Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD Changelog

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22 de Enero de 2016 - Versión 3.0.0

  • Nuevo
    • Mapas de fondo potentes y sencillos
      • Diferentes modelos de imagen de distintos proveedores (OpenStreetMap, Bing, MapBox, etc.)
      • Nuevas órdenes:
        • SPMBGMAPSHOW muestra la imagen del Mapa seleccionado en el fondo del dibujo
        • SPMBGMAPHIDE oculta el Mapa de fondo si está visible
        • SPMBGMAPREFRESH regenera la imagen del Mapa de fondo, lo cual puede ser necesario en determinadas situaciones
      • Nota 1: los Mapas de fondo están disponibles únicamente en las ediciones "Standard" y "Professional"
      • Nota 2: opcionalmente se puede evitar que se active automáticamente la ficha "Ubicación geográfica" de la Cinta de opciones de AutoCAD, pues puede interferir con la funcionalidad de los nuevos Mapas de fondo y otras de la aplicación o de AutoCAD
    • Gestión de Estructuras de Datos
      • Nuevas órdenes:
        • SPMDATATABLEDEFINE define, modifica o elimina una tabla de datos o sus campos
        • SPMDATATABLEATTACH vincula uno o más objetos a una tabla de datos
        • SPMDATATABLEDETACH desvincula uno o más objetos de su correspondiente tabla de datos vinculada
      • Nueva orden de selección:
        • SPMSELECTBYTABLE selecciona todos los objetos vinculados a una tabla de datos específica
      • Nota: la Gestión de Estructuras de Datos está disponible únicamente en las ediciones "Standard" y "Professional"
    • Edición directa de datos (EED/XDATA) en el área de Propiedades de la paleta de la aplicación
      • Nota: la Edición directa de datos está disponible únicamente en las ediciones "Standard" y "Professional"
    • Rotulación de Puntos y Centroides al importar. Propiedades de las etiquetas leídas de campos
    • Nuevo Proveedor de Datos GML. Compatibilidad con los datos de Ordnance Survey (UK)
      • Nuevas unidades añadidas en el parámetro de Rotación de Bloques al importar
    • Nuevas opciones para Exportar nuevos campos en la tabla de datos:
      • El Identificador (Handle) de los objetos
      • La Capa de los objetos
      • Los Atributos de las referencias de Bloque (si los hay)
      • Los Textos (si los hay) y sus propiedades básicas (Rotación y Altura)
        • Nota: la funcionalidad para Exportar está disponible únicamente en la edición "Professional"
  • Mejoras
    • El Proveedor de Datos OpenStreetMap se ha optimizado para permitir elegir los campos a leer
    • Se ha añadido un nuevo parámetro en el Proveedor de Datos de SQL Server para seleccionar la sintaxis de los nuevos campos de tipo fecha
    • Ahora es posible establecer límites espaciales en la importación de objetos desde almacenes de datos WFS
    • Se han actualizado las tablas EPSG (CRSs y otros objetos) a la versión 8.7
    • La lista de los últimos CRSs utilizados también está disponible cuando se asigna un CRS a un dibujo
    • Ahora se aplica la Elevación a todo tipo de objetos (Puntos, referencias de Bloque, etc.)
    • Los colores aleatorios elegidos para las nuevas Capas han sido mejorados
    • Ahora se permite seleccionar campos no numéricos como parámetros de Bloques, Elevación o Altura
    • La nueva opción 'Crear acceso directo desde la ruta' permite ahora crear accesos directos a direcciones de red
    • Nuevo idioma añadido a la aplicación: Alemán
    • Ahora todas las ventanas de la aplicación se centran respecto de la principal de AutoCAD
    • La versión de prueba es ahora menos restrictiva: se procesan el 75% de los objetos en cualquier caso
    • Transformación de Coordenadas: nuevas conversiones
    • Mejoras en el aspecto de los Asistentes de la aplicación
    • Los tiempos de carga de la aplicación han sido optimizados
  • Correcciones
    • La aplicación avisa si hay valores nulos en el campo seleccionado como Elevación
    • Si se utilizan Polilíneas 3D, la opción de 'Rellenos usando Sombreado' está ahora deshabilitada
    • Se ha solucionado un problema a causa del cual ciertos enlaces "http" no se ejecutaban correctamente desde Propiedades
    • Ahora la Capa base de importación no se mantiene en el dibujo si se crea durante el proceso y no contiene objetos
    • Se corrigen algunos problemas en ciertas Transformaciones de Coordenadas
    • Ahora se continua la lectura de datos aunque algún archivo de configuración o de usuario (*.config) esté corrupto, mediante el acceso automático a la última copia de seguridad válida del archivo
    • Se ha solucionado un problema en dibujos con un CRS no definido por la aplicación sino por AutoCAD u otras aplicaciones
    • Se ha corregido un error que se producía al ejecutar una Transformación de Coordenadas no implementada
    • Ahora se Exporta la coordenada Z de todos los Objetos
    • Ahora ya no hay problema para importar desde un origen cuyo CRS es desconocido a un dibujo que tiene un CRS asignado
    • Se corrige un error relativo a la generación de campos incorrectos cuando se Exportaban campos no homogéneos
    • Se corrige un error de Geometría Incorrecta al Exportar Polilíneas con vértices nulos
  • Correcciones de otros pequeños defectos y otras mejoras menores


