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

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

First of all you need to install Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD by executing the setup program. The name of the file to run will be different for each release of the application. It will look as follows: SpatialManagerforAutoCAD-X.exe, where "X" is the release number of the application

When you install Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD, the setup application also adds 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 everything 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 on the "Palette" button to open the SPATIALMANAGER palette, 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 palette
    • Problems with the AutoCAD Ribbon? See the Notes below
  • Expand the "Sample data" Shortcut to access the sample Shapefiles (SHP)
  • Right-click over any Shapefile (SHP) to import the spatial information as BricsCAD 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:

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

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