Selection] Powerful Object Selection Set Tool # 97 [Selection] Find objects in selected Z range Tool # 98 [Selection] Select Current Layer Tool # 99 [Selection] Select Current Style

Tool # 100 [Inquiry] Display angle between two lines Tool # 101 [Inquiry] Display info. about polyline bulge (arc segments) Tool # 102 [Inquiry] Compute Center of Gravity Tool # 103 [Inquiry] Display Drawing Statistics Tool # 104 [Inquiry] Compute running distance/perimeter Tool # 105 [Inquiry] Compute summed areas of closed polylines Tool # 106 [Inquiry] Object Selection Browser Tool # 107 [Inquiry] Quick elevation Info Tool # 108 [Inquiry] Display horizontal & Vertical distances Tool # 109 [Inquiry] Find out direction of polyline vertices Tool # 110 [Inquiry] Compute detailed polyline statistics Tool # 111 [Inquiry] Identify objects with vertex elevation differences Tool # 112 [Inquiry] Compute summed polyline areas from selected layers

Tool # 113 [Draw] Helix Tool # 114 [Draw] Tube Tool # 115 [Draw] Truncated Cone Tool # 116 [Draw] Parabola Tool # 117 [Draw] Involute Tool # 118 [Draw] Perpendicular lines Tool # 119 [Draw] Create tapered lines Tool # 120 [Draw] Box with diagonals Tool # 121 [Draw] Running Numbers Text Tool # 122 [Draw] Multiple Text Insertions Tool # 123 [Draw] Projected (construction) lines Tool # 124 [Draw] Easy 3dpoint Tool # 125 [Draw] Easy 3dpolyline Tool # 126 [Draw] Easy 3dface Tool # 127 [Draw] Draw tangents to curves Tool # 128 [Draw] Draw 2d/3d polylines with Auto Edge pan Tool # 129 [Draw] Easy Extrude command Tool # 130 [Draw] Create polygonal centroid points / labels Tool # 131 [Draw] Draw 3d polylines with auto-incrementing/ decrementing elevations Tool # 132 [Draw] Create Text along a curve Tool # 133 [Draw] Draws a rectangular box at the current screen extents Tool # 134 [Draw] Draws bounding box around selected object(s)

Tool # 135 [Build] Make right-of-way from center-lines Tool # 136 [Build] Make road center- lines from rights-of-way Tool # 137 [Build] Mulitple polyline offsets relative / absolute Tool # 138 [Build] Offset and delete original Tool # 139 [Build] Offset, Move, Extract, Mirror, Rotate, Stretch part of polyline Tool # 140 [Build] Move/Copy and then rotate Tool # 141 [Build] Offset single segment from polyline Tool # 142 [Build] Offset closed polylines INwards / OUTwards Tool # 143 [Build] Multiple Variable distance Measure Tool # 144 [Build] Multiple Variable distance polyline segment offset Tool # 145 [Build] Multiple drawing Inserts Tool # 146 [Build] Create closed polylines from a mass of networked polylines Tool # 147 [Build] Create mathematical offsets between two contour polylines Tool # 148 [Build] Build common edges along adjacent, closed polygons)

Tool # 149 [Drawing Cleanup] Weed (remove) polyline vertices based on distance and angle Tool # 150 [Drawing Cleanup] Weed (remove) collinear vertices from polylines Tool # 151 [Drawing Cleanup] Analyze and fix Z elevation trends in 3d polylines Tool # 152 [Drawing Cleanup] Remove overlapping line segments from a selection of line objects Tool # 153 [Drawing Cleanup] Delete Duplicate Objects Tool # 154 [Drawing Cleanup] Delete Null TEXT Tool # 155 [Drawing Cleanup] Purge All Unused Symbols Tool # 156 [Drawing Cleanup] Linework and Node-work Snap (MAGNET) Tool # 157 [Drawing Cleanup] Remove redundant closing vertex in polyline Tool # 158 [Drawing Cleanup] Break crossing objects at end of polylines Tool # 159 [Drawing Cleanup] Mark junction points on a network of lines Tool # 160 [Drawing Cleanup] Mark intersection points along lines,polylines,arcs.. Tool # 161 [Drawing Cleanup] Detect free ends (dangles) of lines,polylines and arcs

Tool # 162 [Blocks & Attributes] Place Points/Blocks along vertices Tool # 163 [Blocks & Attributes] Convert Blocks to Points Tool # 164 [Blocks & Attributes] Convert Points to Blocks Tool # 165 [Blocks & Attributes] Globally Modify Block Properties Tool # 166 [Blocks & Attributes] Extract Block attributes to file Tool # 167 [Blocks & Attributes] Transfer Attributes between blocks Tool # 168 [Blocks & Attributes] Explode only nested blocks Tool # 169 [Blocks & Attributes] Global Attribute Editor Tool # 170 [Blocks & Attributes] Multiple Redefine of Block definition properties Tool # 171 [Blocks & Attributes] Replace Block Tool # 172 [Blocks & Attributes] Explode Block - Retain attributes as Text Tool # 173 [Blocks & Attributes] Express Block Insert Tool # 174 [Blocks & Attributes] Search and replace text/attributes Tool # 175 [Blocks & Attributes] Edit Block graphics and attributes globally and independently Tool # 176 [Blocks & Attributes] Insert blocks with auto incrementing attribute counters Tool # 177 [Blocks & Attributes] Edit graphics and attributes globally and independently Tool # 178 [Blocks & Attributes] Search Block definition for text string Tool # 179 [Blocks & Attributes] Define Object table from block attributes Tool # 180 [Blocks & Attributes] Change attributes to upper, lower or mixed case Tool # 181 [Blocks & Attributes] Rename block attribute tags, prompts and defaults

