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Revision as of 20:38, 29 August 2018
Introduction
Spatial Manager™ for ZWCAD is a powerful ZWCAD plug-in designed for ZWCAD users who need to import, export and manage spatial data in a simple, fast and inexpensive way, which includes many possibilities not seen so far in ZWCAD. It comes in a lightweight application that runs inside ZWCAD and allows the user to import and export geospatial data between ZWCAD drawings and geospatial files, data servers or data stores
Notes:
- The access to spatial data servers and stores is available in the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only
- The complete Export capabilities are available in the "Professional" edition only, although "Export the current status of the drawing to Google Earth" is a function available on the "Standard" and "Professional" editions
- The full managing of spatial data functionality and the 'Background Maps' are available in the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only
ZWCAD commands
Spatial Manager™ for ZWCAD Commands Section in the application Palette (SPM)
This is the list of ZWCAD commands included in Spatial Manager™ for ZWCAD
- Main commands
- SPM: Show Palette. Opens and/or displays the application Palette
- SPMCLOSE: Close. Closes the application Palette
- SPMIMPORT: Import. Directly Imports features from geospatial files or tables without using the application Palette
- -SPMIMPORT [Task name]: Import (Command Line). Execute Task(s) from the command line, useful in Scripts, etc. ("Professional" edition only)
- SPMEXPORT: Export. Exports ZWCAD entities into geospatial files or tables ("Professional" edition only)
- SPMSETCRS: Coordinate system. Sets the Coordinate Reference System (CRS) for the drawing
- SPMCREATEKML: Export to Google Earth. Exports the current status of the drawing to Google Earth (one click) ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
- Background Map commands ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
- SPMBGMAPSHOW: Show. Shows the selected image Map in the background of the drawing
- SPMBGMAPHIDE: Hide. Hides the Background Map if it is displayed
- SPMBGMAPREFRESH: Refresh. Regenerates the image of the Background Map, which may be needed under certain graphic situations
- SPMBGMAPIMAGE: Capture. Creates an ZWCAD raster image corresponding to the display view of the current Background Map (Snapshot)
- SPMBGMAPIMAGEPURGE: Purge. Delete 'orphan' image tiles and perform some other cleaning operations
- Selection commands ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
- SPMSELECTBYQUERY: By Query. Selects entities by a simple or compound query over their data
- SPMSELECTBYTABLE: By Table. Selects all the entities attached to a specific data table
- SPMZOOMTOSELECTION: Zoom to Selection. Zoom to the selected entities
- Data Table commands ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
- SPMDATATABLEDEFINE: Define Table. Defines, modifies or deletes a data table or its fields
- SPMDATATABLEATTACH: Attach. Attaches one or more entities to a data table
- SPMDATATABLEDETACH: Detach. Detaches one or more entities from their corresponding attached data table
- Support commands
- SPMOPTIONS: Options. Set of parameters to configure the application (includes also the functionality of SPMUPDATE and SPMABOUT)
- SPMHELP: Help. Shows the application help (Wiki format)
- SPMUPDATE: Updates. Checks if there is a new application release to be downloaded from Internet
- SPMABOUT: Information. Shows basic information about the application and the installed release
Note: All the command names are also valid if you replace the prefix "SPM" for "SPATIALMANAGER". For example, "SPATIALMANAGERCREATEKML" is equivalent to "SPMCREATEKML", or "SPATIALMANAGER" is equivalent to "SPM"
Main features
- General
- Import/export spatial data into/from ZWCAD drawings
- Publish to Google Earth
- Dynamic Background image Maps from Bing, OpenStreeMap, Mapbox, Ordnance Survey, NearMap, etc.
- Configurable user Maps
- XYZ / TMS, WMTS and WMS compatible
- WMS multi-layer maps
- Export/Import user Background Maps
- Snapshots (geo-referenced ZWCAD Images) of the current Background Map
- Configurable user Maps
- Transformation of coordinates when importing, exporting, showing Background Maps, etc.