May 8, 2015 - Release 2.2.0

  • New
    • Import Tasks. The Tasks allow to repeat any import process so many times as desired without needing to enter its parameters again (Related video)
    • Management and execution of Tasks in the application palette
      • Note: Tasks are available on the "Professional" edition only
    • New SPMSETCRS function to assign a coordinate reference system to the drawing
    • Automatic assignation of the drawing coordinate system when a new table is imported
    • Automatic assignation of the exported objects coordinate system based on the drawing coordinate system
    • Integration of the application drawing coordinate system with the AutoCAD coordinate system (valid for Autodesk products v.2013 to v.2016)
  • Improvements
    • The application now supports AutoCAD 2016 and other Autodesk 2016 products
    • Option to select "Polygons" (MPolygons) as the type of object to use when importing polygons (Related video)
      • Note: available for all compatible Autodesk products (even on vanilla plain or basic AutoCAD) except for any v.2010 product
    • When importing a table defined in "WGS84 (SRID 4326)" the transformation to "WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (SRID 3857)" is selected by default to get a projected map
    • The default name for the layer in which a table is imported is now the name of the table
    • The fields whose value starts with "http" are automatically converted into links in the "Properties" area of the application palette
    • New language added to the application: Portuguese (Brazil)
    • The configuration windows for the licenses have been sorted and optimized
  • Fixes
    • Fixed a bug that causes some SRIDs no were recognized correctly
    • Now you can load seamlessly SQLite tables from "My Computer"
    • Fixed a bug that allows the introduction of wrong serial numbers (valid for other Spatial Manager apps)
  • Corrections of other minor bugs and other minor improvements


March 13, 2015 - Release 1.0.5

  • New SPMEXPORT command! (new "Professional" edition only) Export from AutoCAD to Google Earth (KML or KMZ), Shapefiles (SHP), Points (many formats), MapInfo, PostGIS, SQL Server, SQLite and many more. Related videos:
  • New SPMIMPORT command to directly open the import wizard without having the Palette open
  • The import wizard allows you to ignore the Z coordinate for all imported objects (Related video)
  • There are two new column in the UDSs wizard, indicating if the data provider is valid for reading (Import) and/or writing (Export)
  • The ribbon of the application has been expanded and reorganized and now includes the new commands
  • Now, the Zoom extents at the end of an importing process is performed only when the drawing was empty
  • The type of alphanumeric Fields are now stored, enabling to respect the data types when exporting the objects
  • Optionally you can convert the coordinates of ASCII Points in data of the imported objects (Related video)
  • Now the possibilities to create, rename or delete Schemas and Tables depends on the application edition
  • In the coordinate transformation process the user is warned if any additional file is needed and how to get it
  • Now the application try to define automatically the source Coordinate System
  • The target Coordinate System is automatically selected if the objects to be exported have the same SRID
  • Added a button in the import wizard to go directly to run the process, skipping any remaining intermediate step in the wizard
  • Fixed a bug that left the import wizard locked when the data sources were slow to load (Related video)
  • Now when the application warns the user that the coordinates are not transformed between identical source and target CRS, there is no additional confirmation
  • The ability to rename UDSs, Schemas and Tables inside the import wizard itself has been removed, because it was confusing and not very practical
  • Fixed a bug which happens to early versions users when updating licenses in the new versions
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when entering an invalid license code
  • Now, all the texts are shown when many warnings occur during the execution of a process
  • Now, the coordinate systems are correctly shown in the section Properties of the Palette all the time
  • Fixed some problems that happened when navigating on the data source tree using the arrow keys
  • Warnings are no longer shown when some Field includes the "/" character
  • Fixed a bug that prevented uninstall the application if there not was any AutoCAD installed
  • Fixed a bug that moved the imported objects to incorrect Layers
  • Has been added support for nested relative links in KML/KMZ files
  • The wizards welcome windows are now disabled by default
  • There are now new simplified buy pages for the application and the extended support in the web
  • Corrections of other minor bugs and other minor improvements


