You can change the options and the user preferences of Spatial Manager™ for BricsCAD through the new “Spatial Manager” tab, which you can see when running the “Options” BricsCAD command; you can also run the SPMOPTIONS command. This tab includes five paragraphs (“General options”, “License”, “Background Maps”, “Updates”, and “About Spatial Manager™ for BricsCAD”) to access the options or preferences of the application and also setup and information shortcuts.

• General options
  • Default open mode: You can select if an upcoming table from a data source will be imported into the current drawing or into a new drawing when double-clicking on the table in the Spatial Manager palette.
  • Proxy Settings: read below.
  • Service Provider API Keys: Some Service Providers (Bing, Google, etc.) may require a user account for some or all of their services Geocoding, Background Maps, Search Locations, etc. Many of the provider accounts are completely free of charge or include a sufficient number of queries for most users at no charge. Anyway, if a certain provider requires an API Key for a certain service, in this options window you can review how to get the API Key, enter it, check its validity, and examine which services of each provider may require an API Key.
  • Show introduction page on ‘Create user data source’ wizard dialog (“Standard” and “Professional” editions only).
  • Show introduction page on ‘Import’ wizard dialog.
• License: see Licenses.
• Background Maps: see Background Maps.
• Updates (same as the SPMUPDATE command).
  • Check for application updates: Although by default the application will check for updates automatically, you can click here to check for new application updates whenever you want.
• About Spatial Manager™ for BricsCAD (same as the SPMABOUT command).
  • Application information: Display the application “About” window.

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Proxy Settings

If you are accessing the Internet through a Proxy server, you can configure the Proxy access parameters here. There are several processes in the application in which it is necessary to access the Internet from the application itself (Background Maps, license activation, etc.). If you find problems accessing the Internet in any of these processes, ask your network administrator if it is being accessed through a proxy server and what the connection parameters are.