The SPATIAL tab contains commands and command lists for working with tables. It is always available, unless it is minimized. The SPATIAL tab is also available at the top of floating Map and Layout windows.
Clipboard Group
These commands copy and paste selections to the clipboard.
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Copy | Ctrl+ C | Copies the selection and puts in on the clipboard. | |
Paste | Ctrl+ V | Pastes the content of the clipboard. Enabled once you cut or copy a selection. | |
Cut | Ctrl+ X | Cuts the selection and puts in on the clipboard. Enabled once you make a table selection of an SQL selection. | |
Undo | Ctrl+ Z | Undo/redo last operation. Enabled after you make an edit. |
Selection Group
These commands provide methods for selecting objects.
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Select |
Select: Selects one or more map/layout objects or browser rows. Radius Selection: Selects map objects within a circle. Marquee Selection: Selects map objects within a rectangle. Polygon Selection: Selects map objects within a polygon. Boundary Selection: Selects map objects within an area defined by a boundary in another layer (for example, cities within a county). Select by Style: Select objects by style. (MapCAD) |
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SQL Select | Creates a selection by querying using SQL. | ||
Invert | Inverts currently selected map/layout objects or browser rows. Available when objects or rows are selected. | ||
Clear | Ctrl+W | Deselects map/layout objects or browser rows | |
Find |
Find (Ctrl+Shift+F): Select an item or row and find the item in all windows. Find Address: Find an address using a geocoding server. Places a marker on the map. Mark (Ctrl+F): Find objects by some criteria and place a marker on the map. |
Edit Group
These commands edit objects on the map.
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Set Target | Ctrl+T | Sets a map object as the target for editing. | |
Clear Target | Ctrl+Delete | Clears the target selection. | |
Erase |
Erase Target: Removes a portion of a map object using the currently selected object as the eraser.
Erase Outside Target: The portion of the target that is not overlapped by the erasing object is removed. |
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Combine |
Combine Selected Objects: Combines separate map objects into a single object.
Combine Using Column: Combines objects by using common column data. |
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Split | Breaks target map object using selected cutter object.
Split Target: Separates target object using a cutter object. Split Target Using Polyline: Separates target object using one single section polyline cutter object. Polyline Split at Node: Separates single section polyline object at a node. Split Region Using Polyline: Split a region or polygon object using a line or polyline. (MapCAD) |
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Disaggregate | Separates objects and their data into their component parts (polygons, polylines, and multi-points). | ||
Buffer |
Buffer Objects: Creates a buffer polygon around a selected object or objects.
Buffer Table: Buffers objects in table. Convex Hull: Creates a polygon representing a convex hull around a selected points. |
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Modify |
Line Intersection: Trim two lines or polylines at their intersection point. (MapCAD)
Fillet/Chamfer): Creates an polyline (fillet) or a line (chamfer) between two line segments corresponding their intersection point. (MapCAD) Reverse Line Direction): Reverse the line direction. (MapCAD) Undershoot/Overshoot): Modifies start and end nodes from linear objects close to a reference object. Only the start or end nodes are moved. (MapCAD) Spline): Creates splines for existing polyline or region objects. (MapCAD) Scale): Scales an object relative to its anchor point. (MapCAD) Snap to Line): Aligns objects to clean overshoots and undershoots. (MapCAD) |
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Nodes | S key |
Snap to Nodes: In Snap mode (S key) the cursor snaps to a node of a map object when it comes within a certain distance.
Segmenting: Adds nodes to a line segment with fixed distance using a defined number of segments. (MapCAD) Reshape (Ctrl+R): Edit regions, polylines, lines, and points by moving, adding, and deleting nodes that define line segments. Move Duplicate Nodes: Move identical nodes in different layers at the same time. All Layers that contain objects whose nodes you want to move have to be selectable. (MapCAD) Add Node (Ctrl+Shift+N): Add a node to a region, polyline or line. Overlay Nodes onto Target: Adds nodes to the target objects at all points where the target objects intersect the selected objects. |
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Fix/Clean |
Check Regions: Check regions for self-intersections, overlaps and gaps.
Clean Objects: Automatically detects and corrects self-intersections, overlaps and gaps. Snap/Thin: Snaps nodes from different objects that are close and thin the number of nodes while retaining the general shape. Smooth Lines: Smooths selected polyline into a curve. Unsmooth Lines: Returns selected polyline to its original state. |
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Transform |
Offset Object: Moves the selected object by specifying a distance and direction.
