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Tutorial: Moving From
AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map
3D

About The AutoCAD/AutoCAD Map 3D Tutorial

AutoCAD Map 3D is built on AutoCAD and includes all AutoCAD functionality.
Map files are saved in DWG format, just like regular AutoCAD drawings.
However, AutoCAD Map 3D adds features that are not available in AutoCAD.
Try out these additional features in this tutorial.

NOTE

For a white paper by Russell Martin on the benefits of AutoCAD Map 3D to

AutoCAD users, click here.

Lesson 1: Prepare Drawings for Use With AutoCAD
Map 3D

If you are new to AutoCAD Map 3D, your drawings might not be ready to take
advantage of the features in AutoCAD Map 3D. This lesson covers some ways
to prepare your data.

Digitize and georeference paper drawings

If your data is still stored in paper drawings, you can use AutoCAD Raster Design
to digitize them and save them in AutoCAD drawing format.

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Summary of Contents for 15606-011408-9005 - MAP R6.3 NAMED-10U PK

Page 1: ...AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Tutorials April 2009 ...

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Page 3: ...cise 4 Choose a workspace 4 Lesson 2 Take a Quick Tour of AutoCAD Map 3D 4 The Ribbon 6 Finding Commands 9 Workspaces 11 The Task Pane 12 Properties Palette 20 Data Table and Data View 21 Status Bars 23 Layout Tabs 24 Dynamic Input 25 Shortcut Menus 28 Options 29 Lesson 3 Get Started 30 Exercise 1 Create a map 30 Exercise 2 Use Data Connect to add data to your map 32 Exercise 3 Style a feature 33 ...

Page 4: ... Lesson 5 Find Objects 63 Exercise 1 Display the Data Table 63 Exercise 2 Filter the Data Table 63 Lesson 6 Edit Objects 65 Exercise 1 Check out and edit a feature 65 Exercise 2 Update information for the edited feature 66 Lesson 7 Create a Legend 67 Exercise 1 Insert a legend object 67 Exercise 2 Change the order of items in the legend 69 Lesson 8 Publish Your Map 70 Exercise 1 Specify attributes...

Page 5: ...p to a DWF file 130 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects 135 About the Classifying Drawing Objects Tutorial 135 Lesson 1 Set Up For Classification 136 Exercise 1 Set up your work environment 137 Exercise 2 Set up your user privileges 137 Lesson 2 Define Object Classes 139 Exercise 1 Create the object class definition file 139 Exercise 2 Define an object class 140 Exercise 3 Add object cl...

Page 6: ...hange the information displayed in the viewport 194 Lesson 5 Publish The Map Book 195 Exercise 1 Set DWF publishing options 196 Exercise 2 Set background publishing options 197 Exercise 3 Publish the map book to DWF format 198 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data 201 About the Analyzing Data Tutorial 201 Lesson 1 Analyze Data Visually Using Surfaces 202 Exercise 1 Prepare your map file 202 Exercise 2...

Page 7: ... Classes 250 Exercise 1 Examine the original drawing layers 251 Exercise 2 Examine the object data 253 Exercise 3 Export the drawing layers to SDF Select the layers 255 Exercise 4 Export the drawing layers to SDF Map object data to feature class properties 256 Exercise 5 Export the drawing layers to SDF Map drawing properties to feature class properties 259 Exercise 6 Export the drawing layers to ...

Page 8: ...son 3 Use Joined Data to Create Calculated Properties 292 Exercise 1 Set up an ODBC connection for a Microsoft Access database 293 Exercise 2 Connect to the Microsoft Access database 294 Exercise 3 Join the ODBC data to the Parcels layer 295 Exercise 4 Save the properties to a new data store 296 Exercise 5 Create a calculated property 299 Lesson 4 Theme Polygon Features 301 Exercise 1 Create a the...

Page 9: ... change the appearance of objects create new features and edit them and publish your finished map Moving from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 page 83 Prepare drawings for use with AutoCAD Map 3D clean up drawing data add drawing objects to a map add and edit raster images and share maps with others Classifying Drawing Objects page 135 Define object classes assign drawing objects to different classe...

Page 10: ... add assessor data Add a new calculated property that uses native and joined properties Split a parcel into two uneven pieces using the Split command and assign attributes to each resulting parcel using split merge rules Exercise 1 Prepare your sample data When you installed AutoCAD Map 3D the tutorial sample data was installed on your computer in the Program Files AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Help Map 3D ...

Page 11: ...stem For Microsoft Windows XP it is usually C MyDocuments For Microsoft Vista it might be C Documents and Settings Administrator My Documents Map 3D Tutorials 3 Click File New Folder 4 Change the name of the new folder to My AutoCAD Map 3D Tutorial Data Exercise 3 Set up the tutorial window Resize the window that displays the tutorial instructions so you can see it while you work To resize the tut...

Page 12: ...ault unless otherwise noted To switch to the Tool based Ribbon workspace 1 Click the workspace entry in the status bar 2 Click Tool based Ribbon Workspace Lesson 2 Take a Quick Tour of AutoCAD Map 3D Start by becoming familiar with the AutoCAD Map 3D window 4 Chapter 1 Tutorial Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 ...

Page 13: ...ick 4 Navigate to the folder in My Documents where you copied the sample files 5 Open SampleMap dwg An alert may tell you that an undefined drive alias page 311 is referenced If so click Define and use the following procedure If not proceed to The Ribbon page 6 To define a drive alias The alias you need is already selected Click in the Actual Path field and click Browse Lesson 2 Take a Quick Tour ...

Page 14: ...w in the lower right corner have a dialog box associated with them Use the following techniques when working with the ribbon To see more options for a panel click the down arrow on the panel title bar Click the pushpin icon to keep the expanded portion displayed For example on the Home tab click the down arrow on the Data panel To see the dialog box associated with a panel click the arrow in the l...

Page 15: ...hes to the new tab To keep the ribbon from switching at the Command prompt type ribboncontextselect The application menu The application menu includes the Search Field page 10 and file related commands Options displays the AutoCAD Options dialog box which controls such things as the background color for maps To use the application menu 1 Click to see the application menu The Ribbon 7 ...

Page 16: ...he commands you use most often on the Quick Access Toolbar You can display the toolbar at the top of the application window or just below the ribbon To customize the Quick Access Toolbar 1 Click the down arrow next to the current Quick Access Toolbar 2 Do any of the following To add a command to the Quick Access Toolbar select any command that is listed To remove a selected command from the Quick ...

Page 17: ...nd on the ribbon 1 In the InfoCenter field type the name of the command 2 In the list that displays choose Find A Command On The Ribbon NOTE You can also click Tools tab Customization panel Ribbon Command Locator 3 In the Ribbon Command Locator window specify the workspace you used in the previous release 4 Select the command from a menu to see its current ribbon location or an alternative way to ...

Page 18: ...op of the application menu To use the Search field 1 Click to see the application menu 2 In the field at the top of the menu type all or part of the command name For example type define Commands beginning with the word define are displayed 3 In the list that displays click the appropriate entry 10 Chapter 1 Tutorial Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 ...

Page 19: ...between the following workspaces Tool based ribbon workspace customized for those who are already familiar with the AutoCAD ribbon Task based ribbon workspace customized for AutoCAD Map 3D commands Map Classic the menu driven interface from earlier versions of the product Many new commands are unavailable from this workspace You can customize any workspace specifying the contents of the ribbon tab...

Page 20: ...in recent releases are not available from the menus in this workspace To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D go to The Task Pane page 12 See also Customizing Your Work Environment Finding Commands page 9 The Ribbon page 6 The Task Pane The Task pane gives you quick access to frequently used features and groups these features into task related views Use the Task pane to create manage display and p...

Page 21: ... saved and templates for linking drawing objects to data Use this view to query in objects from attached drawings and to view the data for any object Map Book page 312 where you divide a large map into tiles Each tile is rendered on a separate page You can publish map books in various formats both for printing and for online display Survey page 315 where you bring in and work with survey point dat...

Page 22: ...he title bar to a window edge to dock it again NOTE To minimize the Task pane each time you move your cursor away from it right click the Task pane title bar and turn on Auto hide To close the Task pane click the X in its top right corner Hold your cursor over the Task pane title bar to see the X Once you have closed the Task pane you can redisplay it In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click View ...

Page 23: ...rcSDE SHP and SDF attached source drawings drawing queries object classes external data sources for drawing objects topologies link templates To attach a drawing to the current map Drag the file from Windows Explorer to the Map Explorer tab of the Task pane The Task Pane 15 ...

Page 24: ...ired files for communicating with the database application However for some database types you must configure these files yourself Display Manager The Display Manager lets you create display maps Each display map contains a set of styled layers You can have more than one display map in a map file and you can style the same data differently in each one Use Data Connect to add features to your map o...

Page 25: ...ampleMap dwg file select the Parcels layer in Display Manager page 310 2 To change the color of the parcels click the Style button in the Task Pane page 315 menu area Click in the Style field in the middle of the Style Editor window Select a different Foreground color and click OK Close the Style Editor by clicking the X in its top right corner The changes are displayed in your map See also Overvi...

Page 26: ...ntify layout placeholders 3 Build the map book 4 View or edit the map book tiles 5 Publish the map book See also Overview of Map Books Survey Use the Survey tab to import and organize survey data points 18 Chapter 1 Tutorial Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 ...

Page 27: ...SCII files 3 Organize the data Organize the data into projects Within each project create surveys and classify points into point groups Create new points within defined point groups and create features from points To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D go to Properties Palette page 20 See also Bringing in Survey Data Working with Survey Data The Task Pane 19 ...

Page 28: ...e displays only the General 3D Visualization Plot Style View and Misc properties for the current layer If you select a feature layer in the Display Manager the layer name and title are displayed For drawing layers the Element and Element Source are displayed Drawing objects that belong to an object class page 313 have additional information on the Object Class tab Use the Display tab to see the so...

Page 29: ... Color field for layer 0 which contains the roads select a color and click OK The color of all the roads changes to the color you selected To edit feature properties in the Properties palette 1 In the SampleMap dwg file select the Parcels layer in Display Manager page 310 2 Click a parcel in the map 3 If the Properties palette is not still open right click the parcel and select Properties The Desi...

Page 30: ...le displays geometry and attribute data for a feature You can search and theme features based on any data in the feature source To display the Data Table 1 Select a feature layer in the Display Manager 2 Click Table Data View Using the Data View you can sort and filter the external database records linked to drawing objects In addition if you open the table in Edit mode you can edit the data in th...

Page 31: ... link template To run a query double click the database query name To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D go to Status Bars page 23 See also Overview of the Data Table Overview of Viewing External Data Sources for Drawing Objects Status Bars The area at the bottom of the application window displays status information and includes some controls for changing the view Status Bars 23 ...

Page 32: ...ow at the far right of the lower status bar 2 Select the item to add NOTE To remove an item you added select it again from the same menu To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D go to Layout Tabs page 24 Layout Tabs Most of the time you work in model space where you create your map on a 1 1 scale You can create multiple paper space layouts where you can place a title block include several views of ...

Page 33: ...n existing layout tab and click New Layout To rename a layout Double click the layout tab and type a different name To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D go to Dynamic Input page 25 Dynamic Input For experienced AutoCAD users the command line interface is a shortcut for creating objects and specifying properties AutoCAD Map 3D provides a command interface near the cursor This interface is called...

Page 34: ...oint An example of dynamic input NOTE With the command line hidden detailed information for some commands is not visible To see this information display the command line by pressing CTRL 9 on the keyboard Keep in mind the following rules Some commands require that you specify vectors with your cursor When you finish press Esc Some commands require that you select an object Click the object and pre...

Page 35: ...namic input on or off On the status bar click or press F12 To turn off dynamic input temporarily Hold down the F12 key while you work To control dynamic input settings Right click and click Settings NOTE By default dynamic input is set to relative not absolute coordinates For example entering 10 10 and then 20 20 draws a line from 10 10 to 30 30 If you frequently enter absolute coordinates you can...

Page 36: ...either of the following Right click an item in the map Right click an item in the Task Pane page 315 NOTE When you select an item in the Task pane it might also display a contextual tab on the ribbon For example select an object class on Map Explorer to see the Classification tab Select a feature layer on Display Manager to see the Vector Layer tab 28 Chapter 1 Tutorial Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D ...

Page 37: ...pplication menu remains displayed until you select a command or click somewhere else 2 Click Options at the bottom of the menu 3 Change any options you like For example to change the background color of all future maps change the following option Click the Display tab Click Colors Under Context 2D Model Space should be selected Under Interface Element Uniform Background should be selected Change t...

Page 38: ... map Exercise 1 Create a map Create a map file using a standard template Assign a coordinate system Any data you add to your map is converted to that coordinate system To create a map 1 Before you begin this tutorial see Lesson 1 Get Ready to Use the Tutorials page 1 2 From your desktop or the Start menu start AutoCAD Map 3D if it is not already running 3 Click and click New Drawing 4 In the Selec...

