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Advanced geometry tools for ZWCAD

New in V10

A suite of geometry tools for ZWCAD designed to edit, transform, and optimize a wide range of vector elements, including polylines, polygons, and other geometries

These tools enable advanced spatial operations such as simplifying shapes, generating polygons from point sets, joining or splitting elements, and converting between geometry types.

Editions: Professional
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Polyline tools

 New in V10

A powerful set of tools for editing and transforming polylines. Whether you need to compound new lines from anothers, convert between 2D and 3D polylines, reduce complexity using simplification, or create new linear geometries from points, these tools will help your workflow

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Polygon tools

 New in V10

A set of polygon tools designed to simplify and enhance your spatial editing tasks. Dividing polygons into smaller sections, generating polygons from point sets, merging adjacent polygons, or creating polygons from intersecting lines

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Geometry editing tools

 New in V10

A wide range of functions to edit, reshape, and analyze spatial geometries. From aligning datasets using Rubber Sheet, cutting or trimming features with Break and Trim, to generating new geometries such as Convex Hull, Envelope, or Triangulation. Additional capabilities like Simplify reduce complexity in shapes or Vertex extraction are available

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Vertex extraction

The Vertex Extraction tool creates individual point features from the vertices of existing geometries. This function is useful for analyzing, editing, or exporting the key coordinate points that define lines,... more

Union of polygons

Merges overlapping or neighboring polygons (closed polylines) into a single unified shape. This tool streamlines complex datasets by eliminating internal boundaries and joining connected areas. It is particularly useful for... more

Aggregate polylines in DWG

Creates one continuous polyline from several existing ones. If the polylines are not directly connected, the application can merge them automatically by considering their proximity. This functionality also supports grouping... more

Triangulation from points

This tool creates a mesh of interconnected triangles by linking a selected set of points. This process forms a network of triangles suitable for surface modeling, terrain analysis, and spatial... more

frequently asked questions
Current compatible ZWCAD applications:
  • ZWCAD and ZWCAD Architecture
  • Professional edition (Classic and Standard editions are not compatible, but you can use Spatial Manager Desktop™ to import/export via DXF files)
  • Versions: From v.2017 to v.2026 both included. Review the version compatibility page for more details.
System requirements:
  • Windows 7 or higher, within the operating system versions supported by the ZWCAD version used
  • 500 MB free disk space, or more
  • Windows Installer 3.1 or later
Spatial files
  • Esri Shape file - (SHP)
  • Google Earth file - (KML, KMZ)
  • OpenStreetMap file - (OSM, PBF, OSC) (1)
  • LiDAR file - (LAS, LAZ)
  • GPS exchange format file - (GPX)
  • Esri ASCII Grid file - (ASC, ASCII) (1)
  • ASCII text file - (ASC, CSV, NEZ, TXT, XYZ, UPT)
  • SQLite file - (SQLITE, DB)
  • GeoPackage file - (GPKG)
  • GML file - (GML, GZ, XML)
  • Raster image file - (TIF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF) (1)
  • Autodesk SDF file - (SDF) (3)
  • MicroStation v.7 file - (DGN) (2)
  • AutoCAD DXF file - (DXF) (2)
  • Esri ArcInfo export file (ASCII) - (E00) (1) (2)
  • MapInfo file - (TAB) (2)
  • MapInfo interchange format file - (MIF/MID) (2)
  • GeoJSON file - (GEO.JSON)

Spatial raster files
  • Raster image file - (TIF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF) (1)
    • Georeference sources - (World files, Google Earth .GEPRINT, etc.)
  • Variable resolution Raster image file - (Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF/COG TIFF) (1) (4)

Spatial data servers and Geo-databases
  • Esri Geodatabase File - (GDB) (1)
  • PostGIS database
  • Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database
  • MySQL database (1) (3)

Image map servers
  • WMS/OGC API Maps Web Map Services (4)
  • WMTS/OGC API Tiles Web Map Tile Services (4)
  • XYZ/TMS Tile Map Services (4)

Other spatial data sources
  • Open Database Connectivity ODBC (1)
  • WFS/OGC API Features data store (1)
  • WFS data store (FDO) (1) (3) (5)
  • WFS data store (OGR) (1) (2) (5)

(1) Read-only
(2) OGR data source
(3) FDO provider
(4) Background Maps technology
(5) DEPRECATED - Whenever possible use the native WFS/OGC API Features data provider

Note: certain data Providers are only valid for some Editions of the application