Rotate Object: Rotates object by a specified angle. Rotate Object (MapCAD): Rotate objects using angle or degree and clockwise orientation of left or right. (MapCAD) Move Along: Selected objects can be moved using a free angle and distance. (MapCAD) Mirror Horizontally: Uses the centroid of the whole selection as the center point for mirroring objects. (MapCAD) Mirror Vertically: Uses the centroid of the whole selection as the center point for mirroring objects. (MapCAD) Align Horizontally: Aligns objects horizontally: objects are centered and evenly distributed one on top of another. (MapCAD) Align Vertically: Aligns objects vertically: objects are centered and evenly distributed beside each other. (MapCAD) |
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Convert to Polylines |
Convert to Polylines: Changes each selected object into a polyline object. Convert Polyline to Line: Changes a single polyline to a line. (MapCAD |
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Calculate |
Calculate Angle: Returns the value of the angle between two straight lines segments. (MapCAD
Calculate Direction: Returns the angle between the horizontal axis and a line segment. (MapCAD |
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Clip Region |
Set Clip Region: Defines a region to be clipped.
Clip Region On/Off: Turn map clipping on or off. |
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Digitizer Setup | Setup for digitizer hardware. | ||
Clear Map Objects | Deletes selected map objects from the table, but keeps the attribute columns in tact. |
Create Group
These commands create objects on the map.
Insert
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Point | Inserts a marker or pin on to the map. | ||
Text | Inserts text on the map. | ||
Cell | Inserts a new cell on the map. (MapCAD) | ||
Orthogonal Points | Creates a point that is at right angles to a reference line. (MapCAD) | ||
Line | Creates a straight line on the map. | ||
Polyline | Creates a polyline on the map. | ||
Arc | Creates an arc on the map. | ||
Right Angle | Creates a line along an approximate direction that is at 90 degrees to an object. (MapCAD) | ||
Perpendicular Line | Creates a line that is perpendicular to a segment of an object. (MapCAD) | ||
Arc from 3 Points | Creates an arc from three points. (MapCAD) | ||
Line Polar Append | Creates a line using distance and angle. (MapCAD) | ||
Traverse Line | Creates a polyline from the distance and angle of each node. (MapCAD) | ||
Polygon | Creates a region (polygon) shape on the map. | ||
Orthogonal Polygon | Creates a polygon with a right angle between the first and last line segment. (MapCAD) | ||
Ellipse | Creates an ellipse (circle) on the map. | ||
Circle from 3 Points | Creates a circle on the map from three points. (MapCAD) | ||
Rectangle | Creates a rectangle shape on the map. | ||
Rounded Rectangle | Creates a rectangle shape that has rounded corners on the map. | ||
Rotated Rectangle | Creates a rotated rectangle using specific width and height. (MapCAD) |
Style
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Point Style | Alt+F8 | Modifies symbol size, color and type. | |
Line Style | Shift+F8 | Modifies line color, pattern and width. | |
Region Style | Ctrl+F8 | Modifies the color, pattern and outline of closed objects. | |
Text Style | F8 | Modifies text color, font and size. | |
Cell Style | Specify the current cell and manage the cell library. (MapCAD) |
Regions
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Convert to Regions | Changes each selected objects into a region object. | ||
Convert to Rectangle | Change the selected object to a rectangle. (MapCAD) | ||
Enclose (Polylines to Regions) | Creates regions from polygonal areas enclosed by polylines. | ||
Drive Regions (Objects) | Creates time or distance buffers around objects. | ||
Drive Regions (Table) | Creates time or distance buffers for a table. | ||
Voronoi (Objects) | Partitions the map space into cells from a designated set of points. Each cell is an area in which the contained points are closer to the enclosed site than to any others. | ||
Voronoi (Table) | Partitions the map space into cells based on a point layer from a table, selection or query. Each cell is an area in which the contained points are closer to the enclosed site than to any others. |
Dimension
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Dimension Line | Creates a dimension line in a separate layer. (MapCAD) | ||
Continuous Dimension Line | Generates measurement lines with cumulated distance and distance to objects. (MapCAD) | ||
Intersecting Arcs | Calculates the intersection of two arcs using center point and radius. (MapCAD) |
Create
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Create Points | Creates point objects for a database table using X and Y coordinates. | ||
Line from Table | Create line objects from a table. (MapCAD) | ||
Polyline from Table | Create polyline objects from a table. For details, see the MapCAD Help. (MapCAD) | ||
Circle from Table | Create circle objects from a table. For details, see the MapCAD Help. (MapCAD) |
Geocode
Icon | Command | Keyboard Shortcut | Description |
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Geocode Points | Geocodes records using MapInfo Pro's built-in geocoder. | ||
Geocode using Server | Geocode records using a geocoding server. |
MapCAD is a tool that plugs in to MapInfo Pro on startup. Some commands on the SPATIAL ribbon are from MapCAD. To read more about how to use MapCAD commands, see the MapCAD Help: On the PROtab, select Add Ins, and then under the section titled MapCAD, click Help.