Page 39: ... the Task pane click the Map Explorer tab In Map Explorer page 312 right click Current Drawing and click Coordinate System Set the coordinate system from the Task pane In the Assign Global Coordinate System dialog box for Code enter CA I Enter the letters CA hyphen letter I Specify the code for your coordinate system Exercise 1 Create a map 31 ...

Page 40: ...le containing road data To add data to your map 1 In the Task Pane page 315 switch to Display Manager page 310 2 In the Display Manager menu area click Data Connect To Data Use the Data menu in the Task pane to add any type of data to a map The Data Connect page 310 window is displayed 3 Under Data Connections By Provider on the left side click Add SHP Connection 4 Click the file icon next to Sour...

Page 41: ...re first connect to its source 7 In the Data Connect window click Add to Map Click Add To Map to see the data in your map 8 Close the Data Connect window by clicking the X at the top Exercise 3 Style a feature Change the appearance of the roads Exercise 3 Style a feature 33 ...

Page 42: ...d click Style in the menu area Select the Roads layer and click Style The Style Editor window is displayed over your map 2 In the Style Editor window click for Style and select a thickness color and pattern for the roads Click OK 34 Chapter 1 Tutorial Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 ...

Page 43: ...Specify a name and location for your map Notice that map files use the file extension dwg just as AutoCAD drawings do Both file types use the same basic file format Click Save You can also create a composite style for line features combining multiple line styles for a more realistic appearance Where you are now In the map you can see the styled roads Where you are now 35 ...

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Page 45: ...ntify them Styles can help you provide complex information quickly and intuitively For example themed styles can show population density water depth or the relative height of geographic features Edit objects in your map In AutoCAD Map 3D you can check out and edit any type of object using AutoCAD commands For example edit geometry in a drawing file a schema in an ESRI SHP file or geospatial data s...

Page 46: ...ne page 315 Right click Current Drawing and click Coordinate System Enter CA I and click OK 4 Add the city boundaries to your map by dragging and dropping a source file to Display Manager Switch to Display Manager page 310 in the Task pane Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder in My Documents where you copied the sample files NOTE The location of My Documents varies depending on your oper...

Page 47: ...ppear in your map 5 Click Save As AutoCAD Drawing In your tutorials folder name the file BuildMap1 dwg and click OK To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Attach a drawing file page 39 Exercise 2 Attach a drawing file You can use Display Manager to attach an AutoCAD drawing file NOTE This exercise uses the BuildMap1 dwg map you created in the previous exercise Exercise 2 Attach a drawing file ...

Page 48: ...ocuments For Microsoft Vista it might be C Documents and Settings Administrator My Documents Map 3D Tutorials 2 In the BuildMap1 dwg file in the Task pane click the Display Manager tab 3 Click Data Add Drawing Data Attach Source Drawings Use Display Manager to attach a drawing file 4 In the Define Modify Drawing Set dialog box click Attach 5 Navigate to the folder in My Documents where you copied ...

Page 49: ...m the drawing When you attach a drawing to a map objects in the drawing do not appear in the map immediately You must query them in The drawing file you attached is a map of California with polygons defined for each county Since the city of Redding is in Shasta County you add the Shasta County boundaries to your map You can query in data based on location properties or data In this case query the ...

Page 50: ...shown 6 Click OK in the Data Condition dialog box and then click OK again to execute the query 7 In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click View tab Navigate panel Zoom drop down Extents The Shasta county boundaries are now displayed in the map and an Attached Drawing Element layer is displayed in Display Manager 8 Save your work Click Save 42 Chapter 2 Tutorial Building a Map ...

Page 51: ...E Oracle or SQL Server An ODBC source such as Microsoft Access A raster file Web based sources such as WMS or WFS Spatial data files such as SDF and SHP Data Connect displays information about all attached non DWG data sources even if you did not use Data Connect to attach them For example the SDF file you dragged and dropped into your map is listed in the Data Connect window NOTE This exercise us...

Page 52: ...s name If this information was incorrect you could click the current coordinate system listing to see a down arrow and select a different coordinate system NOTE Change the incoming coordinate system only if you know the original coordinate system for the feature do not change the coordinate system to match your map AutoCAD Map 3D automatically converts each feature from its own coordinate system i...

Page 53: ...previous exercises To add a raster image 1 If you have not already done so copy the Program Files AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Help Map 3D Tutorials folder to My Documents NOTE The location of My Documents varies depending on your operating system For Microsoft Windows XP it is usually C MyDocuments For Microsoft Vista it might be C Documents and Settings Administrator My Documents Map 3D Tutorials 2 In th...

Page 54: ...der contains multiple images select the ones you want 8 Set the coordinate systems for the images Click Edit Coordinate Systems In the Global Coordinate System dialog box click in the blank field in the row labeled Default and click Edit For Category select USA California Under Coordinate Systems In Category click CA I Click OK in both dialog boxes to return to the Data Connect window All the imag...

Page 55: ... layer and click Zoom To Extents To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 6 Display the raster image behind other features page 47 Exercise 6 Display the raster image behind other features You want the raster image to provide context for the parcels in your map but right now it is hiding the parcels Move the raster behind the parcels and set transparency for the parcels so you can see the raster i...

Page 56: ...ry layer white and make the parcels semi transparent 3 In Display Manager select the City_Boundary layer 4 Click Style to see the Style Editor NOTE If the Style Editor is docked move your cursor over it to display it It might be docked at the left side of the application window 5 In the Style Editor in the Polygon Style For 0 Infinity Scale Range section click the Style entry 6 Change the Foregrou...

Page 57: ...wer an immediate sense of the value of each parcel Exercise 1 Create a theme for the parcels layer A theme uses a range of colors to represent an analogous range of values You can also use theming to show relative area population density water depth or height of geographic features NOTE This exercise uses the BuildMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To style the parcels...

Page 58: ... To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Define the theme page 50 Exercise 2 Define the theme Tie the theme definition to the value of the parcels lighter colors represent parcels with lower values and darker colors represent parcels with higher values The parcel value is the condition used to determine the color of the parcel in the map NOTE This exercise uses the BuildMap1 dwg map you created...

Page 59: ... settings as they are Use the Theme Polygons dialog box to design your theme 2 Under Theme The Polygons click next to the illustration of the Style Range 3 Set Foreground transparency to 50 so you can continue to see the raster image below the parcels 4 For Foreground Color Range select colors from the color boxes under From and To 5 Experiment with line thickness and color if you like Exercise 2 ...

Page 60: ...the Style Editor open for the next exercise To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 3 Add labels page 52 Exercise 3 Add labels Add a label for each parcel based on its land value NOTE This exercise uses the BuildMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises 52 Chapter 2 Tutorial Building a Map ...

Page 61: ...y select LAND_VALUE Leave the other settings at their current values for now Select a property The data for that property appears in the labels 3 Repeat the first two steps for each theme entry 4 Click OK to close the Style Label dialog box Click OK again to apply the theme to your map 5 Close the Style Editor so you can see your map again Exercise 3 Add labels 53 ...

Page 62: ...t their relative values which are displayed as labels on each parcel Themed parcels with labels To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 3 Change the Display by Zoom Level page 54 Lesson 3 Change the Display by Zoom Level Use styles to make objects display differently depending on the zoom level In this example when the viewer is zoomed in roads are dark gray with a dashed yellow centerline When the...

Page 63: ...cuments For Microsoft Vista it might be C Documents and Settings Administrator My Documents Map 3D Tutorials 2 Open your finished map from the previous lesson Click Open Drawing Locate BuildMap1 dwg Select the map and click Open 3 In the Task Pane page 315 switch to Display Manager page 310 4 In the menu area click Group and select Layers By Group 5 Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder i...

Page 64: ...us exercises To create a composite style 1 In Display Manager select the Roads layer and click Style NOTE If the Style Editor is docked move your cursor over it to display it It might be docked at the left side of the application window 2 In the Style Editor click the Style field 3 In the Style Line dialog box click Create Composite Lines Use the Create Composite Lines link to combine line styles ...

Page 65: ...ine for roads 7 Click OK Now define scale ranges and assign styles to them Each scale range represents the zoom levels at which a style is displayed When you are zoomed between the levels of a range the style for that range is displayed 8 In the Scale Ranges area at the top of the Style Editor click the word Infinity and enter 30000 to replace it The composite style you created appears for this ra...

Page 66: ...t the range to go from 30000 to 50000 Click the Style field in the bottom area of the Style Editor Reset the style to a single line Change the color to black Select a solid pattern at the top of the list Set the line thickness to 05 Click OK 10 Define another scale range so that no styling is applied to the roads when you zoom out to a distant view Click Add A Scale Range again 58 Chapter 2 Tutori...

Page 67: ...p to see the different line styles NOTE This exercise uses the BuildMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To see the styles at different zoom levels 1 In the BuildMap1 dwg file use the Zoom Window tool to zoom in so you can see the labels and the composite lines In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click View tab Navigate panel Zoom drop down Window TIP The smaller you draw...

Page 68: ...a new parcel When you draw a new feature it is automatically added to the layer from which it was created The source for that layer is updated to include the feature you added NOTE This exercise uses the BuildMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To create a feature 1 If it is not still open open your map from the previous lesson Click Open Drawing Locate the BuildMap1 dw...

Page 69: ...put line 8 Press the down arrow again until a dot is displayed next to Close showing that it is selected Use dynamic input to draw the parcel 9 Press Enter to close the polygon 10 Select Exit from the dynamic input menu to complete the command The parcel is complete and the Data Table page 310 is displayed NOTE If the Data Table is docked move your cursor over it to display it If the Data Table do...

Page 70: ...e is updated 2 Click in the new blank row in the Data Table 3 Fill in the data fields for this parcel Look at the other entries to see what a logical entry would be for each column 4 Right click the parcel in the map and click Check in Feature The original data source is updated with your changes 5 Save your map Where you are now You have added a new parcel and updated the parcel data to reflect y...

Page 71: ...e 60 Click Open Drawing Locate the BuildMap1 dwg file Select it and click Open 2 In the Task pane switch to Display Manager page 310 3 In Display Manager select the Parcels layer and click Table 4 If the Data Table is docked against the left side of the application window move your cursor over it to see its contents To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Filter the Data Table page 63 Exercise ...

Page 72: ...ata Table to filter the parcels you see 3 Make sure Auto Zoom is on This button is a darker color when it is on otherwise it is the same color as the window 4 Click in the dark gray left most field for a parcel to select that parcel NOTE Scroll the Data Table to the left to see the left most fields AutoCAD Map 3D zooms to the selected parcel 5 Make a note of the number in the Autogenerated_SDF_ID ...

Page 73: ...s while you edit Automatic update can result in inadvertent changes to the data store The safest way to edit geospatial data is to turn off automatic update feature before you edit a feature Once you make your changes check the feature in to update the data store with your changes and make the feature available to others again When you edit a feature that feature is automatically checked out and l...

Page 74: ...hange the size and shape of the parcel just as you would any AutoCAD polygon 4 Click Feature Edit tab Edit Set panel Check In To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Update information for the edited feature page 66 Exercise 2 Update information for the edited feature Use the Data Table page 310 to find the entry for the parcel you edited and change its information When you edit a feature wheth...

Page 75: ...the information in the data source Click Feature Edit tab Edit Set panel Check In The information is now available to other users 6 Save your map Where you are now You edited a parcel and updated its data to reflect your changes You checked in the feature to update the source file To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 7 Create a Legend page 67 Lesson 7 Create a Legend Create a legend that lists t...

Page 76: ...ick Open Drawing Locate the BuildMap1 dwg file Select it and click Open 2 In the Task Pane page 315 switch to Display Manager page 310 3 Right click the Parcels layer and click Zoom To Extents 4 Click Tools Create Legend Use the Tools menu in Display Manager to create a legend 5 In your map find a blank area for the legend 6 Click where you want the legend to appear 68 Chapter 2 Tutorial Building ...

Page 77: ...n layers off to prevent them from appearing in the legend NOTE This exercise uses the BuildMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To change the order of items in the legend 1 In the Display Manager menu area click Groups Draw Order Notice that the option name changes to Order to show that you are now viewing by draw order 2 Drag an item to a different position The change i...

Page 78: ...he publishing operation automatically converts the coordinate information to latitude longitude coordinates Autodesk Design Review 2008 can automatically navigate to a specific location when you enter coordinates It displays coordinates of any location in the map when you move your mouse over that location With computers integrated with a GPS device using the NMEA 0183 protocol field workers can c...

Page 79: ...ng Locate the BuildMap1 dwg file Select it and click Open 2 In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click Output tab Export To DWF PDF panel Export To DWF PDF Options MAPDWFOPTIONS 3 In the Map Information dialog box select Publish Map Information 4 In the Map Information dialog box expand the items in the list and select the Roads and Parcels items Exercise 1 Specify attributes to include 71 ...

Page 80: ...le Click Save The DWF Publish operation uses the XML file 6 Click OK To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Publish to DWF page 72 Exercise 2 Publish to DWF Publishing to DWF is like printing to a file You set up plotting parameters as if printing to a physical plotter You apply those settings to your layout which is like a plotting template You display a layout tab for your map to activate th...

