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Geometry options in ZWCAD

Name: Spatial Manager for ZWCAD
Author: Spatial Manager

Import as points or block references, fill polygons, or create centroids

Choose between ZWCAD Points or Block References to represent point features or polygon centroids when importing. Use field values to assign block names dynamically and map data to block attributes. Define scale and rotation based on attribute fields. Fill polygons with hatch patterns and transparencies, and optionally generate centroids for area features.

Editions: Basic Standard Professional

What's included in the feature Geometry options

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

Use field based blocks for points and centroids

Choose between ZWCAD Points or Block References when importing point features or polygon feature centroids. When using Blocks, you can select a field to choose the Block References names to insert and "map" fields from the incoming data to Attributes included inside the Block definitions.

Block insertion parameters from field values

Also use fields from the incoming data to define Block insertion parameters, such as the scale and the rotation.

Polygon fills and transparencies

Fill polygon areas using ZWCAD Hatches and define the Hatches parameters, such as pattern, angle and scale. Apply transparencies to the Hatches.

Creation of polygon centroids during import

Draw optional centroids when importing polygon features using ZWCAD Points or Block References.

Resources and Information

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Import
Importing 2 (Shapefile)
Importing 3 (CSV)
Importing 4 (OpenStreetMap)
Spatial filter envelope in WFS servers
Import points as Blocks from disk
Using custom Grid files
Accessing user Datasets (NL PDOK sample)

Import data - User manual

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