Spatial Manager Blog : Import (page 8)
Small automated things that make your life easier
‘Spatial Manager’ (for AutoCAD, BricsCAD or ZWCAD) includes some little-known automations that make the everyday application tasks more comfortable. This article and the included videos review some of these little automatic assistancesRelated videos:... more
From Excel to CAD drawings: quick and easy
Many CAD users often need to import MS Excel spreadsheets that include spatial data tables (coordinates and other data), as Point or Block objects. From the beginning, ‘Spatial Manager’ software includes the ability to do it through ODBC connections,... more
Command-line Importing. Scripts
From version 4, ‘Spatial Manager for AutoCAD/BricsCAD’ includes the command “-SPMIMPORT” (notice the hyphen), which is a “command line” version of the “SPMIMPORT” command designed to allow the executing of Tasks from the command line, Scripts, VBA, LISP, etc.... more
Enhanced ASCII data provider (CSV, TXT, ASC, XYZ, …)
The ASCII data files (often named “Comma-separated values” CSV), are one of the most common types of files to store Points tabular data. They are plain-text ASCII files, without binary numbers or any other data type that has to be... more
Improve performance when importing from OpenStreetMap
As was said in another post from this Blog, the display of the Import parameters window is often delayed when importing some “heavy” data sources in AutoCAD or BricsCAD OpenStreetMap stands out as... more
Little-known options when importing from OpenStreetMap
The project OpenStreetMap is considered a prominent example of volunteered geographic information and has become the “Wikipedia” of spatial and territorial information. It gives you free access to tons of geo-spatial data, and ‘Spatial Manager’ allows you to import... more