Page 81: ...out sending the job to a plotter or printer 5 If Model and Layout tabs are not displayed just below your map right click in the status area at the bottom of the application window Click Display Model And Layout Tabs 6 Click the Layout 1 tab 7 Click Publish Do not choose an option from the Publish submenu Click the word Publish in the application menu 8 In the Publish dialog box in the Sheets To Pu...

Page 82: ... in the lower right corner When the job is complete a bubble appears in the bottom right hand corner of the window Click the link in the bubble to view any warnings or errors Close the window when you are done Where you are now You have published your map to a DWF file which can be displayed in Autodesk Design Review To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 9 Branch Out Find Data Sources page 74 Les...

Page 83: ...rows Bridge in Brooklyn New York to see the high resolution satellite photo DigitalGlobe has an exhaustive library of high quality Earth imagery available for purchase 4 To try out some of the DigitalGlobe data click Download Your Free Trial and follow the directions on the screen Once you install DigitalGlobe and you start AutoCAD Map 3D a new ImageConnect menu appears on the menu bar To continue...

Page 84: ...EQ 3 Click the image of the city of Redding California to see the digital map NAVTEQ street geometry includes street networks block address ranges a Point of Interest POI database administrative area boundaries railroads hydrological data and land use information 4 To try out some of the NAVTEQ data click Download Free Sample and follow the directions on the screen To continue this lesson go to Ex...

Page 85: ... Models image to see information about DEM topographic layers Intermap provides digital surface models digital terrain models orthorectified radar images and color orthorectified radar images 4 Close the browser windows To continue this lesson go to Exercise 4 Try out the sample data page 77 Exercise 4 Try out the sample data Sample data from each of these providers is included with AutoCAD Map 3D...

Page 86: ...log box navigate to the Intermap Munich_dtm dem raster file Select the file and click Open In the Data Connect window click Connect In the Data Connect window select the image and click Add To Map 3 Style the surface image In Display Manager select the surface layer On the status bar at the bottom of the application window click the down arrow next to Vertical Exaggeration Increase the vertical ex...

Page 87: ...y Manager right click the image layer and click Zoom To Extents In Display Manager with the image layer still selected click Style In the Style Editor click Transparent Click Select and select a dark gray color in the raster image to be transparent 6 Connect to a Navteq SHP file to add points representing restaurants In Display Manager click Data Connect To Data In the Data Connect window under Da...

Page 88: ... the Map Points of Interest dwg file Select the Restaurant symbol If you want in the Style Editor change the Fill Color and Edge Color of the points so you can see them better Click OK and close the Style Editor Where you are now You explored the geodata portal You used sample data from Autodesk partner providers to create a map of Munich using a surface with elevation a satellite photo and symbol...

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Page 91: ...eatures in this tutorial NOTE For a white paper by Russell Martin on the benefits of AutoCAD Map 3D to AutoCAD users click here Lesson1 PrepareDrawingsforUseWithAutoCAD Map 3D If you are new to AutoCAD Map 3D your drawings might not be ready to take advantage of the features in AutoCAD Map 3D This lesson covers some ways to prepare your data Digitize and georeference paper drawings If your data is...

Page 92: ...s To incorporate existing drawings into maps the drawings must be georeferenced Otherwise the drawing objects do not align with features in larger maps Maps use coordinate systems to describe the position of objects using their longitude and latitude relative to a particular datum an agreed upon reference point Once you assign a coordinate system to a map you can add data to that map from drawings...

Page 93: ...nistration dialog box type a name for the alias The name must use only alphanumeric characters including hyphen and underscore contain no spaces or colons and start with a character For example you can call the alias TutorialData 6 Specify a path for the new alias In the Drive Alias Administration dialog box specify a name for the alias and the actual path it represents In this example use the pat...

Page 94: ...ocal county or municipality For example for a drawing of city parcels obtain a digital version of an assessor map of that city Make sure that you know the coordinate system used to create that map We refer to this map as the target map In this example you connect to an SDF data store containing parcel information You use the Rubber Sheet command to align the drawing objects with known locations in...

Page 95: ...wg which has no coordinate system 4 In the subdivision_block dwg drawing select and copy the objects to align The objects in subdivision_block dwg are defined as a block Click anywhere on the block perimeter to select all the objects Click Home tab Clipboard panel Copy drop down Copy Clip 5 In the target map paste the objects into the blank area in the center of the drawing Switch the current wind...

Page 96: ...left of the empty area In the illustration above it is red 7 Use the Rubber Sheet command to align your drawing objects with the known objects in the map Zoom in as close as you can while still displaying the target area and the subdivision drawing Click Tools tab Map Edit panel Rubber Sheet When prompted on the command line for Base Point 1 click the first common point in your drawing object bloc...

Page 97: ...ontain various kinds of errors that make accurate mapping difficult For example digitizing from a paper map can produce lines that were actually creases in the paper Drawings edited by multiple people can contain duplicate lines or objects Finding duplicate objects in the same location can be nearly impossible without the right tools If lines in your drawing do not connect precisely at endpoints d...

Page 98: ...Use the Tutorials page 1 2 Navigate to and open the sample tutorial file Street_Centerlines dwg 3 Zoom to the extents of the drawing In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click View tab Navigate panel Zoom Drop down Extents 4 Click Tools tab Map Edit panel Clean Up 5 Specify which objects to include in the cleanup operation In this case include all objects In the Drawing Cleanup Select Objects dialog...

Page 99: ...ystem of unit measure such as meters or inches For example a distance of one unit can represent one centimeter one foot or one mile in real world units Each operation has its own parameters Under Options select Interactive to review errors one by one Click Next 7 In the Drawing Cleanup Cleanup Methods dialog box do the following Under Cleanup Method choose Modify Original Objects Click Next 8 In t...

Page 100: ...elete Duplicates To fix all duplicates at once without reviewing them select Delete Duplicates without expanding it and click Fix All 9 In the Drawing Cleanup Errors dialog box do the following Expand Delete Duplicates to see how many duplicate objects were detected Click Error 1 of 3 In the map the first error displays a temporary marker so you can find it easily 92 Chapter 3 Tutorial Moving From...

Page 101: ...on to locate and correct undershoots If possible one object is extended to cross the other It maintains the same direction and snaps to a point on the object If no node exists the operation creates one at the intersection Two objects that pass within the specified tolerance snap together as long as the snap does not change their direction If no node exists at that point the operation creates one N...

Page 102: ...he Drawing Cleanup Select Actions dialog box do the following Select Extend Undershoots and click Add In the Selected Actions list select Extend Undershoots and enter 10 for the Tolerance Under Options select Interactive to review errors one by one Click Next 5 In the Drawing Cleanup Cleanup Methods dialog box do the following Under Cleanup Method choose Modify Original Objects Click Finish 94 Cha...

Page 103: ...closely 7 Zoom from within the Drawing Cleanup Errors dialog box to examine errors without leaving the interactive drawing cleanup process Do the following Click Error 1 of 2 Clear the Auto Zoom check box Under Zoom enter a higher value such as 400 Click Zoom Click Next to zoom to Error 2 of 2 When you are finished examining the errors restore the Zoom to 100 Click Zoom Select the Auto Zoom check ...

Page 104: ...anup dialog boxes Layer names used for object selection Cleanup actions and settings Cleanup methods Error marker settings if any Drawing Cleanup profiles do not include the actual objects selected on the specified layers In this exercise you create save and edit a Drawing Cleanup profile To create and save a Drawing Cleanup profile 1 Navigate to and open the tutorial sample file Street_Centerline...

Page 105: ...d profile 1 Open the drawing to clean NOTE Do not use the drawing you used in the previous exercises It has already been corrected so the loaded profile does not produce any further results If desired replace that drawing with the original uncorrected sample drawing from the installed tutorial sample data folder 2 Click Tools tab Map Edit panel Clean Up 3 In the Drawing Cleanup dialog box click Lo...

Page 106: ...w query mode Retrieves objects that match criteria you specify copies the objects into the current drawing You can manipulate edit and save the objects to their attached drawings to the current drawing or to a new drawing Attach multiple source drawings Attaching a drawing to a map does not add any objects to the map It makes the drawing data available to the map You can then preview or add the ob...

Page 107: ...For example you can break out objects into layers changing the layer property for the objects as you add them to your map Exercise 1 Attach source drawings In this exercise you open a drawing for the city of Redding California You attach three source drawings that contain parcel sewer and drainage information Even though the drawings are attached no objects appear until you perform a Quick View or...

Page 108: ...re now attached to the Redding dwg file but no drawing objects have been added yet To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Preview attached drawings with Quick View page 100 Exercise2 PreviewattacheddrawingswithQuickView Quick View temporarily displays all data in the attached drawings in your drawing file The drawing objects are not copied into the drawing NOTE This exercise uses the Redding d...

Page 109: ... the Extents of Selected Drawings check box Click OK Quick View displays the contents of the attached drawings without creating any objects in the Redding dwg file 3 At the Command prompt enter Regen The temporary objects are cleared from the screen 4 Click Save As AutoCAD Drawing 5 In the Save As dialog box navigate to the folder you created for your tutorial maps Then click Save Exercise 2 Previ...

Page 110: ...you created and modified in the Exercise 1 Attach source drawings page 99 To preview drawing objects using a property query 1 If the Redding dwg map from the previous exercises is not still open reopen it 2 In Map Explorer under Current Drawing right click Current Query and then click Define 3 In the Define Query of Attached Drawing s dialog box under Query Type select Property 4 In the Property C...

Page 111: ...ed Drawing s dialog box do the following Under Query Mode make sure that Preview is selected Preview mode displays the objects without actually creating them in your drawing Click Execute Query 8 In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click View tab Navigate panel Zoom Drop down Extents The objects on the PARCELS and SEWER_PIPES layers are displayed in the drawing window They are not created in the dr...

Page 112: ... to see which drawing objects the query retrieved In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click View tab Views panel Named Views In the View Manager expand Model Views in the tree view Select PARCELS in the tree view Click Set Current and then click OK 104 Chapter 3 Tutorial Moving From AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D ...

Page 113: ...ou execute the result as a draw query to display the information in your drawing NOTE This exercise uses the Redding dwg map you created and modified in Exercise 1 Attach source drawings page 99 To combine location and property conditions in a query 1 In Map Explorer under Current Drawing right click Current Query and click Define 2 In the Define Query of Attached Drawing s dialog box do the follo...

Page 114: ...Objects that cross the circle you draw are added to the drawing Click Define 4 Click in the center of the drawing and drag your cursor to draw a circle as indicated in the following illustration 106 Chapter 3 Tutorial Moving From AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D ...

Page 115: ...circle for the selection 5 In the Define Query of Attached Drawing s dialog box do the following Under Query Mode select Draw Click Execute Query Exercise 4 Retrieve objects with a property and location query 107 ...

Page 116: ...Save To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 5 Query object data page 108 Exercise 5 Query object data In addition to the geometric properties available in AutoCAD AutoCAD Map 3D has user defined properties called object data You can use object data as you would regular AutoCAD properties For example use object data As the basis of a query As the content for annotation As the criteria for styling...

Page 117: ... data to create feature classes in a new data format NOTE This exercise uses the Redding dwg map you created and modified in Exercise 1 Attach source drawings page 99 To create a query based on object data 1 If the Redding dwg map from the previous exercise is not still open reopen it 2 In Map Explorer under Current Drawing right click Current Query and click Define 3 In the Define Query of Attach...

Page 118: ...uery of Attached Drawing s dialog box under Options click Zoom Ext 6 In the Zoom Drawing Extents dialog box click OK 7 In the Define Query of Attached Drawing s dialog box under Query Mode select Preview and click Execute Query 110 Chapter 3 Tutorial Moving From AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D ...

Page 119: ... leave the drawing open To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 6 Create an object data index optional page 111 Exercise 6 Create an object data index optional An object data index speeds up drawing queries on drawings that contain object data The index is automatically updated each time you save changes Exercise 6 Create an object data index optional 111 ...

Page 120: ...tenance dialog box do the following Click Select All Click Drawing Index 4 In the Index Maintenance dialog box do the following Select all the Generate Index options except EED Select all the options on the left except EED Under Generate Index click Object Data 5 In the Generate Object Data Index dialog box do the following Under Object Data Table select DRAINAGE_INLETS Click Select All to select ...

Page 121: ... indexes 9 Click Save Where you are now You used Quick View and Preview queries to look at objects in attached drawings You used Draw queries to add objects from attached drawings to the current drawing You created an object data index to improve the performance of data queries To see the effect of the object index on performance repeat Exercise 5 Query object data page 108 with the new index you ...

Page 122: ...raster image Aerial and satellite photographs often contain information about their location and scale This information makes the images georeferenced AutoCAD cannot use this georeferencing information so it cannot properly position the imagery but AutoCAD Map 3D can In this exercise you insert a digital raster graphic DRG of Redding California into a drawing of the same city The information in th...