January 21, 2015 - Release 1.0.4

  • The SRID of a PRJ (a Shapefile companion file) is now also composed by reading its parameters
  • You can now also search the catalog of CRSs using the "aliases" of the CRSs
    • Alias: Unofficial Coordinate System name but that is commonly used
  • The application now considers the displacement of the Origin of coordinates in all cases where needed
  • No more problems when reading an invalid date in the header of any SHP or DBF files
  • Now unnamed fields are supported in an ODBC connection
  • The SRID of a data source is displayed even if the source only includes Point Features
  • Improvements in the KML/KMZ data Provider:
    • Data can now be loaded data from HTML in the description
    • Support for OGC KML extensions added
    • A warning is displayed when trying to load a file without Features
    • Support for "Model" Features added
    • Now if there are null Features, the following Features will continue to be processed
    • Multiple nested geometries can now be loaded
    • Now existing folders are never ignored
    • The folders referenced within the links no longer cause problems
    • All badly constructed geometries are repaired
    • Loading a file now never goes to an infinite loop
    • Other small bugs solved:
      • The coordinates separated by tab are now supported
      • Links to KMZ without extension are now controlled
      • Now the column headers HTML "th" are also supported
      • The formats of coordinates X and Y are now validated before reading
      • The KMZ files are supported even if they have a KML extension and vice versa
      • It is also supported that the coordinates separator be ';' instead of ','
      • Analysis of whether any Polygon or Polyline are empty
      • It also examines whether any linked file has no extension
      • The links with empty name and relative URLs are checked
      • The links to websites instead of KML files are also reviewed
      • The KMZ files whose KML has a "byte order" character at the beginning, are supported
      • The links to nonexistent pages are also supported
      • The application now checks that none of the links have a link to itself and causes an infinite loop
      • Rejected requests to load links from the code are now checked
      • Invalid values of Z coordinates are not allowed
      • Also the links to KMZ files without extension are not allowed
  • The EPSG tables (CRSs and other objects) have been updated to version 8.6
  • The installation process now includes a shortcut in the Desktop to the "How to start?" Wiki page
  • The 32-bit and 64-bit setup applications are now consolidated into a single setup program which automatically selects the appropriate platform
  • Now the application cannot be installed on a computer without any AutoCAD installed on it
  • Fixed some incorrect texts in the Welcome window of the User Data Sources (UDS) Wizard
  • The text "Panel" has been replaced by the text "Palette" throughout the application, its interface, the Web and the Wiki of the Product
  • The Properties of the imported Objects are now displayed though its length exceeds 255 characters
  • The potential errors resulting from access to a location without the necessary permissions are now controlled
  • The remaining number of Trial days in the initial window now agrees with those in the License Options
  • Corrections of other minor bugs and other minor improvements


October 27, 2014 - Release 1.0.3

  • The OpenStreetMap data provider can now also import PBF files
  • New AutoCAD ribbon for the application which includes its main commands:
    • Palette (SPM): opens and/or displays the application palette
    • Help (SPMHELP): shows the application help (Wiki format) (New command)
    • Updates (SPMUPDATE): checks if there is a new application release to be downloaded from Internet (New command)
    • Information (SPMABOUT): shows basic information about the application and the installed release
    • Options (SPMOPTIONS): set of parameters to configure the application (New command)
    • Furthermore, the welcome window disappears (it is not necessary now)
  • When pressing F1 over the ribbon, the application Help page is shown
  • A new possibility of using non-perpetual licenses has been included
  • Improvements in the appearance and functionality in various application windows and icons
  • Fixes in the access to new releases and in the update window
  • Improvements when importing KML files with invalid name space
  • Can now import SHP files which include date fields
  • The deactivation of the application no longer causes AutoCAD fatal errors randomly
  • The behavior of the application when it is activated after the end of the trial period has been improved
  • Corrections of some bugs and other minor improvements


