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**Objects exported to geospatial files or tables in files, servers or stores

Revision as of 11:42, 20 February 2015

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


Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD preview screen


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)
  • 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

  • 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
    • Elevation and thickness from field values
    • Import data from tables as XDATA / Extended Entity Data (EED)
    • Speed up the processes skipping some wizard steps
    • Import from the application palette or directly from the import function

  • Export processes
    • Objects exported to geospatial files or tables in files, servers or stores
    • Select objects to be exported or choose a layer or the whole drawing
    • Option to treat the closed polylines as polygons when exported
    • Automated geometric operations needed to fit the target data format
    • Automatic filtering of unsupported objects

  • Data sources

Notes:

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

- XDATA / Extended Entity Data (EED) are available on the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only

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


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


FAQs

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


Links

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