Page 123: ...ck Home tab Data panel Insert An Image 4 In the Insert Image dialog box do the following Navigate to the location where you stored your tutorial sample files In the Files Of Type box select Tagged Image File Format tif tiff In the list of images select REDDING_DRG tif Click Information to display the file size creation date and other information as well as a preview of the image Exercise 1 Insert ...

Page 124: ...ady current The Correlation Source is a World File called REDDING_DRG tfw It is stored in the location where you copied your tutorial sample files The data in the world file determines the Insertion Point X and Y values under Insertion Values These values georeference the image so it is correctly positioned in the drawing 116 Chapter 3 Tutorial Moving From AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D ...

Page 125: ... was created and modified and the layer on which it resides In this exercise you view information about the raster image in two ways The second method displays some additional information such as the width and height of the image NOTE This exercise uses the CITY dwg map you used in Exercise 1 Insert a raster image page 114 To view information about a raster image 1 If the CITY dwg map is not still...

Page 126: ...shed 6 Select the image again Place your cursor over the image hold down the Shift key and click the image 7 Right click the selected image and click Image Information 8 In the Image Information dialog box view information about the REDDING_DRG image 118 Chapter 3 Tutorial Moving From AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D ...

Page 127: ...lay order of the raster image in the drawing file You send the raster image to the back so objects in the original map display in front of it NOTE This exercise uses the CITY dwg map you used in Exercise 1 Insert a raster image page 114 To change the display order 1 If the CITY dwg map is not still open reopen it 2 In the drawing area place your cursor over the image hold down the Shift key and cl...

Page 128: ...tutorial go to Lesson 5 Modify Raster Images page 120 Lesson 5 Modify Raster Images Change the way the raster image displays in the drawing Adjust brightness contrast and fade and clip the raster image to display only a portion Exercise 1 Adjust image brightness contrast and fade In this exercise you adjust the image display Your modifications affect the display of the raster image in your map but...

Page 129: ... side of the raster image 3 Hold down the Shift key and click the edge of the image to select it Shift click the edge of the image to select it 4 Right click the image and click Image Adjust 5 In the Image Adjust dialog box do the following Change the Brightness value to 99 Change the Contrast value to 10 Change the Fade value to 10 Click OK Exercise 1 Adjust image brightness contrast and fade 121...

Page 130: ...sents the city limits The city limits display more prominently in the drawing Then you clip the image to display a rectangular portion that frames the city NOTE This exercise uses the CITY dwg map you used in Exercise 1 Adjust image brightness contrast and fade page 120 To change the width of a polyline 1 If the CITY dwg map is not still open reopen it 2 Move your cursor over the city limits 122 C...

Page 131: ...ere in the drawing and select Quick Properties 4 Move your cursor over the Quick Properties window to expand it The Global Width property becomes visible 5 Select the value for Global Width enter 100 and press Enter You can edit values in the Quick Properties window 6 Press Esc to close the Quick Properties window Exercise 2 Clip the image 123 ...

Page 132: ...dge of the raster image 2 Hold down the Shift key and click the edge of the image to select it Shift click the edge of the image to select it 3 Right click the image and click Image Clip 4 Do the following to clip the image Press Enter or type n to create a clip boundary 124 Chapter 3 Tutorial Moving From AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D ...

Page 133: ...dary 5 Click Save To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 3 Add a raster image to a Display Manager layer page 125 Exercise3 AddarasterimagetoaDisplayManagerlayer The Display Manager page 310 tab of the Task pane controls the styling and display of items in your map The layers in the Display Manager are different from AutoCAD layers but they allow you to do similar things For example you can hide...

Page 134: ...pen reopen it 2 On the Display Manager tab of the Task pane click Data Add Drawing Data Raster Image 3 In the Select Image dialog box select the check box next to REDDING_DRG 4 Click OK In the Display Manager REDDING_DRG is now listed as a layer 5 In the Display Manager right click the REDDING_DRG layer and click Rename 6 Type REDDING_RASTER and press Enter 7 Click Save 8 In the Display Manager cl...

Page 135: ...hare Your Map with Others page 127 Lesson 6 Share Your Map with Others You can convert your drawing objects to a geospatial format using the Export option For example you can export your map to an Autodesk SDF file This stores the geometry for each drawing object as data so it can be shared with other Autodesk users in a small portable format When you connect to that file in AutoCAD Map 3D all the...

Page 136: ...n an SDF file The resulting feature classes have properties that correspond to the object data attributes In this exercise the street centerlines in the drawing have three object data attributes Lanes Speed_Limit and Surface To export drawing objects to SDF 1 Navigate to and open the Street_Centerlines dwg map you used in Lesson 2 Clean Up Your Drawings page 89 2 Click Output tab Map Data Transfer...

Page 137: ...s Speed_Limit and Surface 6 In the Feature Class Mapping dialog box do the following Click Select Attributes Expand the Object Data item to see the attributes that will become properties of the new feature class Click OK twice to return to the Export dialog box 7 Click OK to export the drawing objects to the SDF file Exercise 1 Export a map to Autodesk SDF 129 ...

Page 138: ...blishing options that specify the object data to publish with your map Then you publish your map to a DWF file NOTE This exercise uses the Street_Centerlines dwg map you modified in Lesson 2 Clean Up Your Drawings page 89 To set publishing options 1 Navigate to and open the Street_Centerlines dwg map you used in Lesson 2 Clean Up Your Drawings page 89 2 Click Output tab Export To DWF PDF panel DWF...

Page 139: ...r the published file Click Save The DWF Publish operation uses the XML file 6 Click OK To publish to DWF 1 Save your map You cannot plot or publish without saving first 2 Just below your map click the Layout 1 tab If you do not see the tabs right click the Model Space icon Click Display Layout and Model Tabs 3 Click Output tab Plot panel Plot Exercise 2 Publish a map to a DWF file 131 ...

Page 140: ...as Layout2 and click Under Publish To select DWF Click Publish Options 8 In the Publish Options dialog box do the following Click Layer Information under General DWF PDF Options On the pull down menu in this field click Include Each layer in your map becomes a separate layer in the DWF output In Design Review you can turn the display of these layers on and off independently Click OK 9 In the Publi...

Page 141: ...e window Click the link in the bubble to view any warnings or errors Close the window when you are finished Where you are now You exported your map to an Autodesk SDF file You also published your map to a DWF file People without a copy of AutoCAD Map 3D can view your published map using a free downloadable viewer available from http www autodesk com designreview Exercise 2 Publish a map to a DWF f...

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Page 143: ...t class page 313 called Roads and specify its rules It can contain only line objects All members of the Roads class have a property for number of lanes The value for the Lanes property is from 1 through 6 Then only line objects that represent 1 to 6 lane roads can be added to the Roads class Object classification is helpful when you create metadata Although the AutoCAD Map 3D Metadata feature gene...

Page 144: ...set of pre configured industry symbols that are tied to the object classes Templates for AutoCAD Map 3D maps DWT files and object classification XML files Documentation a User s Guide Workflows and Data Model Schemas Instructional videos The AutoCAD Map 3D Industry Toolkits are provided as free downloads to AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 Subscription customers In North America the toolkits are available from...

Page 145: ...es page 313 for your version of AutoCAD Map 3D Creating a User with the Required Privileges If your organization does not assign privileges you can log in as SuperUser page 315 As SuperUser you can create a user with the privileges you need NOTE If your organization assigns user privileges for AutoCAD Map 3D ask the SuperUser in your group to grant you these privileges To log in as SuperUser 1 Cli...

Page 146: ...1 Click Map Setup tab Map panel User Administration Click Map Setup tab Map panel User Administration If someone else in your organization is the designated SuperUser ask that person to do these steps If you cannot log in as SuperUser log in as a new user with the privileges to create object classes 138 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 147: ... in an object class definition page 313 file which you can attach to any map You can add definitions from multiple drawings to a single definition file It becomes a library of object classes You attach the definition file to a map Then you use the object classes in that definition file to classify existing objects and create new ones Exercise 1 Create the object class definition file Use the Map E...

Page 148: ... Object Classes again and click Attach Definition File Specify the definition file you created Object classes you define are now saved in the new definition file To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Define an object class page 140 Exercise 2 Define an object class You must base each new object class page 313 on an existing object Start by opening a map that contains objects that are typical ...

Page 149: ...ou can specify a default value and an allowable range NOTE This exercise uses the MyDefinition xml object class definition page 313 file you created in Exercise 1 Create the object class definition file page 139 To define an object class 1 In AutoCAD Map 3D open Classify_Roads dwg Click Open Drawing 2 On the Map Explorer tab of the Task pane right click Object Classes and click Attach Definition F...

Page 150: ...e the object type page 313 you check here Unless you know for certain that all existing road objects were created using the AcDbLine or AcDbCurve method it is safer to check only AcDbEntity page 309 7 Click the Properties List tab and check the properties to include in this object class Objects you include in this class always retain their own properties The properties you specify here are the pro...

Page 151: ...an include the following property types General properties such as color and layer Miscellaneous properties such as linetype generation Object properties such as street name ST_NAME Specify the properties for objects in this object class and any default values for those properties The following table shows a suggested set of General properties and values for the Roads class Value Property General ...

Page 152: ...ffer from the name of the model object For example click the ST_NAME property and look at its values The default value for the street name is the name of the model object This value is incorrect for almost any new road you create Select that value and delete it Objects assigned to this class have a ST_NAME property but the value will be the name for that road as stored in its object properties If ...

Page 153: ...owing Click New Property Define any custom properties for the object class For Property Name type NumberLanes and click OK NumberLanes is checked and selected 10 Specify that NumberLanes is a whole number from 1 through 6 with 2 being the default For Type select Integer For Range type 1 6 Exercise 2 Define an object class 145 ...

Page 154: ...this object class When you use this class to create a road use a Polyline to create it Existing objects you add to this class do not have to be polylines 12 Click Save Definition 13 Leave Classify_Roads dwg open To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 3 Add object classes to the definition file page 147 146 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 155: ...u created earlier MyDefinition xml and open it 4 On the Map Explorer tab right click Object Classes and click Define Object Class 5 Select a parcel as the model object for this object class page 313 and press Enter 6 In the Define Object Classification dialog box specify Parcels as the name for this object class and check the topmost box in the Object Types list 7 Click the Properties List tab and...

Page 156: ...he object classes you can assign objects to those classes This process is called classifying the objects Whenever you attach the object class definition page 313 file to a map the object classes are recognized in that map If you then query in the classified objects from their native drawings the map recognizes that these objects are members of the class you assigned to them Exercise 1 Classify the...

Page 157: ...6 so you can add them to an object class page 313 3 Press Enter to select all unclassified objects 4 Right click the Signals object class in Map Explorer in the Task pane and click Classify Objects Exercise 1 Classify the signal objects 149 ...

Page 158: ...ed in the Classify Objects dialog box and click OK 6 To check that the objects were properly classified press Esc to clear the selection In the Map Explorer tab of the Task pane right click the Signals object class and click Select Classified Objects 150 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 159: ... to clear the selection and then click a single signal to select it 8 Right click the selected signal and click Properties 9 On the Properties palette click the Object Class tab and examine the properties Exercise 1 Classify the signal objects 151 ...

Page 160: ...lassify roads and parcels Classify objects in the remaining drawings NOTE This exercise uses the Classify_Roads dwg and Classify_Parcels dwg files you worked with in Exercise 2 Define an object class page 140 To classify the roads and parcels 1 If the Classify_Roads dwg drawing is not already open in AutoCAD Map 3D open it Click Open Drawing 152 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 161: ...in the Task pane and click Classify Objects 10 Leave both boxes checked in the Classify Objects dialog box and click OK 11 Save and close Classify_Parcels dwg Where you are now You classified objects for three object classes To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 4 Create a Map Using Object Classes page 153 Lesson 4 Create a Map Using Object Classes Now that you saved the object class definitions ...

Page 162: ... page 148 To create a map that contains the object classes you defined 1 In AutoCAD Map 3D create a map Click New Drawing Select the map2d dwt template and click Open 2 Attach the object definition file by right clicking Object Classes on the Map Explorer tab of the Task pane and clicking Attach Definition File Attach the MyDefinition xml definition file 3 Select the MyDefinition xml definition fi...

Page 163: ...e classified objects 5 Navigate to the folder where you saved the tutorial data Hold down the Shift key click the following drawings and click Add Classify_Signals dwg Classify_Roads dwg Classify_Parcels dwg Exercise 1 Create a map 155 ...

Page 164: ...ot retained once the current drawing file is closed This message reminds you to save back any changes you make to the original drawing file You can safely ignore the alert To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Assign a coordinate system page 156 Exercise 2 Assign a coordinate system Assign a coordinate system to the current map and the attached drawings at one time 156 Chapter 4 Tutorial Clas...

