Difference between revisions of "Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD"

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Introduction

Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD is an awesome AutoCAD plug-in designed for AutoCAD users who need to import 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 that allows the user to import geospatial data from spatial files, or spatial data servers, into AutoCAD drawings

AutoCAD commands

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

SPM (or SPATIALMANAGER): opens the Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD panel. This is the main command of the application
SPMCLOSE (or SPATIALMANAGERCLOSE): closes the Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD panel
SPMABOUT (or SPATIALMANAGERABOUT): shows information about Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD
_OPTIONS (AutoCAD native command): includes a new "Spatial Manager" tab to configure Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD

Main features

General
- Import spatial data in AutoCAD drawings
- Transformation of coordinates when importing
- Proprietary internal engine
- Includes its own data Providers
- All functions grouped in a handy AutoCAD panel
- Runs in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map 3D and others (see current Compatible AutoCAD applications)
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
Data sources
- Data sources properties panel
- Manage your own shortcuts
- Access to spatial data files (SHP, GPX, KML, OSM, MIF/MID, TAB, E00, SQLite, SDF, ASCII points, etc.) (see current available Providers)
- Manage your User Data Sources (can store connection parameters or source configuration)
- 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)
Imported data
- Import data from tables as Extended Entity Data (EED)
- Extended Entity Data (EED) viewer panel

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™

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 **Import data from tables as Extended Entity Data (EED)
 **Extended Entity Data (EED) viewer panel
-*Import spatial data in AutoCAD drawings directly from ([[Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Providers | see current available Providers]] ):
-**Spatial data files (SHP, GPX, KML, OSM, MIF/MID, TAB, E00, SQLite, ASCII points, ...)
-**Spatial database servers or data stores (SQL Server Spatial, PostGIS, WFS, ...)
-**Spatial ODBC points or WKB connections (Excel, Access, dBase...)
-*Objects imported into a new or open drawing
-*Select the target layer when importing or choose creating new layers using a field value
-*Transform geometries using your favorite coordinate systems
-*Import data from tables as Extended Entity Data (EED)
-*Extended Entity Data (EED) viewer panel
-*Customize imported objects or improve graphic information using blocks, fills and transparencies, centroids, and more
-*Manage your own shortcuts and user data sources
-*Data sources properties panel
-*All main functions included in a handy AutoCAD panel
-*Runs in AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, etc. ([[Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD - FAQs: Compatible AutoCAD applications | see current Compatible AutoCAD applications]] )
-*Incorporates the same import engine and the same internal structure as [[Spatial Manager Desktop™ | Spatial Manager Desktop™]] and therefore, it uses its own data Providers