Spatial Manager Blog : CAD L1 (Basic)
Esri Geodatabase File to DWG/DXF
An ESRI Geodatabase File (FileGDB), is a powerful database system designed to store, query, and manage spatial data as a collection of files stored directly on disk without the requirement of having a database server deployed. It serves as a... more
Import Z-Coordinate SHP as 3D Polylines
The shape type PolylineZ of a Shapefile (SHP) contains a different Z coordinate value for each vertex of polylines. Import them as 3D polylines entities in order not to lose all of the details of the represented geometries ... more
Import, export and convert GeoJSON
GeoJSON is an open standard geospatial data format based on JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). The content is stored as plain text, structured for allowing complex or compound geometries and with attached data. Most common file extensions are .geojson, .geo.json and... more
Export texts to Google Earth
Export texts or labels from a DWG to Google Earth directly maintaining the layer and object colours. It is a very intuitive one-step process of publishing stylized geometries grouped by their layers with their names or other related data or... more
Street View on your drawings
The Street View palette in ‘Spatial Manager’ (CAD versions) allows you to visualize dynamic Google Street View images directly in your CAD application by selecting a point on any geo-referenced drawing. There is no need to enter street or road... more
Shortcuts: How to use them
As in other applications, and the operating system itself, the Shortcuts in ‘Spatial Manager’ (AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD, GstarCAD and Desktop) are the way you can reference any folder into a physical or network drive, or the drive itself, and allows... more