Page 165: ...gs 2 Under Current Drawing for Code type CA I uppercase C uppercase A hyphen uppercase I Press Enter The dialog box displays the description of this coordinate system 3 Under Source Drawings click Select Drawings and select all three attached drawings Click Add and then click OK 4 Under Source Drawings for Code type CA I and press Enter as in step 2 5 Click OK To continue this tutorial go to Exerc...

Page 166: ...te a map page 154 To query in the objects 1 On the Map Explorer tab of the Task pane double click Current Query 2 In the Define Query Of Attached Drawings dialog box under Query Type do the following Click Location Make sure Boundary Type is set to All Click OK Under Query Mode select Draw Query in objects from the attached drawings Click Execute Query 158 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Ob...

Page 167: ...ge classified objects In this lesson you create and edit objects using object classes Exercise 1 Create objects using object classes When you create a new object using object classification the new object inherits the basic properties for its object class page 313 with default values for those properties You can change the values as needed When you query in objects from a DWG file to a map any sty...

Page 168: ... 3 In the Point Style dialog box select any point style in the second row You can use the default point size settings Select a point style for the signals 4 Click OK To create a Signals object 1 Zoom in until you can see the signal points easily 2 On the Map Explorer tab of the Task pane right click the Signals object class and click Create Classified Object 160 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Draw...

Page 169: ... Click a position on the map for the point 4 Press Enter to create a Signals object 5 Press Esc to end the creation operation 6 To enter properties for the new Signals object select the point right click it and click Properties Exercise 1 Create objects using object classes 161 ...

Page 170: ...ed objects Use object classes as a quick way to select all objects in a class and change their properties This does not change the object class definition itself only the properties of the objects in that object class page 313 NOTE This exercise uses the map you created in Exercise 1 Create objects using object classes page 159 162 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 171: ...ab of the Task pane right click the Parcels object class name 3 Click Select Classified Objects All objects classified as Parcels are selected 4 Right click any of the selected parcels and click Properties 5 In the Properties palette click the Pattern Fill Color field under Pattern on the Design tab and choose a different color Exercise 2 Edit classified objects 163 ...

Page 172: ...6 When prompted to save the changes back to the save set click Yes to change the parcel color in the original file Click No to change it only in the current map Where you are now You created and edited objects using the object class definitions 164 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 173: ...omatically generated and displayed for the current drawing if the drawing contains classified objects The metadata is stored inside the drawing itself Metadata is updated each time you edit the drawing or reconnect to the attached drawings that contain classified objects NOTE This exercise uses the map you created in Exercise 1 Create objects using object classes page 159 To view metadata 1 If the...

Page 174: ...d in the same location as the MTD file You can set an Auto Update option in the Metadata Options dialog box With this option on the linking file remembers the location of the data and keeps the exported metadata current NOTE This exercise uses the map you created in Exercise 1 Create objects using object classes page 159 To export metadata 1 In the Metadata Viewer click Options in the top right ar...

Page 175: ...Classes check box For Location click Browse and navigate to a folder for the exported metadata and link files For example navigate to the folder where you copied your tutorial files Click Export Use object classes to organize the exported metadata Where you are now You generated metadata page 313 that included object class page 313 information You exported the metadata for the object classes To co...

Page 176: ...eature classes in a single Autodesk SDF file You then connect to that file in a new drawing to see how the resulting feature classes appear in a map Exercise 1 Export object classes to SDF In this exercise you export the object classes in your drawing to multiple feature classes in a single Autodesk SDF file NOTE This exercise uses the map you created in Exercise 1 Create objects using object clas...

Page 177: ...tributes 7 In the Select Attributes dialog box expand the Object Classes item and select all three object classes Click OK The new SDF file will contain one feature class for each object class page 313 you selected The properties of each feature class match the attributes of its corresponding object class 8 On the Feature Class tab of the Export dialog box under Object To Feature Class Mapping spe...

Page 178: ...lting SDF file page 170 Exercise 2 Connect to the resulting SDF file In this exercise you connect to the new SDF file you created and see the feature classes that were created from the three object classes NOTE This exercise uses the SDF file you created in Exercise 2 Connect to the resulting SDF file page 170 170 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 179: ...indow do the following Under Data Connections By Provider click Add SDF Connection For Source File click the file icon next to the field Navigate to the SDF file you created in Exercise 1 Export object classes to SDF page 168 Select the file and click Open Click Connect Specify the file to connect to Under Add Data To Map select all three feature classes listed Exercise 2 Connect to the resulting ...

Page 180: ...ture classes To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 3 Style the new feature classes page 172 Exercise 3 Style the new feature classes You can use the geospatial features of AutoCAD Map 3D to style the feature classes NOTE This exercise uses the map you created in Exercise 2 Connect to the resulting SDF file page 170 172 Chapter 4 Tutorial Classifying Drawing Objects ...

Page 181: ...eld In the Style Line dialog box change the Color to a dark gray 7 With the Style Editor still open click the Signals layer in Display Manager 8 In the Style Editor click in the Style field 9 In the Style Point dialog box do the following Click the browse button next to Symbol and choose the round symbol Change the Fill Color and Edge Color to a light gray 10 Close the Style Editor The map is now ...

Page 182: ... the method used to create new objects from this class when you right click the object class and choose Create Classified Object NOTE If you plan to use this object class with objects from a drawing source do not select more than one object type Avoid renaming object classes because this changes the name only in the object class definition file Objects tagged with the object class name are unchang...

Page 183: ...todesk Design Review page 309 a free viewer available from http www autodesk com to see the maps Map books use viewports to organize the information on each page A viewport is like a frame on a web page You can create a custom viewport as an inset page 312 on one or more of the map book pages Pan and zoom within that viewport to display an enlarged detail of the map You can also link a regular key...

Page 184: ... 3D 3 Click New Drawing Use the map2d dwt template page 315 4 Assign a coordinate system to the new map Switch the Task Pane to Map Explorer Right click the Current Drawing entry and select Coordinate System Set the coordinate system from Map Explorer Specify the CA I coordinate system and click OK To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Add data to your map page 176 Exercise 2 Add data to your...

Page 185: ...ick the browse button and navigate to the sample City_Boundary sdf file Click Connect Use the Data Connect window to add a feature to the map Under Schema check the City_Boundary entry and click Add To Map 3 Add the road data to your map In the Data Connect window under Data Connections By Provider on the left select Add SHP Connection Under Source File on the right click the browse button and nav...

Page 186: ...xercise 1 Change the printer plotter for the template Open an existing map book template page 315 and begin customizing it by specifying your printer or plotter NOTE This information is used every time you publish your map book to a plotter You cannot change these settings at print time To assign a printer or plotter to a map book template 1 Open the 8 5x11 map book template Click Open Drawing Cha...

Page 187: ...ab Navigate panel Zoom drop down Extents 3 Right click the layout tab labeled Ansi_A and select Page Setup Manager to specify plotter and paper information Right click the layout tab for the map book and choose Page Setup Manager 4 In the Page Setups list select Ansi_A and click Modify Exercise 1 Change the printer plotter for the template 179 ...

Page 188: ...th placeholders you can change The template page 315 contains three types of objects The large rectangle on the left side of the page layout is the main viewport It will display a single map tile page 315 in the map book The gray polygons around the edge of the main viewport are adjacent arrows page 309 They will contain the names of adjacent tiles in the map book so the user can find the next sec...

Page 189: ...ap file that uses this template NOTE This exercise uses the template you modified in the previous exercise page 178 To adjust the main viewport and the adjacent arrows 1 Click the frame of the main viewport once to select it 2 Drag the blue squares to resize the viewport 3 Click again to set the new size Press Esc when you are finished 4 To move an adjacent arrows page 309 after you resize the vie...

Page 190: ...and explains how to customize the one included with the template The title block definition has properties that define its text and appearance You can change the values for these properties For example you can specify the value for text variables or the appearance of the borders of the block NOTE The title block consists of several smaller blocks such as the legend page 312 and key map viewports Y...

Page 191: ...nge the organization name ORGANIZATION_NAME is a text field whose default value is Organization Name You can replace this default value by typing a different one Click the Attribute tab and click the ORGANIZATION_NAME field For Value type the name of your organization In the Enhanced Attribute Editor click Apply 3 Change the plot date entry P_DATE plot date is a variable that can update automatica...

Page 192: ...n format the text for various elements of the title block In the Enhanced Attribute Editor click the Text Options tab For Text Style select North Arrow Text For Justification select Center Click Apply 5 Customize the lines used in the title block In the Enhanced Attribute Editor click the Properties tab Select a different line type line weight or color for the title block 6 Click OK 184 Chapter 5 ...

Page 193: ...ith one of the sample blocks The template page 315 also has an area in which you can insert your company logo as a block The process would be similar NOTE This exercise uses the template you modified in the previous exercise page 182 To replace the north arrow in the map book template 1 If the template you modified is not still open open it again 2 Click the north arrow block in the template and p...

Page 194: ...w and a legend The template page 315 contains a viewport called a key map The key map view displays the same content for every tile page 315 in the map book Often a key view page 312 contains the entire mapped area to provide context for the smaller area represented by the tile You can link the key map viewport to any external drawing In this exercise you save a copy of the current drawing to use ...

Page 195: ...That way you can define the tiled area for the map book without including the legend in it To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Specify the map book settings page 187 Exercise 2 Specify the map book settings The Create Map Book dialog box guides you through all the settings needed for a map book You can save your settings to use for future map books NOTE This exercise uses the map you modifi...

Page 196: ...e A Sheet Template and navigate to the saved template page 315 you created Map Book Template Inset dwt Leave the layout set to Ansi_A For Layout Options check Include A Title Block Name Or File and Include Adjacent Sheet Links Name Or File For the title block page 316 click the down arrow and click Title Block For adjacent sheet links click the down arrow and click Adjacent_Arrow_4 188 Chapter 5 T...

Page 197: ...evious exercise page 186 and select it The Key Map viewport will display the key map you generated in the previous exercise 9 For Legend click Map Display The Legend viewport will display the legend page 312 you generated in the previous exercise page 186 10 For Sheet Set click Create New Do not generate the map yet Leave the dialog box open for the next exercise To continue this tutorial go on to...

Page 198: ...rcise click Preview Tiles The preview shows how the tile divisions for the map book 2 When you are finished examining the preview press Enter to select the eXit option and return to the Create Map Book dialog box 3 Click Generate to create the map book 190 Chapter 5 Tutorial Creating a Map Book With an Inset ...

Page 199: ...yed for each tile Each letter represents a row of tiles with the numbered tiles for that row indented below it One layout tab is created for each of the map book tiles 4 Click one of the new layout tabs to see the portion of the map that it contains Exercise 3 Preview and generate the map book 191 ...

Page 200: ...t map drawing 5 Hold down the Ctrl key and click one of the adjacent arrows page 309 The view changes to show the adjacent tile 6 To save the map book settings for future use right click the map book name on the Map Book tab of the Task Pane Click Save Settings Specify a name and location for the settings file To use these settings for a different map book follow these steps Open the map file to p...

Page 201: ...r own viewports as well as customizing the ones that appear on the template page 315 by default In this exercise you will draw a viewport on a map tile page 315 to show a zoomed in detail NOTE This exercise uses the map you modified in the previous lesson page 186 To create the viewport 1 Click the layout tab for the tile on which the inset page 312 will appear In this example the inset appears on...

Page 202: ...lays the entire map You can zoom in to display a detail for this map tile page 315 instead NOTE This exercise uses the map you modified in the previous exercise page 193 1 The layout tab with the new viewport you created in the previous exercise page 193 should still be displayed If not reopen it 2 Double click inside the new viewport 3 Use any AutoCAD Map 3D zoom and pan commands to display the a...

Page 203: ...lpful You can use the AutoCAD layfrz command to delete undesired layers and simplify the inset See the AutoCAD Help for more details Where you are now You created an inset on one map tile and used it to display a close up view of a detail of the map To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 5 Publish The Map Book page 195 Lesson 5 Publish The Map Book You can publish a map book to a printer or plotte...

Page 204: ...map you modified in the previous lesson page 193 To set DWF options 1 If you closed the map file from the previous exercise page 194 reopen it 2 Click Output tab Export To DWF PDF panel DWF Options 3 Select the Publish Map Information check box 4 Expand the GIS Feature Sources item to see what is included If you expand the list all the way you can see the properties associated with the features in...

Page 205: ...tings file you used To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Set background publishing options page 197 Exercise 2 Set background publishing options Publishing is faster if you turn off background publishing Settings you change in this dialog box remain in effect for all new drawings until you change the settings again NOTE This exercise uses the map you modified in the previous exercise page 19...

Page 206: ...dified in the previous exercise page 197 To publish the map book to DWF format 1 Save the map 2 On the Map Book tab of the Task Pane right click the map book name in this example it is Default ModelSpace and click Publish To DWF 3 Specify a name for the output file 4 If prompted choose a sheet set 5 If you see the message that tells you the job is processing in the background click OK Notice the a...

Page 207: ...tails Where you are now You customized a map book template page 315 and used it to create a map book You published the map book to DWF format so you can share it with people who do not have a copy of AutoCAD Map 3D These people can Exercise 3 Publish the map book to DWF format 199 ...

