Spatial Manager™ for GstarCAD exports objects from the drawing to spatial files or databases, and saves their Extended Entity Data (EED) as alphanumeric data tables using a wizard, which shares some of the steps with the import wizard. In the same way, the user can choose or select the export parameters to define all the target data among a great number of possibilities
There are options to export the Coordinates, Length or Area, the objects Layer, Handle and Elevation, the Attributes and the name of the Block references and their properties, the Texts and their properties, etc. The objects will be automatically filtered when exporting, and all the geometric operations needed to fit the target data format (such as segmenting curved objects) are automatically performed
Objects exported to geospatial files or servers
From the current drawing to new or existing tables in files or schemas inside files or databases
Select the objects to be exported
Choose between exporting the selected objects, the objects in a layer or the whole drawing
Option to treat the closed polylines as polygons
Most of the time the closed polylines represent polygonal elements on the target data format and this conversion can be automatic
Options for objects geometry data
Export the coordinates X/Y/Z, the Length, the Area and the Elevation in new fields of the data tables
Z-Coordinate and Elevation
The Z-coordinate is exported in all the cases. If not available, the object Elevation is exported as Z-coordinate
Options for Block references
Option to export the Name, Rotation, Scales and the Attributes of the Block references in new fields of the data tables. The names of the fields and the Attributes will match
Options for Texts
Export the content of the Text objects and their basic properties (Rotation and Height)
Automatic complex geometric operations
Review and editing of the selected objects in order to export geometries accommodated in the target format, such as the polygonal segmentation on curves if required
Filtering of incompatible objects
There are a few object types not supported by the export processes (such as complex 3D objects), which are automatically filtered. The filter result is displayed before exporting
Opening help
Upon completion of any export process to a file, the file location can be opened directly. When exporting to a KML or KMZ file it can be chosen to open the file in Google Earth (if installed)
This function allows direct conversion between different data providers formats and sources without the need to import/export into/from drawing
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