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Polyline tools in ZWCAD

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

Editions: Professional

What's included in the feature Polyline tools

Discover the full potential of this set of tools designed to enhance GIS data integration and editing within ZWCAD.

Aggregate Line

Generates a single polyline by combining multiple existing polylines. When the polylines are not connected, the application can automatically join them based on proximity. Additionally, this process allows grouping and aggregation of polylines according to a specific field value, offering a flexible way to organize and simplify complex line geometries.

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Convert Polyline Type

Easily converts polylines between 2D and 3D types within your drawing. The tool ensures precision and consistency during the conversion, preserving key properties of the original polylines whenever possible.

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Curve to Polyline

Converts complex curve geometries—such as arcs, splines, and circles—into polyline objects. This transformation simplifies editing and enhances compatibility with CAD and GIS operations. It is especially useful when preparing data for export, analysis, or further modification within the drawing.

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Points to Polyline

Transforms individual points into continuous polylines by connecting them in the order they appear or based on a selected attribute. This feature is ideal for generating linear features such as routes or boundaries from point data. Points can be grouped by a specific data field, allowing for the creation of multiple polylines from categorized point sets.

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Segmentation

Identifies intersections and automatically splits complex linear geometries into simpler line segments. This process is useful for preparing data for topological analysis, editing, or export to systems that require simpler geometry structures.

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Related features

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

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

Create polygons from segments

Automatically identifies intersections between line geometries and creates polygons (closed polylines) from the resulting closed shapes. This powerful tool is ideal for converting complex line networks–such as cadastral boundaries, city... more

Points grouped by data to polylines

Groups individual points by their data and connects them to create polylines, either by following their sequence or by using a chosen attribute to define the order. This advanced functionality... more

Break geometries

Divides geometries that intersect a specified line, effectively splitting them at the points of intersection. This tool is valuable for editing or preparing data for subsequent processes that require segmented... more

Convert curves to polylines

Transforms complex curve geometries–including arcs, splines, circles, and polylines with arcs–into polyline objects. This conversion simplifies editing tasks and improves interoperability with both CAD and GIS workflows. It is particularly... more