September 3, 2014 - Release 1.0.2

  • The import processes when performing transformation of coordinates are now up to ten times faster
  • There are many new conversion systems for coordinate transformations. Among them, various grid-based interpolation (NADCON and NTv2)
  • Now more conversion information is displayed, allowing the user to select its parameters more accurately
  • The setup program now includes an application icon in the ribbon "Add-ins" of AutoCAD
  • The application can be executed now by logging in with a user other than the one installed
  • The application windows are displayed correctly even if the overall Windows text size is set at values greater than 100%
  • Corrections of some bugs and other minor improvements


June 6, 2014 - Release 1.0.1

  • The import processes for source tables OGR (DXF, DGN, etc.), when coordinate system transformations are applied, has been improved
  • Fixed an error when importing MIF files
  • The licensing system has been improved to keep the license active when the computer name is changed
  • The search of SQL Servers has been improved
  • Corrections of some bugs and other minor improvements


June 1, 2014 - Release 1.0.0

  • First commercial version. Includes a limited Trial version which allows you to select the application Edition to try
  • The EPSG tables (CRSs and other objects) have been updated to version 8.4
  • Improvements to read a PRJ file that cannot be recognized
  • New system of licensing and activation/deactivation of licenses
  • Changes in the application updates system depending on the support period
  • It is now possible to disable the repeated warning of a specific update
  • New function included in the application options to check for updates at any time
  • Corrections of some bugs and other minor improvements


April 9, 2014 - Release 0.9.9 (beta)

  • Compatibility with AutoCAD 2015
  • Corrections of some bugs and other minor improvements


March 27, 2014 - Release 0.9.8 (beta)

  • A welcome screen is now displayed instead of automatically opening the application palette
  • The texts relative to the beta version have been improved
  • EEDs (or XDATA) data conversion has been improved when their maximum length is exceeded
  • The period of beta testing is extended to May 31, 2014
  • Corrections of some bugs and other minor improvements


February 28, 2014 - Release 0.9.7 (beta)

  • The function to Import spatial data in AutoCAD is now defined using a direct command
  • Assign Object properties in AutoCAD import process
  • Import parameters depending on geometry types
  • Defining Block Attributes for Point elements
  • Importing alphanumeric data as Extended Data (EED / XDATA)
  • Simple Extended Data (EED / XDATA) Viewer
  • Application Commands are shown in application Setup
  • Zoom Extension is performed in the drawing when any import process is finished
  • Available updates are checked when running the application
  • Assigning Attributes and other properties to the Blocks
  • Object Properties are now shown in the Properties area
  • Object selection data is now shown in the Properties area
  • The "About..." window is now defined
  • FDO data Provider is added to the list
  • Now a small set of spatial files for sample purposes is included when you install the application
  • Improved speed for read and write in the PostGIS provider
  • The PostGIS provider now allows selection of the database to use in a dropdown
  • The PostGIS provider now supports more data types
  • Development of the SQLite provider
  • Development of the OGR provider
  • Some improvements made in the PostGIS provider
  • New own icon is set for the OSM provider
  • Now the user can set the timeout when connecting using the SQL Server Spatial provider
  • Improved providers table (order, names and extensions)
  • Added a new property to the providers to see if it is necessary to check its parameters
  • Improvement in the performance of the tree in the OSM provider parameter window
  • Now the user can set the WFS store version
  • The FDO provider is normalized in terms of default names or types of icons
  • The OGR provider is normalized in terms of the default names or types of icons
  • Format 'Arc/Info .E00 (ASCII) Coverage' has been added to the OGR provider
  • One area of transformation has been set by default to the Coordinate Transformation
  • Now, when loading a KML/KMZ file, it can add a Field including information about the folder from each feature which is loaded
  • Corrections of some bugs and other minor improvements
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