Blog : CAD L2 (Medium)

Union of polygons with common data - Dissolve Polygons

It is often useful to create enveloping polygons from the union of other adjacent polygons that share some data in common. Among the many examples that could be detailed, for example, obtaining county or provincial boundaries from the boundaries of... more


Labeling existing objects

Although you can insert text Labels on objects while are generated in any ‘Spatial Manager’ import process, the application now also allows the Labeling process to be performed on existing drawing objects using the new SPMLABEL command, which will tag... more


Centroids and Polygons

It is very common that when handling polygonal spatial information (Parcels, Buildings, Zones, etc.), the polygon data is attached to its Centroid, a point element, usually inside the polygon, which concentrates its alphanumeric information. ‘Spatial Manager’ includes powerful tools to... more


Locating polygons crossed by specific linear objects

Among the many options available in ‘Spatial Manager’ to select objects in your maps or drawings, one of the most advanced and powerful of them is the Spatial Query. In this article we develop an example in which you can... more


Create a drawing Table from the Data Grid

Among the many functions available in the ‘Spatial Manager’ Data Grid you can find the possibility to export a whole table or only a set of selected objects to a CSV file, choosing from several options for the final result... more


How to use Fields default value

‘Spatial Manager’ data tables (CAD versions), either imported from any data source or user-defined, can be edited in order to create, delete and modify their fields. One of the options supported in the Fields definition is to define/edit their default... more