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Map Books creation in GstarCAD

New in V10

Create an atlas-like layouts automatically within your DWG. This is useful for large areas, helping you organize and print multi-page maps with viewports and titles.

Editions: Professional
What's included in the feature Map Books creation

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

Map book data source

New in V10
Automatically create layouts from a selection of objects or by generating a set of sheets with map book sheets tool.

Select template layout

New in V10
Select a layout and use it as a template to create atlas-like layouts. The view within each layout will be adjusted automatically based on the selected zoom mode (automatic, with margin, or centered without changing the scale).

Advanced options

New in V10
By default, a layout is created for each selected object. However, when objects have attached data, it is possible to group them by field values. The grouping value can be inserted as text objects in the layout. Additionally, a global location map can be placed in another viewport within the layout.
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frequently asked questions
Current compatible GstarCAD applications:
  • Versions: From v.2018 to v.2027 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)
  • LandXML file - (XML)

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)

(1) Read-only
(2) OGR data source
(3) FDO provider (May not be available on GstarCAD 32-bit)
(4) Background Maps technology

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