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===Introduction===
*'''Objective of this section'''
**To access spatial information from files with single or multiple content

*'''Topics in this section'''
**File access method: "SpatialManager" palette (direct from or through UDS - "Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
**Multiple content files: files including internal folders and those files including multiple internal schemas and tables


''Note: Some components in the images on this page (providers, names, windows look, etc.) may be slightly different from those that will appear on your computer''



===How can I access to a data table inside a spatial file?===
In Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD you can access to a data table from a spatial file using the right-click menu over the file item itself, over a table from the file or over any UDS ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only) that refers the file, in the "SpatialManager" palette, to import its content into a new or the current AutoCAD drawing. You can also double-click over the file item itself, over a table from the file or over any UDS  ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only) that refers the file, in the "SpatialManager" palette, to access and import its content into a new or the current AutoCAD drawing (this behaviour may be configured through the tab "Spatial Manager" in the "Options" window of AutoCAD or by running the SPMOPTIONS command)


[[Image:Files-1AC.png|border|Import a file into AutoCAD]]


[[Image:Files-2AC.png|border|Import a table in a file into AutoCAD]]


[[Image:Files-5AC.png|border|Import a table from a User Data Source (UDS) into AutoCAD]]


[[Image:Options_Spatial_Manager_for_AutoCAD3.png‎|border|Configure the double-click option]]


To perform the import process of the data table, see: [[Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Import | Import]]



===How can I open directly the folder containing a file?===
To open a file location in Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD, use the right-click menu over the file item in the "SpatialManager" palette
 

[[Image:Files-4AC.png|border|Open the file location in Windows Explorer]]



===How can I recognize each different type of file and its Properties?===
To recognize each different type of file, you will see the different icons used for each data Provider in the "Data sources" area of the "SpatialManager" palette in Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD. In addition, when you select any file you will see its Properties in the "Properties" area of the "SpatialManager" palette


[[Image:Files-6AC.png|border|Different types of files in the application palette]]



==Related links==
*[[Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Data sources|See "Data sources" also]]


*[[Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD#FAQs|Go to FAQS]]



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