Blog : Desktop 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


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


Airbus OneAtlas imagery in Spatial Manager

‘Airbus OneAtlas’ service provide access to high-resolution satellite imagery, innovative geospatial analytics and industry-specific insights. This post explains how to configure ‘Spatial Manager’ Background Maps in order to dynamically access OneAtlas imagery from your maps or drawings in AutoCAD, BricsCAD,... more


Import or load GeoPackage files

GeoPackage is an open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing and compact format for the transfer of geospatial information. A new data provider that allows you to read GeoPackage files has recently been added in ‘Spatial Manager’ (CAD and Desktop versions) Related... more


ASCII data provider Tabular format

The ASCII data provider supplied with ‘Spatial Manager’ allows you to Import/Export geospatial data from/to CSV, XYZ, TXT, ASC, NEZ, UPT, etc. files, and with very little added work, it is also valid for Excel, Access, etc. files. It has... more