Tool # 182 [AutoCAD Map] Convert Object Data to Xdata Tool # 183 [AutoCAD Map] Transfer Object Data between two objects Tool # 184 [AutoCAD Map] Transfer Object Data to Block Attributes Tool # 185 [AutoCAD Map] Transfer AutoCAD entity properties to Object Data Tool # 186 [AutoCAD Map] Transfer Block Attributes to Object Data Tool # 187 [AutoCAD Map] Transfer Object data into entity elevations Tool # 188 [AutoCAD Map] Transfer Database linked data to Object Data Tool # 189 [AutoCAD Map] Create Text Labels from Object Data Tool # 190 [AutoCAD Map] Merge two object data tables Tool # 191 [AutoCAD Map] Remove duplicate object table records Tool # 192 [AutoCAD Map] Export Object Data to ASCII files Tool # 193 [AutoCAD Map] Transfer Text Strings to Object Data Tool # 194 [AutoCAD Map] List Object Data Tool # 195 [AutoCAD Map] Search and replace Object table data Tool # 196 [AutoCAD Map] Select topology objects graphically Tool # 197 [AutoCAD Map] Copy Object Table definition Tool # 198 [AutoCAD Map] Define Object Table from block attributes Tool # 199 [AutoCAD Map] Define Object Table from linked database table Tool # 200 [AutoCAD Map] Global Object Data Editor Tool # 201 [AutoCAD Map] Format text labels queried with 'Alter properties' Tool # 202 [AutoCAD Map] Auto- Incrementing object data assignment to objects Tool # 203 [AutoCAD Map] Break object but retain object data in broken parts Tool # 204 [AutoCAD Map] Create auto-incrementing object table data Tool # 205 [AutoCAD Map] Explode objects, retain extended entity data & object data Tool # 206 [AutoCAD Map] Check for no Xdata / object data Tool # 207 [AutoCAD Map] Extract object table structure to a text file

Tool # 208 [Civil] Annotate surveyed traverse [planimetric] with chainages Tool # 209 [Civil] Draw cross-sectional profile along a 3d polyline Tool # 210 [Civil] Draw graded polylines Tool # 211 [Civil] Create and Place Map Sheet Index Block Tool # 212 [Civil] Create Map Grid

Tool # 213 [Xdata] Remove extended entity data Tool # 214 [Xdata] Explode blocks - retain extended entity and object data Tool # 215 [Xdata] List extended entity data from picked object Tool # 216 [Xdata] Extract extended entity data to ASCII files Tool # 217 [Xdata] Search and replace extended entity data

Tool # 218 [Miscellaneous] Control 3dface Face Normals Tool # 219 [Miscellaneous] Draw slope lines between two edges Tool # 220 [Miscellaneous] Object Chopper Tool # 221 [Miscellaneous] Automatic Dimensioning Tool # 222 [Miscellaneous] Export every layer to its own DWG Tool # 223 [Miscellaneous] Match Object Properties Tool # 224 [Miscellaneous] Roughen lines Tool # 225 [Miscellaneous] Compute Surface Area of 3DFACEs Tool # 226 [Miscellaneous] Align Objects Tool # 227 [Miscellaneous] Extract from XREF Tool # 228 [Miscellaneous] Multiple DWG XREF Tool # 229 [Miscellaneous] Multiple DWG Insert Tool # 230 [Miscellaneous] Split drawing using WBLOCK Tool # 231 [Miscellaneous] Sort ASCII files Tool # 232 [Miscellaneous] Draw vegetation cover symbols Tool # 233 [Miscellaneous] Draw Embankment hatch slopes pattern Tool # 234 [Miscellaneous] Fix objects with non-parallel UCS Tool # 235 [Miscellaneous] Import ARC ASCII DEM files Tool # 236 [Miscellaneous] Export ARC ASCII DEM files Tool # 237 [Miscellaneous] Layer Names Editor Tool # 238 [Miscellaneous] Export 3dfaces as SMS 2DM format Tool # 239 [Miscellaneous] Import an SMS 2DM as 3dfaces Tool # 240 [Miscellaneous] Compute summed polyline areas from selected layers Tool # 241 [Miscellaneous] Explode objects, retain extended entity data and object table data Tool # 242 [Miscellaneous] Insert geo-referenced images Tool # 243 [Miscellaneous] Batch process multiple drawings with scripts Tool # 244 [Miscellaneous] Contour Spacing Distance Tools Tool # 245 [Miscellaneous] Break (split) objects along a polyline Tool # 246 [Miscellaneous] Zoom to extent of selected object(s) (with

5% margin) Tool # 247 [Miscellaneous] Flatten - Convert objects to 0.0 elevation Tool # 248 [Miscellaneous] Flip(reverse) elevations (Z) from selected objects Tool # 249 [Miscellaneous] Enter geographical coordinates- Latitude,Longitude,Height] Tool # 250 [Miscellaneous] Scale objects (unequally) in X, Y and Z directions Tool # 251 [Miscellaneous] Create a mean (averaged) point from cluster of points

Tool # 252 [Annotation] Label picked points with XYZ values Tool # 253 [Annotation] Label Polyline Vertices Tool # 254 [Annotation] Label polylines with object / database linked database Tool # 255 [Annotation] Label Polyline Segments Tool # 256 [Annotation] Label Contour polylines Tool # 257 [Annotation] Label Polyline Angles Tool # 258 [Annotation] Create polygonal centroid points / labels Tool # 259 [Annotation] Annotate ends of curves with block symbols Tool # 260 [Annotation] Annotate points based on layer names

Tool # 261 [Layer] Layer Isolate / Layer Restore Tool # 262 [Layer] Save / Restore Multiple Layer Settings Tool # 263 [Layer]Copy layer contents to another layer

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