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spatial data Information about the location and shape of geographic features,
and the relationships between those features. See also
feature (page 2063).
Spatial Data File See
SDF (page 2073).
spatial database A database containing information indexed by location.
spatial filter A selection of objects that specify which records to display in
the active table or query. When a spatial filter is active, the Data View displays
only those records linked to selected objects. Compare with SQL filter (page
2075).
spatial index An index created in an Oracle Spatial database by dividing the
extents of the drawings in the database into rectangular tiles. AutoCAD Map
3D uses the index to locate the geometry to be imported.
spherical coordinate system A coordinate system measured on the surface
of a sphere and expressed as angular distances. Compare with
Cartesian
coordinate system
(page 2057).
spheroid See
ellipsoid (page 2062).
SQL filter A series of SQL expressions that specify which records to select in
the active table or query. When an SQL filter is active, the Data View displays
only those records that match the filter criteria. Compare with
spatial filter
(page 2075).
style Settings that specify how to display the
feature (page 2063) or drawing
objects in a Display Manager layer. For example, a polygon style that makes
parcel polygons 50% transparent and which appears at a scale of 1:50000.
One or more styles can be applied to a single element.
style library Use the style library to store the styles you use frequently. You
can drag and drop these styles onto any element in any other display map.
styling The process of assigning display characteristics (such as line color, line
pattern, fill color, fill pattern, and so on) to
feature (page 2063) (points, polylines,
polygons). See also
theming (page 2077).
stylization Visually or textually changing the display of drawing objects
according to the assigned styles, rather than displaying them with their native
object properties. See also
style (page 2075).
superuser A user who controls user IDs, passwords, and access to sensitive
procedures.
supplementing distance The maximum distance between 3D polyline vertices.
If the distance between vertices is greater than specified, then points are added
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