Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD

Introduction

Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD is a powerful AutoCAD plug-in designed for AutoCAD 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 AutoCAD. It comes in a lightweight application that runs inside AutoCAD and allows the user to import and export geospatial data between AutoCAD drawings and geospatial files, data servers or data stores

Notes:

- The access to spatial data servers and stores is available on the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only

- The Export function is available on the "Professional" edition only

- The full managing spatial data functionality is available on the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only

AutoCAD commands

This is the list of AutoCAD commands included in Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD

• SPM (or SPATIALMANAGER): Palette. Opens and/or displays the application palette
• SPMIMPORT (or SPATIALMANAGERIMPORT): Import. Directly Imports features from geospatial files or tables without using the application Palette
• SPMEXPORT (or SPATIALMANAGEREXPORT): Export. Exports AutoCAD objects into geospatial files or tables ("Professional" edition only)
• Alphanumeric data structure management commands ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only):
  • SPMDATADEFINE (or SPATIALMANAGERDATADEFINE): Managing. Define , modify or delete a data table or its fields
  • SPMDATAATTACH (or SPATIALMANAGERDATAATTACH): Attaching. Attach one or more objects to a data table
  • SPMDATADETACH (or SPATIALMANAGERDATADETACH): Detaching. Detach one or more objects from their attached data table(s)
  • SPMDATASELECTTABLE (or SPATIALMANAGERDATASELECTTABLE): Selecting. Select all the objects attached to a data table
• SPMSETCRS (or SPATIALMANAGERSETCRS): Coordinate system. Sets the Coordinate Reference System (CRS) for the drawing
• SPMCLOSE (or SPATIALMANAGERCLOSE): Close palette. Closes the application palette
• SPMHELP (or SPATIALMANAGERHELP): Help. Shows the application help (Wiki format)
• SPMABOUT (or SPATIALMANAGERABOUT): About. Shows basic information about the application and the installed release
• SPMUPDATE (or SPATIALMANAGERUPDATE): Update. Checks if there is a new application release to be downloaded from Internet
• SPMOPTIONS (or SPATIALMANAGEROPTIONS): Options. Set of parameters to configure the application (includes also the functionality of SPMUPDATE and SPMABOUT)
• _OPTIONS (AutoCAD native command): Options. New "Spatial Manager" tab including the set of parameters to configure the application (same functionality as above)

Main features

• General
  • Import/export spatial data into/from AutoCAD drawings
  • Transformation of coordinates when importing or exporting
  • XDATA / Extended Entity Data (EED)
    • Viewer palette
    • Edit values directly in the palette
    • Hyperlinks
    • Managing data structure
      • Define, modify, and delete tables and fields
      • Attaching objects to a table
      • Detaching objects from their tables
      • Selecting the objects attached to a table
        
        
• Import processes
  • Objects imported into a new or open drawing
  • Basic target layer or new target layers using a field value
  • Use blocks for points and centroids
  • Block insertion parameters from field values
  • Polygon fills and transparencies
  • Polygon centroids
  • Labeling objects while importing
  • Import polygons using "MPolygon" objects, even on basic AutoCAD
  • 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
  • Objects exported to geospatial files or servers
  • Select the objects to be exported
  • Option to treat the closed polylines as polygons
  • Option to export the Handle of the objects
  • Automatic complex geometric operations
  • Filtering of incompatible objects
    
    
• Data sources
  • Manage your own shortcuts
  • Access to spatial data files (SHP, GPX, KML, OSM, PBF, MIF/MID, TAB, E00, SQLite, SDF, ASCII points, etc.) (see current available Providers)
  • Manage your User Data Sources
  • Access to spatial database servers (SQL Server, PostGIS, etc.) (see current available Providers)
  • Access to other connections (WFS, ODBC points or WKB - Excel, Access, dBase,...-, etc.) (see current available Providers)

Notes:

- The access to spatial data servers and stores, and the XDATA/Extended Entity Data (EED) are available on the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only

- The Export function and the Tasks technology are available on the "Professional" edition only

- "MPolygons" are available for all compatible Autodesk products (even on basic AutoCAD) except for any v.2010 product

To get a first preview of the application, please watch this video:

To experiment the EXPORT capabilities (on the 'Professional' edition), please watch these videos:

• Directly to Google Earth (KML) from your drawing
• Coordinates to Excel from your drawing
• Import a Shapefile and export it as 3D Google Earth
• OpenStreetMap data. Edit and export to Google Earth
• Import a Shapefile. Edit & export as Shapefile

To take a look at the TASKS technology (on the 'Professional' edition), please watch this video:

• Tasks preview

To learn how to Manage the DATA STRUCTURE (on the 'Standard' and 'Professional' editions), please watch this video:

• Managing the Data Structure preview

FAQs

Here you will find all the technical information available on the implementation as well as tutorials, additional data, etc.

• How to Start?
• Licenses
• Compatible AutoCAD applications
• Providers
• Interface
• Data sources
• Spatial files
• Databases
• Import
• Export ("Professional" edition only)

Links

Here you will find some useful links to other pages of Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD

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