Import CSV into AutoCAD - Spatial Manager TP

This technical page describes how to Import CSV into AutoCAD. The "Comma-separated values" CSV files are one of the most common types of files to store tabular data. They are plain-text ASCII files, without binary numbers or any other data type which has to be interpreted, can be easily read or written by any application and a user can look at their content using common utilities, such as Window Notepad Import CSV into AutoCAD - Open in Notepad Every line in the file corresponds to a record of a data table and every text or number between two delimiter characters in a line corresponds to a field in this record. There are various characters that may be used as the delimiter character. The most common used delimiter characters are the comma, the tab, the space character or the semicolon In addition, other common applications, such as MS Excel, also allow you to open and edit this type of file because of their tabular data format Import CSV into AutoCAD - Open in Excel CSV to CAD CAD applications users often need to import these kind of point data files into their drawings, and the content of the files is usually very diverse: GPS generic data, surveying data, hydrants, signals, address points, etc. AutoCAD, being one of popular applications in the CAD market, cannot directly translate the contents of CSV to AutoCAD, not even as Point type objects. To perform a task such as Import CSV to AutoCAD, you will need an additional AutoCAD utility or plug-in Import CSV into...