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Label objects in GstarCAD

Label data values from tables attached to the objects as Texts in GstarCAD

Spatial Manager™ for GstarCAD allows you to create text labels in the drawing from selected objects on the drawing or map. The selection of objects can be diverse: manual, by query or by table.

Within the labeling parameters you can choose options such as the field of the table to be labeled, labeling style (font type, text height, justification and text rotation, ...), as well as the destination layer and applying random colors to new layers.

Editions: Basic Standard Professional
What's included in the feature Label objects

Discover the full potential of this set of tools designed to enhance GIS data integration and editing within GstarCAD.

Data source for labeling

You can select which object attached Table/Data Field is the one you want to use as a source to label it.

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Labeling style

When labeling you can set values ​​such as font type, text height, justification or rotation. You can also mask the texts to distinguish them from other elements of the drawing.

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Objects selection to Label

You can select all objects in the drawing, or select them manually, by query, by table or by layer.

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Multiline text Labels

Properties containing line breaks are created automatically as MText objects.

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Use of multiple fields and properties

You can select as many alphanumeric fields and element properties as you wish. In addition you can set a unique style for each of these fields.

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Related features
Changes of view<span style='font-size: 1rem;'> - <a href='../changes-of-view/' class='app_color_link'>More info ></a></span>

Changes of view

Zoom to the objects on the selected layers, to the objects on the layers of selected objects, to the objects resulting from the last import process or to the selected objects

Inverse Selection<span style='font-size: 1rem;'> - <a href='../inverse-selection/' class='app_color_link'>More info ></a></span>

Inverse Selection

Select objects that are not selected in the drawing and deselect those that are selected.

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frequently asked questions
Current compatible GstarCAD applications:
  • Versions: From v.2018 to v.2026 both included. Review the version compatibility page for more details.
  • Editions: Standard, Professional and Educational
System requirements:
  • Windows 7 or higher, within the operating system versions supported by the GstarCAD version used
  • 500 MB free disk space, or more
  • Windows Installer 3.1 or later
Spatial files
  • Esri Shape file - (SHP)
  • Google Earth file - (KML, KMZ)
  • OpenStreetMap file - (OSM, PBF, OSC) (1)
  • LiDAR file - (LAS, LAZ)
  • GPS exchange format file - (GPX)
  • Esri ASCII Grid file - (ASC, ASCII) (1)
  • ASCII text file - (ASC, CSV, NEZ, TXT, XYZ, UPT)
  • SQLite file - (SQLITE, DB)
  • GeoPackage file - (GPKG)
  • GML file - (GML, GZ, XML)
  • Raster image file - (TIF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF) (1)
  • Autodesk SDF file - (SDF) (3)
  • MicroStation v.7 file - (DGN) (2)
  • AutoCAD DXF file - (DXF) (2)
  • Esri ArcInfo export file (ASCII) - (E00) (1) (2)
  • MapInfo file - (TAB) (2)
  • MapInfo interchange format file - (MIF/MID) (2)
  • GeoJSON file - (GEO.JSON)

Spatial raster files
  • Raster image file - (TIF, PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF) (1)
    • Georeference sources - (World files, Google Earth .GEPRINT, etc.)
  • Variable resolution Raster image file - (Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF/COG TIFF) (1) (4)

Spatial data servers and Geo-databases
  • Esri Geodatabase File - (GDB) (1)
  • PostGIS database
  • Microsoft SQL Server Spatial database
  • MySQL database (1) (3)

Image map servers
  • WMS/OGC API Maps Web Map Services (4)
  • WMTS/OGC API Tiles Web Map Tile Services (4)
  • XYZ/TMS Tile Map Services (4)

Other spatial data sources
  • Open Database Connectivity ODBC (1)
  • WFS/OGC API Features data store (1)
  • WFS data store (FDO) (1) (3) (5)
  • WFS data store (OGR) (1) (2) (5)

(1) Read-only
(2) OGR data source
(3) FDO provider (May not be available on GstarCAD 32-bit)
(4) Background Maps technology
(5) DEPRECATED - Whenever possible use the native WFS/OGC API Features data provider

Note: certain data Providers are only valid for some Editions of the application