Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: How to Start?

A powerful AutoCAD plug-in but, how to Start it?

When you install Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD, the setup application adds also the Interface components to AutoCAD and a Sample data set including some spatial files to your system. Watch this small video and follow the next steps to learn how to start using the application and to check that all works fine

• Start AutoCAD and create a new drawing or open an existing drawing
• Select the new "Spatial Manager" tab which you will find in the AutoCAD Ribbon

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• Click in the "Panel" button to open the SPATIALMANAGER panel, which includes the main functions of Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD
  • If you cannot or you do not want to access to the Ribbon, key in "SPM" in the Command line to open the panel
  • Problems with the AutoCAD Ribbon? See the Notes below
• Expand the "Sample data" Shortcut to access any sample spatial file
• Right-click over a file to import the spatial information as AutoCAD Objects into the current drawing or into a new drawing
• Use the Wizard default parameters in all the Wizard windows
• Check the imported AutoCAD Objects
  • Note for the Trial version: during the testing period you will not be able to import more than 100 Objects from a file

Notes about the AutoCAD Ribbon issues:

• If you have no AutoCAD Ribbon, you can open it using the "_RIBBON" command in AutoCAD
• Cannot see the "Spatial Manager" tab in the Ribbon? Try to run AutoCAD applying a clean profile
• Other AutoCAD Ribbon issues

So what now?

Now you can try to import your own spatial data and create your own Shortcuts and User Data Sources. We recommend you take a look to these Wiki pages to learn more about:

• Application introduction, main features, demo video, all the Commands
• Licenses, activation, support, updates, purchasing options
• Current compatible AutoCAD applications
• Application Data Providers
• Interface, Wizards, Options
• Data sources, Shotcuts, User Data Sources
• Spatial files
• Databases, Data stores ("Standard" edition only)
• Import processes, parameters, coordinate transformation, extended data

And some useful links to other pages of Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD:

• Spatial Manager™ web
• Changelog
• End User License Agreement