Page 208: ...ownload a free viewer Autodesk Design Review page 309 to see the maps Autodesk Design Review is available from http www autodesk com designreview 200 Chapter 5 Tutorial Creating a Map Book With an Inset ...

Page 209: ...arcel owners Joins combine data sources temporarily without altering the original data stores Use the combined data as though it were a single data source For example style a layer based on its joined data even though the joined data is not part of the original layer data store Create calculated fields using native and joined data Analyze data by proximity using buffers Define a buffer around a st...

Page 210: ...Data Connect to attach a DEM file to a map Style the surface to show the elevation information it contains Exercise 1 Prepare your map file Create a map file and assign a coordinate system Color the map background white so you can better distinguish features when you use color to style them All maps you create from now on use the new background color To create a map file 1 If you have not already ...

Page 211: ...e map background color 1 Click Options 2 In the Options dialog box click the Display tab 3 On the Display tab in the Window Elements area click Colors 4 Under Context select 2D Model Space 5 Under Interface Element select Uniform Background 6 Under Color select White 7 Click Apply Close and then click OK To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Add a surface to view elevation data page 204 Exerc...

Page 212: ... to the map 1 Click Home tab Data panel Connect 2 In the Data Connect window under Data Connections By Provider click Add Raster Image Or Surface Connection and click next to Source File Or Folder 3 In the Open dialog box browse to the ENTERPRISE dem file select it and click Open Look for this file where you copied the sample data Connect to the surface file in the Data Connect window 4 In the Dat...

Page 213: ...face 1 In Display Manager select the ENTERPRISE layer which contains the surface 2 Click 3 Create a palette for the theme In the Style Editor under Raster Style For 0 Infinity Scale Range click the down arrow in the Style entry Select Theme even if it is already selected Click the first Style entry and select Theme In the Theme dialog box under Specify A Theme click Palette and select USGS Nationa...

Page 214: ...ck OK and then click Apply Close the Style Editor 4 Add exaggeration to show the differences in elevation more dramatically In the status bar below your map click the down arrow next to Vertical Exaggeration Select 25x from the list 206 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data ...

Page 215: ... points of equal elevation on the surface The lines identify the elevation at a specific location on the surface which can help the viewer clarify and analyze the 3D surface terrain In Display Manager right click the surface layer and click Create Contour Layer Exercise 2 Add a surface to view elevation data 207 ...

Page 216: ...Contour Elevation Interval list select 20 Leave the Units set to Meters In the Major Contour Every list select 4 This setting makes every fourth contour line bold Select Label The Elevation This labels the major bold contour lines only For Create Contour As select polyline 208 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data ...

Page 217: ...Manager and click Style In the Style Editor click the down arrow next to the Feature Label entry for IsMajor False Select Elevation as the Property for the label Click OK To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 3 Add a layer on top of the surface page 209 Exercise 3 Add a layer on top of the surface You can add a vector feature to a map containing a 3D surface When you display the map in 3D AutoC...

Page 218: ...o the folder where you copied the sample files 4 In the Open dialog box select ROADS SHP and click Open 5 In the Data Connect window click Connect 6 In the Data Connect window click Add To Map 7 Close the Data Connect window To style the roads in the map 1 In Display Manager select the Roads layer and click Style 2 In the Style Editor click the Style entry 3 In the Style Line dialog box change the...

Page 219: ...roads 5 Click OK and close the Style Editor Your map now contains the styled surface and road layers To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 4 Drape a parcel layer on top of the surface page 212 Exercise 3 Add a layer on top of the surface 211 ...

Page 220: ...add the parcel layer to the map 1 Click Home tab Data panel Connect 2 In the Data Connect window under Data Connections By Provider click Add SDF Connection 3 Click next to the Source File field and navigate to the folder where you copied the sample files 4 In the Open dialog box select Assessor_Parcels SDF and click Open 5 In the Data Connect window click Connect 6 Click Add To Map 7 Close the Da...

Page 221: ...ound Color to a light shade Change the foreground transparency for the parcel layer 5 Click OK and close the Style Editor The parcel layer is draped over the surface Because it is transparent you can see the surface underneath Where you are now You added a surface that contains elevation information and you used that information to create a theme that varies color by elevation You added contour Ex...

Page 222: ...4 Lesson2 AnalyzeDataWithExternalInformation Using Joins Join the parcels layer to a Microsoft Access database that contains owner information To connect to an Access database from AutoCAD Map 3D first set up an ODBC connection for that database using a control panel in Windows Then connect to this source using Data Connect just as you connected to the physical data sources in your map The only di...

Page 223: ...ed in the previous exercises To set up an ODBC connection for the Access database 1 From your Windows desktop click Start Settings Control Panel and open the Administrative Tools control panel 2 In the Administrative Tools window double click Data Sources ODBC 3 In the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box click Add 4 In the Create New Data Source dialog box click Microsoft Access Driver mdb a...

Page 224: ...essor mdb file Specify the database for this data source 9 Click OK in the Select Database ODBC Microsoft Access Setup and ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog boxes 10 Close the Administrative Tools control panel To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Connect to the Access database page 217 216 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data ...

Page 225: ... the AnalyzeMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To connect to the Access database from AutoCAD Map 3D 1 Click Home tab Data panel Connect 2 In the Data Connect window under Data Connections By Provider click Add ODBC Connection 3 Click the button next to the Source field under Add A New Connection 4 In the Open dialog box select Parcel_Owners from the list of Data Sourc...

Page 226: ...ou can see the results of the join immediately NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To join the ODBC parcel data to the geospatial parcel layer 1 In Display Manager select the Parcels layer and click Table 2 At the bottom of the Data Table click Options Create A Join In the Create A Join dialog box the Primary Table Initiating The Join ...

Page 227: ...hoices Click Enter a Property Select AREA 6 Click Validate to make sure that the expression is a valid calculation 7 When you see The expression is valid click OK to create the calculated field Scroll to the right in the Data Table to see the new field just to the left of the joined fields It is gray to indicate that it is a calculated field and cannot be edited However you can use it for styling ...

Page 228: ... to a layer containing parcels Using the combined data you created a calculated field You created a style that displays parcel owner information at high zoom levels but does not display these labels at lower zoom levels To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 3 Analyze Data by Proximity Using Buffers page 220 Lesson3 AnalyzeDatabyProximityUsingBuffers Create a buffer that specifies an area within 1...

Page 229: ...2 In Display Manager clear the check boxes next to the surface and contour layers to hide those layers and see the rest of the process more easily 3 Right click the Parcels layer and click Zoom To Extents 4 Click Analyze tab Feature panel Feature Buffer 5 In the Buffer Features dialog box set the buffer distance to 100 feet and click Merge All Buffers 6 Click Select Features 7 Click a road in your...

Page 230: ...arcels to an SDF file for future use NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To find the parcels in the construction zone 1 In Display Manager right click the Parcels layer and click Query To Filter Data 2 In the Create Query dialog box click Zoom Extents to zoom the drawing window to the extents of the parcels layer 3 In the Create Query ...

Page 231: ... condition 5 At the prompt Select object click the buffer polygon 6 In the Create Query dialog box click OK AutoCAD Map 3D filters the parcels to show only the ones that match the buffer query you defined Exercise 2 Select the parcels within the construction zone buffer 223 ...

Page 232: ... now displays only the parcels that lie within 100 feet of the road under construction Select these parcels and save them to an SDF file so you can easily use this information again NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To export the filtered parcels to an SDF file 1 Right click the Parcels layer in Display Manager 2 Click Export Layer D...

Page 233: ...tructionParcels to distinguish it from the other parcel file To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 4 Compare the two parcel layers page 225 Exercise 4 Compare the two parcel layers Remove the filtered parcel layer and connect to both the original and filtered parcels as separate layers Exercise 4 Compare the two parcel layers 225 ...

Page 234: ...nal set of parcels Add this data to your map and close the Data Connect window The new layer is called Parcels in the Display Manager Compare the layers using styles You can style the two layers differently and use transparency to see how they compare NOTE You can also use Overlay to compare layers For an example of Overlay see Lesson 4 Perform a Flood Analysis with Overlay page 229 the following ...

Page 235: ...layer 7 In Display Manager click Groups and click Draw Order The name changes to Order and you can set the draw order of the layers in your map 8 Make sure the draw order looks like the illustration Click Groups and click Draw Order to change the name of the button to Order Use Order to change how layers overlay each other Exercise 4 Compare the two parcel layers 227 ...

Page 236: ...o a comma separated file You can use the data in any way you like For example use it in a report or to create a mailing list for the owners of the construction zone parcels NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMap1 dwg map you created and modified in the previous exercises To export the construction zone parcel data 1 In Display Manager select the construction zone parcel layer and click Table 2 In ...

Page 237: ...yer represents the enterprise business zone in that city You add and label road data to see which streets are affected Then you add a layer representing local hospitals Use a buffer to see which streets are farthest from help in the event of a flood Overlay creates a layer representing the area where two existing layers intersect Use Overlay to compare two layers that overlap in space You can choo...

Page 238: ...re comparing and add them to a map To add the layers to compare 1 If you have not already done so copy the sample files for the tutorials page 2 to a directory on your hard drive 2 Start AutoCAD Map 3D and create a map using the map2d dwt template 3 Assign a coordinate system to the new map Click Map Setup tab Coordinate System panel Assign You can also right click the current drawing to set the c...

Page 239: ...e Source File field and navigate to the folder where you copied the sample files In the Open dialog box select E_ZONE SDF and click Open In the Data Connect window click Connect In the Data Connect window click Add To Map 6 Click Save As In your tutorials folder name the file AnalyzeMapOverlay dwg and click OK To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Use an overlay to compare two layers page 231...

Page 240: ...For Type select Intersect Click Next 3 In the Set Output And Settings window of the Overlay Analysis dialog box do the following Enter a location for the overlay layer SDF file Enter a name for the layer This name appears in Display Manager For Sliver Tolerance select Don t Remove Slivers Slivers are tiny polygons that can result from the overlay procedure Leave the remaining settings as they are ...

Page 241: ...ayer representing the overlay 4 Click the Display Manager tab on the Task pane 5 Deselect the boxes for the original flood zone and enterprise zone layers so that only the overlay layer displays in the map Exercise 2 Use an overlay to compare two layers 233 ...

Page 242: ...streets without a road map In this lesson you add a road layer and label it with street names That way you can identify the streets in the flood zone more easily NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMapOverlay dwg map you created and modified in Exercise 2 Use an overlay to compare two layers page 231 To add roads to the map 1 Click Home tab Data panel Connect 2 In the Data Connect window under Data...

Page 243: ...ndow click Add To Map 7 Close the Data Connect window To style the roads in the map 1 In Display Manager select the Roads layer and click Style 2 In the Style Editor click the Style entry 3 In the Style Line dialog box change the road color to black and click OK 4 In the Style Editor click the Feature Label entry 5 For Property To Display select ST_NAME and click OK 6 Close the Style Editor Exerci...

Page 244: ...age 236 Exercise 4 Add emergency response points Add a layer to the map that represents emergency response centers In this case you add a point layer that represents local hospitals NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMapOverlay dwg map you created and modified in Exercise 3 Add and style a road layer page 234 236 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data ...

Page 245: ... enterprise zone that are within the flood zone and are also more than 5 miles from a hospital Use the hospital points as the buffer origin and set the buffer distance to 5 miles NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMapOverlay dwg map you created and modified in Exercise 4 Add emergency response points page 236 To use a buffer to see which streets are far from a hospital 1 Click Analyze tab Feature ...

Page 246: ...e is a hospital Areas outside the circles are more than 5 miles from either hospital The street name labels help you determine which areas are most vulnerable when a flood occurs To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 5 Automate an Overlay Operation with a Workflow page 239 238 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data ...

Page 247: ...an overlay You will specify the same data stores and overlay parameters that you used in Lesson 4 Perform a Flood Analysis with Overlay page 229 To edit the workflow 1 In AutoCAD Map 3D create a map Click New Drawing Select the map2d dwt template and click Open 2 Click Tools tab Workflow panel Edit 3 In the Workflow Designer expand the parallel activity at the top of the workflow diagram Each entr...

Page 248: ...ble click the first Connect To An FDO Data Store activity 5 Set the parameters for the first connection activity In the Connect To An FDO Data Store window change the Provider to OSGeo SDF 3 4 Click next to File Name and navigate to the FLOODZONE SDF file 240 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data ...

Page 249: ...e Connect To An FDO Data Store activity Click Show Optional Parameters and change the name of this workflow step to indicate the name of the data store Specify the data store file and display name Exercise 1 Edit a workflow 241 ...

Page 250: ...name of the data store Clear the check box for Prompt For Parameters At Run Time Click OK 8 For the first Create Layer activity change the parameters In the parallel activity box double click the first Create Layer activity Click next to Connection ID Under the Connect To FLOODZONE SDF item click ID Click OK 9 For the second Create Layer activity change the parameters In the parallel activity box ...

