Automation Changes Everything!

In the world of CAD mapping, one thing is virtually certain - Change
And when changes are required, you can be faced with 100's of changes to Groups of drawings .

Our entire product line was designed from the ground up to deliver Full-On Automation and each tool is user configurable to allow virtually limitless editing possibilities. There is no faster, more productive or more cost effective editing method than One Pick automation.



We can change the way you work everyday - Local Automation

The Task at Hand - Our Automated Text Search and Replace tool offers over 1 million possible ways to find and modify text. Using MapTools automation tools, you can accomplish the whole job with just One Pick!

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See the process with Slides

Open the MapTools Commander Library

Select the TEXTDEMO Command

That's it - One Pick does it all!

Here's the Result

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Running the TEXTDEMO Process (328K)
Making the TEXTDEMO Command (2.0M)

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We can change the way you work even when you're not at work - GlobalAutomation

Automated Linework Reconstruction

The Task at Hand - This automation example uses 8 of the 18 automated processors included with MapTools Pro. We can process the current drawing OR we can apply the same process to a group of drawings using the Batch capability of MapTools Commander.      35 Automated operations with One Pick!

Linework Reconstruction

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The Linework Reconstruction process performs 35 separate instructions with One Pick.

See the process with Slides
. Select LW_RECON from your Automation Library
. Join contour polylines - using line following and elevation limiting (not Layer limiting),
. Create Index contours - clip around the labels and relayer the clipped linework,
. Join, Smooth and Clip along the Treeline - and relayer the contours "inside".
. Linework Labeling and Symbolizing - Text labels use Smart Rotation (they are never upside down)
. Curvefit Processing - The finished drawing is 6X smaller (before) - (after)
. Here's the Final Result

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Running the LWRECON Process (2.0M)

Defining and Running a Batch - Apply LWRECON to a group (3.0M)





Do you need an automated way to enforce your drawing standards

Automated Feature Conversion

The Task at Hand - This automation example performs 40 operations, using mostly PET to search for entities based on their properties and change properties to meet a different standard
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The Original Drawing


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Notice - There are only 4 Layers

The Finished Drawing
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Performing the Feature Conversion
with MapTools Commander
(800K)






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