Spring ‘Spatial Manager’ 6.1 released
New spring version of ‘Spatial Manager’ (v.6.1) released. You will find interesting improvements in the management and usability of Terrains and Import capabilities, as well as the new Search Location feature. In addition this new version is fully compatible with AutoCAD 2021 (and other Autodesk 2021 products), BricsCAD 20 and ZWCAD 2020
New option to import Google Earth images (and history) based on *.geprint files in ‘SPM 6.1’
Finding locations and geographical objects in your drawings and maps
New features and improvements:
Search locations
- New command SPMSEARCHLOCATION that allows to geo-locate in the drawing postal addresses, streets, neighborhoods or other geographical objects (see the above image)
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Import / Export
- Import of raster images saved in Google Earth in conjunction with the Print File *.geprint (see the above image)
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- Related videos: AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD
- The Shapefiles data provider now enables multi-class export by automatically creating the necessary SHP and add-on files based on the exported object types
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- Related videos: AutoCAD, BricsCAD, ZWCAD, Desktop
Terrains
- In the Terrain wizard, it is now possible to get the elevation values of selected Points or Blocks with Z=0 from online services
- Also in the Terrain Wizard, it is now possible to select the measurement unit of the Elevations (Z) downloaded from the elevation service
Background Maps
- Now, when configuring a WMS or WMTS User Background Map, if the service only includes one layer it is automatically selected
- New versions of preset MapBox Background Maps. MapBox group has been rearranged
Setup
- Proxy server configuration has been extended to apply to any access from the application to the Internet
Coordinate systems
- The EPSG tables (CRSs and other objects) have been updated to version 9.8.6
AutoCAD 2021, BricsCAD 20, ZWCAD 2020 compatible
- … and more
Note: Some functionalities only apply to CAD versions, and some of them are only available in the Standard or Professional editions
Take a look at the application Changelogs in order to review the complete list of News, Improvements and Fixes in this version: