Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD

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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 complete Export capabilities are available on 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 on the "Standard" and "Professional" editions only


Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD preview screen


AutoCAD commands

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

  • Main commands
    • SPM (or SPATIALMANAGER): Show Palette. Opens and/or displays the application Palette
    • SPMCLOSE (or SPATIALMANAGERCLOSE): Close. Closes 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)
    • SPMSETCRS (or SPATIALMANAGERSETCRS): Coordinate system. Sets the Coordinate Reference System (CRS) for the drawing
    • SPMCREATEKML (or SPATIALMANAGERCREATEKML): 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 (or SPATIALMANAGERBGMAPSHOW): Show. Shows the selected image Map in the background of the drawing
    • SPMBGMAPHIDE (or SPATIALMANAGERBGMAPHIDE): Hide. Hides the background Map if it is displayed
    • SPMBGMAPREFRESH (or SPATIALMANAGERBGMAPREFRESH): Refresh. Regenerates the image of the background Map, which may be needed under certain graphic situations
    • SPMBGMAPIMAGE (or SPATIALMANAGERBGMAPIMAGE): Snapshot. Creates an AutoCAD raster image corresponding to the display view of the current background Map
  • Alphanumeric data structure management commands ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
    • SPMDATATABLEDEFINE (or SPATIALMANAGERDATATABLEDEFINE): Define Table. Defines, modifies or deletes a data table or its fields
    • SPMDATATABLEATTACH (or SPATIALMANAGERDATATABLEATTACH): Attach. Attaches one or more objects to a data table
    • SPMDATATABLEDETACH (or SPATIALMANAGERDATATABLEDETACH): Detach. Detaches one or more objects from their corresponding attached data table
  • Selection commands ("Standard" and "Professional" editions only)
    • SPMSELECTBYQUERY (or SPATIALMANAGERSELECTBYQUERY): By Query. Selects objects by a simple or compound query over their data
    • SPMSELECTBYTABLE (or SPATIALMANAGERSELECTBYTABLE): By Table. Selects all the objects attached to a specific data table
    • SPMZOOMTOSELECTION (or SPATIALMANAGERZOOMTOSELECTION): Zoom to selection. Zoom to the selected objects
  • Support commands
    • SPMHELP (or SPATIALMANAGERHELP): Help. Shows the application help (Wiki format)
    • SPMABOUT (or SPATIALMANAGERABOUT): Information. Shows basic information about the application and the installed release
    • SPMUPDATE (or SPATIALMANAGERUPDATE): Updates. 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
    • Background image Maps from Bing, OpenStreeMap, Mapbox, Ordnance Survey, 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 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
      • Select the name of the Block according to the value of a field
      • Block insertion parameters from field values
    • Polygon fills and transparencies
    • Polygon centroids
    • Labeling objects while importing
    • Spatial filter to import only the objects in the current view
    • 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
    • Options to export the Handle, the Layer and the Elevation of the objects
    • Option to export the Name and the Attributes of the Block References
    • Options to export Text objects and their basic properties (Rotation and Height)
    • Automatic complex geometric operations
    • Filtering of incompatible objects

  • Data sources


Notes:

- The access to spatial data servers and stores, the XDATA / Extended Entity Data (EED) and the Background Maps 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

- You can optionally prevent the automatic activation of the "Geolocation" Tab in the AutoCAD Ribbon, because it may interfere with the functionality of the new Background Maps and other applications or AutoCAD functions (use SPMOPTIONS)


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:


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


To learn how is working the DIRECT DATA EDITION and how to MANAGE the DATA STRUCTURE (on the 'Standard' and 'Professional' editions), please watch the following videos:


To know more about the attractive and useful BACKGROUND MAPS (on the 'Standard' and 'Professional' editions), please watch the following videos:


To know how to LABEL the objects WHILE IMPORTING, please watch this video:


To know how to Use the BLOCKS WHEN IMPORTING, 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

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