Page 251: ... workflow you started in Exercise 1 Edit a workflow page 239 is not still open open it 2 In the Workflow Designer double click the Perform An Overlay On Two GIS Layers activity Set parameters for the overlay activity 3 Specify the layers for the overlay operation In the Perform An Overlay Analysis window select Layers 4 Specify the Source Layer Click next to Source Layer Expand Create Layer under ...

Page 252: ...ion of the available parameters see Workflow Activity Input dialog boxes Click OK 7 Save the workflow with a new name Use Save As instead of Save so you do not overwrite the predefined Overlay workflow Enter a location and a name for the workflow Click Save 8 Leave the Workflow Designer open To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 3 Run the workflow page 244 Exercise 3 Run the workflow When you r...

Page 253: ...e Tools tab Workflow panel select the workflow you created Click Edit 2 In the Workflow Designer click Green check marks appear in the upper right corners of each workflow step 3 Close the Workflow Designer by clicking the x in its title bar The source and overlay layers are added to the map as well as the result of the overlay The Intersect layer represents the area of the enterprise zone that li...

Page 254: ...he workflow you created has performed an overlay operation The erased data and intersecting data that result from the overlay are each stored as new data stores and added to your map 246 Chapter 6 Tutorial Analyzing Data ...

Page 255: ...ake DWG data available in a geospatial format for other organizations Move data for your organization into a geospatial environment Bring geospatial data into a drawing file Use options that are available only for drawing data or only for geospatial data and then return the data to its native format For example you can import geospatial data to convert it to DWG format and then use drawing cleanup...

Page 256: ...ures and objects in your map to AutoCAD DWG format and then export it The original geospatial data source is un changed Use Bulk Copy to convert geospatial data to another geospatial format The original DWG data is unchanged Export your map or individual drawing layers to the Autodesk SDF format or to SHP ArcSDE or Oracle Then use Bulk Copy to move it to other formats Converting Drawing Layers to ...

Page 257: ...ained page 309 property to a feature class in the SDF schema A constrained property can have only one of a set of predefined values or only values within a particular range For example you can define a Zoning property whose values can be only Residential Commercial or Public Moving SDF Data to a Different Geospatial Format Once data is in a geospatial format you can use Bulk Copy to move it to a d...

Page 258: ... layer structure of a drawing file Each layer in the drawing file becomes a feature class in the SDF file Each feature class has properties that match the object data fields for the original layer Converting drawing layers to feature classes involves the following steps Examine the original drawing layers Examine the original object data Export the drawing layers to the new SDF file 250 Chapter 7 ...

Page 259: ...ou can check the resulting SDF file to see if it is structured correctly To examine the drawing layers 1 If you have not already done so copy the sample files for the tutorials to a directory on your hard drive See Lesson 1 Get Ready to Use the Tutorials page 1 2 Start AutoCAD Map 3D 3 Click Open Drawing Open the sample map called DWGMap dwg Exercise 1 Examine the original drawing layers 251 ...

Page 260: ...wing has multiple drawing layers 4 In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace click Home tab AutoCAD Layers panel Layer Properties Examine the drawing layer information 252 Chapter 7 Tutorial Managing Data From Different Sources ...

Page 261: ...pened in Exercise 1 Examine the original drawing layers page 251 To view the object data fields 1 In the map zoom in close enough to see individual objects Use the zoom commands on the View tab 2 Select one of the pink polylines in the map The Quick Properties panel displays a short list of properties 3 Close Quick Properties right click the polygon and click Properties 4 Notice that the color for...

Page 262: ...ry to see the red lines in the upper left hand corner of the map 7 With the Properties palette still open select a red line The red line represents a waterline Notice that the color for this line is not ByLayer Within the layer color has been used to indicate a particular 254 Chapter 7 Tutorial Managing Data From Different Sources ...

Page 263: ...rt the drawing layers from the original DWG file to a new SDF file The original drawing layers become geospatial features with properties that reflect the object data and AutoCAD properties Use the Export dialog box to map each layer to a target feature class and convert object data and properties to geospatial attribute data Once you set up the mapping you can save your settings as a profile allo...

Page 264: ...he Feature Class tab to map the properties for each layer to its resulting feature class in the SDF file You can specify some attributes as shared properties all resulting feature classes have these properties For example Lineweight and Linestyle would apply to every feature class You can specify other attributes as specific to a particular feature class For example Address would apply to Parcels ...

Page 265: ... are appropriate for all of them For example you can select general properties which include things like Lineweight but not object data properties which are specific to each feature class 4 In the Select Attributes dialog box expand the Object Properties item and the AcDbEntity and General items 5 Select the boxes for Lineweight and Linetype and click OK Exercise 4 Export the drawing layers to SDF...

Page 266: ...s 9 Expand the Object Data item and select Parcels The resulting Parcels feature class has the object data fields for the Parcels layer but not for any other layer 10 Click OK twice to return to the Feature Class tab 11 Click in the Geometry cell for Parcels and change the entry to Polygon 12 Repeat steps 6 through 11 for the remaining two feature classes using the following table as a guideline G...

Page 267: ...map file you opened and modified in Exercise 1 Examine the original drawing layers page 251 To map drawing properties to feature class properties 1 On the Feature Class tab of the Export dialog box click in the Feature Class cell for Waterlines 2 Click the button that appears in the cell 3 In the Feature Class Property Mapping Waterlines dialog box click Select Attributes 4 Expand the Properties i...

Page 268: ...the dialog box Specify what each color means The text string you type is the value for each waterline s Size property Red lines become Large waterlines in the SDF file 11 Classify the waterline sizes as Small Medium and Large Use this table as a guideline Size Color Large Red Medium Green Small Blue 260 Chapter 7 Tutorial Managing Data From Different Sources ...

Page 269: ...e feature class properties 12 Click OK twice to return to the Export dialog box 13 Leave the Export dialog box open for the next exercise Exercise 5 Export the drawing layers to SDF Map drawing properties to feature class properties 261 ...

Page 270: ...option insures that polygon objects drawn as closed polylines are still be treated as polygons in the exported file 2 Under Saved Profiles click Save 3 Specify a location and name for these export settings and click Save 4 In the Export dialog box click OK to export the data The Export Progress dialog box displays the status of the export operation 5 Close the map file Where you are now You export...

Page 271: ...e instead of connecting to it the data comes back in as drawing objects instead of geospatial data Connecting to the data leaves it in its current format This lesson involves the following steps Create a map Connect to the new SDF data Add a property Exercise 1 Create a map Create a map file To create a map file 1 Create a map using the map2d dwt template 2 Assign a coordinate system to the new ma...

Page 272: ... 2 Connect to the new SDF data Connect to the SDF file you created NOTE This exercise uses the map you created in the previous exercise and the SDF file you saved in Lesson 1 Convert Drawing Layers to Feature Classes page 250 To connect to the new SDF file 1 In Display Manager click Data Connect To Data 264 Chapter 7 Tutorial Managing Data From Different Sources ...

Page 273: ...nect window under Data Connections By Provider click Add SDF Connection 3 Click next to Source File under Add A New Connection 4 Open the SDF file you created in Lesson 1 Convert Drawing Layers to Feature Classes page 250 Exercise 2 Connect to the new SDF data 265 ...

Page 274: ...Connect to the SDF file you created 5 Click Connect 6 Select all the feature classes 266 Chapter 7 Tutorial Managing Data From Different Sources ...

Page 275: ...Exercise 3 Edit the schema page 267 Exercise 3 Edit the schema In this lesson you examine the feature classes you created You view the attribute data in the Data Table Then you add a feature class property using the Schema Editor NOTE This exercise uses the map you modified in Exercise 2 Connect to the new SDF data page 264 Exercise 3 Edit the schema 267 ...

Page 276: ...he Waterlines layer The COLOR properties have been translated to a new Size property 3 Close the Data Table To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 4 Add a property page 268 Exercise 4 Add a property A set of feature classes and their properties is called a schema The schema can have properties that are constrained page 309 The constraints determine which objects you can add to a particular featu...

Page 277: ...TE This exercise uses the map you modified in Exercise 2 Connect to the new SDF data page 264 Properties that are constrained to ranges of values You can specify that only values within a particular range are valid You can include or exclude each extreme of the range the lowest possible value and the highest For example you can make a range 1 100 inclusive You can specify a range of any value high...

Page 278: ...illustration Create a property with these values The last four fields appear after setting the Constraint Type These values create a property that represents the number of lanes for a road The value must be a whole number from 1 through 5 inclusive There is no default value for this property By setting Min Value Included and Max Value Included to true the highest and lowest values in the range are...

Page 279: ...ch feature in the feature class NOTE This exercise uses the map you modified in Exercise 2 Connect to the new SDF data page 264 To populate the new properties with data 1 Expand the SDF entry in Map Explorer until you see its three feature classes Select Roads and click Table 2 In the Data Table scroll all the way to the right to see the new property 3 Enter the number of lanes for a few roads If ...

Page 280: ...een geospatial formats but you cannot use it to move data to or from DWG format NOTE This exercise uses the map you created with the map2d dwt template and modified in Lesson 2 Use the Resulting SDF Files page 262 Exercise 1 Connect to a new SHP file folder Create a new empty folder to contain the SHP files To convert and copy data to the SHP format you must be connected to this folder You use Dat...

Page 281: ...e Or Folder Click Connect and close the Data Connect window without adding anything to your map To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Use Bulk Copy to move an SDF layer to SHP format page 273 Exercise 2 Use Bulk Copy to move an SDF layer to SHP format Copy the Roads layer from SDF format to SHP format using the Bulk Copy feature NOTE This exercise uses the map you created with the map2d dwt t...

Page 282: ...t the SDF_1 connection 4 In the list that displays on the left side of the window select the box for Schema1 5 On the right side of the Bulk Copy window for Target select the SHP_1 connection 6 Under Ignore The Following Errors During The Copy Process select all the items 7 Click Copy Now NOTE If you see messages indicating that some property names are too long shorten them and click Copy Now agai...

Page 283: ...esults message and close the Bulk Copy dialog box 10 Close the drawing 11 Open the folder you created for the SHP files It contains a set of files for each feature you copied Where you are now You copied the data from your SDF layers to SHP format To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 4 Import SDF Files as DWG Layers page 276 Exercise 2 Use Bulk Copy to move an SDF layer to SHP format 275 ...

Page 284: ...mplate that duplicates that formatting Use the original drawing file as the basis for the template That way the template automatically specifies the layers for the SDF feature classes NOTE This exercise uses the DWGMap dwg map file you opened in Lesson 1 Convert Drawing Layers to Feature Classes page 250 To create a template for the imported material 1 Open the original DWG file you exported to SD...

Page 285: ... class was a separate Display Manager layer However in this lesson you import the SDF data as drawing objects and each feature class becomes a separate drawing layer NOTE This exercise uses the map you created with the DWGImportTemplate dwt template and the SDF file you created in Lesson 1 Convert Drawing Layers to Feature Classes page 250 To import SDF layers 1 In the Tool based Ribbon Workspace ...

Page 286: ... object data Click in the Data cell for Waterlines Click the button that appears In the Attribute Data dialog box click Create Object Data For Object Data Table To Use select Waterlines not Schema1_Waterlines Click Select Fields In the Object Data Mapping dialog box select Size and under Target Fields enter Size in the corresponding cell Click OK to exit the three dialog boxes 278 Chapter 7 Tutori...

Page 287: ...plate dwt template and the SDF file you modified in Exercise 2 Import the SDF layers page 277 To use display layers to assign object properties 1 Create a display layer for the Parcels layer In the Task pane switch to Display Manager Click Data Add Drawing Data Query Current Drawing In the Define Query Of Current Drawing dialog box click Property In the Property Condition dialog box select Layer a...

Page 288: ...d Small 6 Change the color of the Large Waterlines objects Turn off all the display layers except for Large Waterlines To turn off a display layer clear its check box Click View tab Navigate panel Zoom drop down Extents Drag a selection box around all the objects that are displayed In the Quick Properties window change the Color from ByLayer to Red Press Esc to deselect the objects 7 Repeat step 6...

Page 289: ...Where you are now You imported an SDF file as drawing objects styling the imported drawing objects as they appeared in the original drawing Exercise 3 Use display layers to assign object properties 281 ...

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Page 291: ...ns You split a parcel into two uneven new parcels and assign attributes to each resulting parcel using split merge rules You join a data source to the parcels to add assessor data You export the parcel layer to create a data store that contains the joined data as part of its native schema Connecting to the new data store you create a property called ValueByArea ValueByArea is a calculated property...

Page 292: ...ile To create a map file 1 Click New Drawing Select the map2d dwt template 2 Assign a coordinate system to the new map Switch the Task Pane to Map Explorer Right click the Current Drawing entry and click Coordinate System Specify the CA I coordinate system Set the coordinate system for a new map from Map Explorer To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 2 Bring in the parcel data page 285 284 Chap...

