Imports spatial data, into new or existing ZWCAD drawings, as ZWCAD objects and Extended Entity Data (EED).

Import all files from a folder in a single step

Spatial Manager™ for ZWCAD provides this functionality through the contextual menu of the folders in the application palette.

When executing “Import all” you can define some basic parameters:

• Create a layer for each File or Table.
  • You may want to mark this option, for example, when the information contained in each file or table is not homogeneous.
  • You may want to unmark this option, for example, when you are importing the same class of entities split in a grid.
  • When the “Table” option is selected and there are several files to import, the name of the layers will be formed by the file name and the corresponding table name.
• Fill areas using Hatches.
  • This option will be applied to all the polygonal entities imported from any file.
• Select a CRS for unreferenced sources.
  • Since the “Import all” process will transform the coordinates between the sources and the drawing when needed, you can select a CRS for those sources without a defined CRS (if any). You will find the following options:
    • Drawing CRS (if defined).
    • CRS defined in another source that has been included in the current “Import all” process (if any).
    • Other CRS, which can be selected using the same ways as when you run any import process. Please take a look at this section.
• Working path.
  • Defines a location where the application will save any auxiliary files required throughout the Import-all process.
    • For example, raster image files created when importing images that need to be transformed (coordinate transformation, etc.).
    • If this parameter is left blank, the application will ask you where to save each auxiliary file when necessary.

Note: When using this function, if the drawing is unreferenced, the most suitable CRS will be automatically assigned to the drawing.

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Import all schemas in a User Data Source (UDS) or all tables in a schema or file in a single step

Spatial Manager™ for ZWCAD provides a functionality similar to that of the previous section when it comes to batch importing all schemas from a data source or all tables in a schema or file.