Spatial Manager Blog : Tricks and Tools (page 3)
Convert polyline type
Quickly switch polylines between 2D and 3D formats directly in your drawing environment with ease and flexibility. The tool maintains accuracy and consistency throughout the process, intelligently retaining essential properties such as layer or color of the original polylines whenever... more
Add elevation data to existing points in DWG/DXF
Spatial Manager has utilities for working with terrains and elevations. One of them lets you search elevations for existing points. By following a few steps, it is possible to create a data field and store the elevation value in it,... more
Export elevation labels in feet in Google Earth
Google Earth internally uses meters for elevation units, which can be an obstacle when feet are required. This tutorial explains an easy workaround for viewing contour elevation values in Google Earth and displaying them in feet.Available for... more
Adjust geometries to a base map
Rubber sheeting refers to a method in mapping and surveying where a map or spatial data is adjusted or “stretched” to align with a reference map or coordinate system. This process helps to fix distortions caused by differences in scale,... more
Rubber sheet, align geographically buildings, parcels, ... in your DWG
When working with data sets from different sources, there are often differences in alignment between elements. The SPMRUBBERSHEET command allows you to select base points and reference points to modify vertices in a non-uniform way, beyond a simple displacement, scaling,... more
Create polygons with holes or islands
In CAD, polygons are usually represented as closed polylines due to drafting processes. This may be a problem when representing, visualising or exporting to GIS formats (or even Google Earth). This post explains how to create polygons with holes, islands... more