Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Spatial files

Introduction

• Objective of this section
  • To access spatial information from files with single or multiple content

• Topics in this section
  • File access method: Spatial Manager panel (direct from or through UDS)
  • Multiple content files: files including internal folders and those files including multiple internal schemas and tables

How can I access a data table from 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 in the "Spatial Manager" panel to import its content (all the file or a table from the file) into a new or existing AutoCAD drawing. You can also double-click over the file (or a table from the file) to access and import it into a new or existing AutoCAD drawing (this behaviour may be configured through the tab "Spatial Manager" in "Options" of AutoCAD)

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To import the spatial table, see: Import

How can I open directly the folder containing a file in Spatial Manager Desktop™?

To open a file location, use the right-click menu over the file item in the "Data sources" panel