Automated Linework Reconstruction

The example drawing has an area of "dashed" contours which are really broken linework fragments (in magenta). We want to Join these fragments to the regular contours (only if they have the same Elevation).

There are also large gaps in the contours (probably where labels used to be). We want to close these gaps with Join.

After the Contours have been joined, we want to Find the 1000 foot contours and Change the Layer to Index, then Label them and Clip the underlying linework and change it's layer (so it can be turned off for plotting).

A new Treeline has been digitized (in green) but there are large gaps and it's not very smooth. We want to Join it, Close it, Smooth it using NURBS fitting (passes through every point) and then optimize it with Curvefit (to reduce the number of vertices).

A walking path has been sketched (in gold). We want to Smooth and Optimize it and then Symbolize it with a hiker symbol and a direction arrow.

We can easily create an "instruction set" and make a custom command to accomplish ALL of these tasks with a Single Pick, using MapTools Commander. The new LW_RECON command uses 8 of the 18 automated processors included with MapTools Pro: PET, PolyClose, Join, Clip, PNURBS (polyline smoothing), Curvefit, Label Linework and Automatic Text Alignment.

Our new automated routine performs 35 operations with a Single Pick. We can process the current drawing OR we can apply the same process to a group of drawings Unattended.