Page 293: ...igate to the folder containing the sample files 4 Select Assessor_Parcels SDF and click Open 5 In the Data Connect window click Connect 6 In the Data Connect window click Add To Map 7 Close the Data Connect window 8 To see the data associated with this layer select the Parcels layer in Display Manager and click Table Scroll to the right to see all the columns of parcel data 9 Leave the Data Table ...

Page 294: ...ssignment of properties when you split and merge geospatial features You can use expressions for these rules For example if you are splitting a parcel you can base the land value of the resulting parcels on a calculation that you define You can also use automatic calculations For example you can assign the average value of all merged features to the resulting feature You can divide the value of a ...

Page 295: ...k the ADDRESS property 4 For the Split Rule specify Empty If you split this parcel you must specify the address number for each new parcel that is created 5 For the Merge Rule specify First Selected If you merge multiple parcels into one the new parcel uses the address number of the first parcel you select for the merge 6 Specify rules for other properties using the following table as a guide Merg...

Page 296: ...le to find a particular parcel and zoom into it so you can split it NOTE This exercise uses the map you created and modified in Exercise 1 Define split merge rules page 286 To find the parcel to split 1 If the Data Table is not open click the Parcels layer in Display Manager and click Table 2 In the Data Table window make sure Auto Zoom is on When Auto Zoom is on it is a different color than the w...

Page 297: ...click Insert Value Click Next if you do not see Antigua in the list 10 Click Validate at the bottom of the window to make sure that the expression is valid 11 When you see The expression is valid click OK 12 Click the heading for the STNAME column to sort the parcel records by street name In the Data Table the entries for parcels on Antigua Drive are highlighted The map is zoomed to that street an...

Page 298: ...eature Edit tab Split Merge panel Split Feature 4 When notified that the feature has been checked out click Close 5 At the first prompt Create new or multipart click New New splits this parcel in two pieces You can create more pieces by selecting Multipart NOTE You can specify the default values for two of these prompts in the Feature Editing Options dialog box You can turn off the prompts and alw...

Page 299: ...your split in the Data Table The properties of the two resulting parcels are calculated automatically using the rules you specified The theme for the Parcels layer updates to show the new parcels appropriately reflecting the new values The labels on the two new parcels update as well NOTE This exercise uses the map you created and modified in Exercise 3 Split the parcel page 290 Exercise 4 Examine...

Page 300: ... 292 Lesson 3 Use Joined Data to Create Calculated Properties The parcel data does not contain information about the owners Join the Parcels layer to a Microsoft Access database that contains owner information To connect to an Access database from AutoCAD Map 3D set up an ODBC connection for that database using a control panel in Windows Then connect to this source using Data Connect just as you c...

Page 301: ...l Panel and open the Administrative Tools control panel 2 In the Administrative Tools window double click Data Sources ODBC 3 In the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box click Add 4 In the Create New Data Source dialog box click Microsoft Access Driver mdb and click Finish 5 In the ODBC Microsoft Access Setup dialog box for Data Source Name enter Parcel_Owners 6 Enter a description for exampl...

Page 302: ...ecomes available to AutoCAD Map 3D automatically when you connect to the ODBC source NOTE This exercise uses the ODBC source you created in Exercise 1 Set up an ODBC connection for a Microsoft Access database page 293 and the map you created in Lesson 1 Connect to Parcel Data page 284 To connect to the Access database from AutoCAD Map 3D 1 In Display Manager in AutoCAD Map 3D click Data Connect To...

Page 303: ...o add to the map AutoCAD Map 3D has access to all non spatial data automatically when you connect to its source 7 Close the Data Connect window To continue this tutorial go to Exercise 3 Join the ODBC data to the Parcels layer page 295 Exercise 3 Join the ODBC data to the Parcels layer After you connect to an external data source you can join it to a layer in your map using the Data Table To join ...

Page 304: ...e 7 Scroll to the right to see the owner information NOTE The joined data values for the new parcel you created with the Split command are not accurate The database that contains the joined data does not know about the change to the parcel so it cannot provide the proper new data for it Update the original data store independently to enter the data for the split parcels To continue this tutorial g...

Page 305: ...3 Join the ODBC data to the Parcels layer page 295 To save the original and joined properties to a new data store 1 In Display Manager right click the Parcels layer and click Export Layer Data To SDF Save the layer to a new SDF file to make the joined attributes available for editing 2 Specify a location and name for the SDF file and click Save 3 Create a map Click New Drawing Select the map2d dwt...

Page 306: ...ction Click the file icon next to the Source File field and navigate to the new SDF file Select the new SDF file and click Open Click Connect Click Add To Map 6 Right click the Parcels layer from the new SDF file and click Table 7 In the Data Table scroll to the right The joined properties are no longer gray They are native properties of the new SDF file 8 Leave the Data Table open for the next ex...

Page 307: ...ta store that contains the data for the calculation NOTE This exercise uses the map you modified in Exercise 4 Save the properties to a new data store page 296 To create a calculated property using joined data 1 If the Data Table is not still open from the previous exercise select the Parcels layer in Display Manager and click Table 2 At the bottom of the Data Table click Options Create A Calculat...

Page 308: ... feature class are listed in the Property list 5 Click the operator for divided by the slash character 6 Click Geometric Area2D This option calculates the area of a polygon 300 Chapter 8 Tutorial Working with Polygon Features ...

Page 309: ...ss database to a layer containing parcels You saved the layer out to a new SDF file making all its data available in the future You used the new data source to create a calculated property To continue this tutorial go to Lesson 4 Theme Polygon Features page 301 Lesson 4 Theme Polygon Features You can use the new calculated property you created as the basis for a theme that styles parcels according...

Page 310: ...es of features at their natural breaks so that features with similar values are grouped This method shows the natural groupings in the data rather than creating arbitrary breaking points 5 Under Theme The Polygons click next to Style Range and set the foreground color range to any two colors The Style Range is a gradient between two colors you specify 6 Click OK twice to return to the Style Editor...

Page 311: ...e Editor should still be open from the previous exercise NOTE This exercise uses the map you modified in Exercise 1 Create a theme page 301 To add labels using expressions 1 In the Style Editor click the entry under Feature Label for the first rule in the theme Because you are theming the Parcels feature you have one entry for each theme rule 2 In the Style Label dialog box click Property To Displ...

Page 312: ... Concat ADDRESS Concat n STNAME The Concat operator combines multiple properties and uses the n argument to insert a line break 4 Validate the expression 5 Click OK in the Create Modify Expressions window and again in the Style Label dialog box 304 Chapter 8 Tutorial Working with Polygon Features ...

Page 313: ...our Styled Map to MapGuide page 305 Lesson 5 Publish Your Styled Map to MapGuide When you publish a styled map to MapGuide all queries filters labels and calculated properties are saved to a layer file and transferred to MapGuide From within AutoCAD Map 3D you can preview the published information just as it will appear on the website You must have rights to a MapGuide 2009 Server which supports t...

Page 314: ... for the published files To create a folder right click the parent folder and click New Folder 5 Check both options for overwriting existing resources and previewing the results 6 Click Publish Once the publish operation is complete the results appear in a browser window 7 On the Output tab in the Publish panel click Publish To MapGuide 8 Connect to the website Then right click the map to view and...

Page 315: ... create tooltips that display attribute values on the MapGuide web page when the viewer hovers over a parcel For more information see the Autodesk MapGuide Studio Help Where you are now You published your map to Autodesk MapGuide complete with joined data calculated properties styling and attribute data You viewed the resulting web page from within AutoCAD Map 3D Exercise 1 Publish to MapGuide 307...

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Page 317: ...ee software utility that allows anyone to view print measure mark up and revise 2D and 3D designs created by Autodesk design software You do not need the original design creation software to use this tool buffer A zone of a specific radius created around a selected feature Used to select features within a specific distance of another feature In AutoCAD Map 3D you can define buffers for drawing top...

Page 318: ...n view and edit attributes of selected spatial features perform searches and work with selection sets DEM Digital Elevation Model A file that contains a representation of surface terrain The surface is stored as a grid Each grid cell can have any one of several different meanings such as elevation color density and so on digitize To convert existing data from paper maps aerial photos or raster pag...

Page 319: ...ture An abstraction of a natural or man made real world object A spatial feature has one or more geometric properties For example you can represent a road feature with a line and a hydrant with a point A non spatial feature does not have geometry but can be related to a spatial feature that does For example a road feature can contain a sidewalk feature that is defined as not containing any geometr...

Page 320: ...e 311 that describes or identifies it layer A resource that references a feature class page 311 or a drawing source page 311 that you add using Display Manager page 310 The layer contains styling and theming information and optionally a collection of scale ranges See also AutoCAD layer page 309 drawing layer page 311 feature layer page 311 or surface layer page 315 legend A table that lists the st...

Page 321: ...he object type default properties of the object or default data to attach to the object object data The attribute data page 309 attached to a drawing object and stored in the drawing file Compare with external data page 311 Object Type drawing classification A setting on the Applies To tab of the Define Object Classification dialog box that determines which existing objects you can add to this obj...

Page 322: ...or example turn on the display of road names only when the drawing scale factor is below 1 5000 schema The metadata that provides a logical description of multiple feature class page 311 es and the relationships between them SDF Spatial Data File The current version of the SDF format that is the native format for the Autodesk MapGuide technology Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2007 and MapGuide Open ...

Page 323: ...nage the resulting point layer and Bulk Copy the data to another data store table A set of data arranged in records rows and fields columns When a table is displayed in a grid records are displayed in horizontal rows and fields are displayed in vertical columns Each field value in the table is displayed in a cell Task Pane AutoCAD Map 3D window that displays information about the current drawing T...

Page 324: ...orkflow An automated set of tasks that can be arranged to run in series or parallel The output of one task can be used as the input of another task The user can configure the sequence and parameters for execution graphically workflow activity A single step in a workflow that executes a command or set of commands workflow binding A relationship between activities such that the output of one activit...

Page 325: ...bar 23 Task Pane 12 workspaces 11 AutoCAD Raster Design digitizing paper drawings 83 AutoCAD users learning AutoCAD Map 3D 83 preparing drawings for AutoCAD Map 3D 83 Autodesk Design Review 175 196 automatic update turning off while editing 65 automating tasks tutorial 239 243 244 B background color changing for maps 202 background images placing behind drawing objects 119 brightness adjusting for...

Page 326: ...r joins 218 295 zooming to a view 63 defining object classes tutorial 139 defining split merge rules 286 deleting duplicate objects 90 Design Web Format publishing to 70 digital maps purchasing 76 DigitalGlobe satellite photos 75 digitizing paper drawings with AutoCAD Raster Design 83 dispaly order changing 119 Display Manager and themes 49 attaching DWG files to maps 39 AutoCAD Map 3D 12 tab in T...

Page 327: ...exporting and object data 128 filtered layer data 224 object classes tutorial 168 expressions tutorial 303 extending undershoots 93 external data joining to layers 215 292 F fade adjusting for raster images 120 feature classes creating from AutoCAD layers 250 mapping object classes to tutorial 168 mapping object data to 256 mapping properties to 259 feature sources dragging and dropping 38 feature...

Page 328: ...nserting 67 lines composite styles 56 location queries 105 locking features while editing 65 M managing data tutorial 247 Map Book tab in Task Pane 17 map books adding an inset 193 creating with templates 186 customizing north arrows 185 customizing templates 178 180 customizing title blocks 182 generating 189 including a key map view 186 including a legend 186 previewing 189 publishing to DWF 196...

Page 329: ...eges 137 best practices 174 tutorial 135 object data and exporting 128 mapping to feature classes 256 object data index creating 112 ODBC connecting to data 217 joining data to features 218 setting up connections 215 ODBC connections setting up 292 293 ODBC data connecting to 294 organization name changing for map book 182 overlays automating tutorial 239 tutorial 229 231 P plot date changing for ...

Page 330: ... information for 117 viewing size 117 ribbon changing tab order 6 finding commands from previous releases 9 in AutoCAD Map 3D 6 keyboard shortcuts 6 Ribbon Command Locator 9 right click menus AutoCAD Map 3D 28 Rubber Sheet and georeferencing 86 S sample files for tutorials 2 satellite images choosing a transparent color in 77 satellite photos purchasing 75 Schema Editor tutorial 269 schemas editin...

Page 331: ...e 11 topographic images purchasing 76 transparency and satellite images 77 and underlying surfaces 212 changing for layers 47 tutorials adding a property to an SDF file 262 adding points 236 applying themes to surfaces 204 AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D 83 buffers 220 237 Bulk Copy 272 calculated properties 283 299 changing map background color 202 comparing layers 225 connecting to SDF files 262 creat...

Page 332: ...ng polygon features 301 workflows 239 workspace for 4 U undershoots extending 93 updating features after editing 65 user rights tutorial 137 V vector data draping on 3D surfaces 209 viewports for map books 186 resizing on templates 180 W wastewater industry toolkit 136 water industry toolkit 136 workflows editing tutorial 239 243 running tutorial 244 tutorial 239 working offline 65 workspaces Auto...

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