- XDATA / Extended Entity Data (EED)
- Viewer palette
- Also shows some other data as the Blocks properties (Name and Attributes), Layer, geometric properties, etc.
- Edit values directly in the palette
- Hyperlinks
- Managing data structure
- Define, modify, and delete tables and fields
- Attaching entities to a table
- Detaching entities from their tables
- Selecting entities by a simple or compound query over their data
- Selecting the entities attached to a table
- Zoom to the selected entities
- Viewer palette
- Import processes
- Entities imported into a new or open drawing
- Raster and vector entities
- Smart Batch import
- Basic target layer or new target layers using a field value
- Use blocks for points and centroids
- Select the name of the Block according to the value of a field
- Block insertion parameters from field values
- Polygon fills and transparencies
- Fill properties can be taken from fields values
- Polygon centroids
- Smart labeling of entities while importing
- Spatial filter to import only the entities in the current view
- Elevation and thickness from field values
- Import data from tables as XDATA / Extended Entity Data (EED)
- Speed up the processes skipping some wizard steps
- Use the intuitive palette options or the quick import function
- Save Tasks to replay the import processes so many times as desired
- Export processes
- Entities exported to geospatial files or servers
- Export (Publish) the current status and style of the drawing to Google Earth (one click)
- Raster and vector entities
- Select the entities to be exported
- Option to export also the data of the entities and choose it from what Table and Fields
- Option to treat the closed polylines as polygons
- Options to export the Handle, the Layer and the Elevation of the entities
- Options to export the Name and the Attributes of the Block References as well as their Rotation and Scales
- Options to export Text entities and their basic properties (Rotation and Height)
- Options to export Hatch entities and their properties (Name, Angle, Scale, etc.)
- Options to export the X/Y/Z coordinates, Length and Area of the entities
- Automatic complex geometric operations
- Filtering of incompatible entities
- Option to open the exported file location directly
- Data sources
- Manage your own shortcuts
- Access to spatial data files (SHP, GPX, KML/KMZ, OSM, PBF, LAS/LAZ, CSV, TXT, ASC, XYZ, MIF/MID, TAB, E00, SQLite, SDF, GML, XML, JPF, PNG, TIF, etc.)
- Manage your User Data Sources
- Access to spatial database servers (SQL Server, PostGIS, etc.)
- Views and Tables
- Access to other connections (WFS, ODBC points or WKB - Excel, Access, dBase,...-, etc.)
- See current available Data Providers
Notes:
- The access to spatial data servers and stores, the XDATA / Extended Entity Data (EED) and the Background Maps are available in the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only
- The complete Export capabilities are available in the "Professional" edition only, although "Export the current status of the drawing to Google Earth" is a function available in the "Standard" edition also
- The Tasks technology is available in the "Professional" edition only
To get a first preview of the application, please watch these videos:
- Importing 1 (SHP, GPX, KML, ...)
- Importing 2 (Shapefile)
- IMPORT video updated on May 2018:
- Importing 3 (CSV)
- Importing 4 (OpenStreetMap)
- Exporting
- Dynamic Background Maps
- User Background Maps (WMS, ...)
- Publishing to Google Earth
- Data Management
- Queries and Selections
- Data sources
FAQs
Here you will find all the technical information available on the implementation as well as tutorials, additional data, etc.
- How to Start?
- Licenses, activation, support, updates, purchasing options
- Current compatible ZWCAD applications
- Application Data Providers
- Interface, Wizards, Options, Configurations
- Data sources, Shortcuts, User Data Sources
- Spatial files
- Databases, Data stores
- Import processes, parameters, coordinate transformation, extended data, tasks
- Export processes, parameters, coordinate transformation, export to Google Earth, extended data ("Professional" edition only, except "Export to Google Earth" on "Standard" and "Professional" editions)
- Create or edit data tables, attach, detach or select entities ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
- Use dynamic Background image Maps, reference Maps ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
- Application Programming Interface (API) ("Professional" edition only)
Links
Here you will find some useful links to other pages of Spatial Manager™ for ZWCAD