2.1.9 Tools

The Tools tab collects project-level import and export utilities in one place. Saved tool configs live in the project so collaborators can rerun exports, download files, or extract basemap data without re-entering settings each time.

Note: Older projects may still show separate Exports and Imports tabs until the project is opened once on v0.2; those entries are merged automatically into Tools.

Access: Online only. Creating, editing, or running tools requires collaborator access (or higher) on the project.

A. Open the Tools tab

  1. Enable Tools from the 1.1.4 Tool Tab if it is not already on the 1.1.5 Left Bar.
  2. Open Tools and click + to add a saved configuration.
  3. Choose a tool type, name the config, fill in the form, and Save.

Each saved row shows a subtitle (series name, slide count, layer count, etc.). Hover a row for actions:

  • Pencil — edit the saved config (expands the left bar).
  • Run / Download / Rerun — depends on tool type (see below).
  • Trash — delete the saved config.

B. Export tools

Series Table Compiler

Compiles a 2.1.2 Series into an Excel workbook: one row per feature with theme columns and attribute fields you select.

Requires: at least one series on the Series tab.

  • Download Excel — compile and download immediately.
  • Rerun — compile and save the file into 2.1.6 Docs for the project.

Export Map

Renders map slides (from 2.1.3 Themes and/or series presentation steps) with island-bar Markdown content into a PDF.

Requires: at least one theme or series.

  • Download PDF — render and download.
  • Rerun — render and save PDF to Docs.

Export 2D

Downloads selected geodata layers as GeoPackage (GPKG) or DXF.

  • Pick layers with the layer tree picker.
  • CRS: Auto UTM (best zone for data extent), WGS 84 (EPSG:4326), or custom EPSG.
  • Download export file when ready.

Export 3D

Exports fill-extrusion massing from selected layers to GLB, OBJ, or DAE (Collada).

  • Choose layers that use extrusion symbology.
  • Vector-tile extrusions may be incomplete when full footprint geometry is unavailable in the tile source.
  • FBX is not supported in the browser; use GLB for interchange.

C. Import tools

Basemap import

Extracts vector features from the current vector-tile basemap inside a drawn area of interest (AOI) and writes a GeoPackage to the project datasource folder.

Requires: an active vector-tile basemap (not raster-only).

  1. Switch to a vector basemap via 1.1.3 Basemap Selection.
  2. Create a basemap import config: set zoom level, style layers to include, output filename, and optional output folder.
  3. Draw or adjust the AOI on the map (rectangle or polygon).
  4. Click Run basemap import and wait for extraction to finish.

Imported files appear under the project's geodata sources and can be attached as new layers in 2.1.4 Layers.

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