Sometimes the display of the import parameters window of Spatial Manager™ may be significantly delayed when importing complex information in AutoCAD or BricsCAD This is because of a preliminary process which requires the reading of data fields (not of the... more
This post examines the available options when exporting Blocks and External References (Xref) from AutoCAD and BricsCAD a geospatial Table Export Blocks and External References By default Spatial Manager™ will export the Blocks and Xrefs as point features, regardless of... more
When reading Shapefiles (SHP) which include terrain Contour lines, it is very common to find that the Z coordinate of each Contour is set as being a numerical data in a Field of the associated data table Object Elevations in... more
Nearly all data providers included in Spatial Manager™ for AutoCAD feature a large number of resources to optimize the import processes from the different data sources supported by the application Along this blog post we will discuss some chances to “play” with certain... more
When importing or loading points from spatial ASCII files (CSV, XYZ etc.), Spatial Manager™, like most applications which support these kinds of spatial data sources, includes only usual connection parameters In the best case, the data provider for ASCII files... more
Ever more basic AutoCAD users, working in sectors such as architecture, engineering, or landscaping,, need access to spatial data as a base or complement to their own designs and projects Often such data is housed in corporate spatial data servers. Most applications... more