Taking CAD Drawings into GIS: Finally an easier way! James Murphy Geospatial Solution Specialist ALACAD

James Murphy Geospatial Solutions Specialist jhm@alacad,com A Valued Added Reseller of AutoDesk products. (20 years) A solution provider, We provide answers and solutions. Offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, Decatur, & Mobile, AL Jacksonville, MS Chattanooga & Clarksville, TN James Murphy Geospatial Solutions Specialist jhm@alacad,com 12+ yrs Experience in GIS 10 yrs College level instructor Weblog: http://map3d.wordpress.com From CAD into GIS www.alacad.com (205) 444-3100

CAD files, geometry and data. The Problem Getting CAD files, geometry and data. From CAD into GIS

GIS with geometry and attributes. The Problem INTO GIS with geometry and attributes. From CAD into GIS

CAD Files From CAD into GIS New Designs As-Builds Improvements Renovation DWG-DGN-CAD ? Blocks, Layers, Text From CAD into GIS

Feature, Tables, Symbols Labels GIS System Existing System Ownership Attributes Geometry SHP,E00,MXD,Database Feature, Tables, Symbols Labels From CAD into GIS

One Solution With AutoCAD Map 3D Most shops have one license of AutoCAD floating around. Imports/exports GIS data. Uses Feature Data Objects (FDO) to work in the native format. Can covert between formats. From CAD into GIS

Exporting From CAD into GIS CAD FILES SHP E00 MapInfo DGN SDF Oracle Static - Not connected Can include attributes

Export Features From CAD into GIS Exporting features allows mapping drawing objects to feature classes / schema. From CAD into GIS Oracle and SDF formats only

Feature Data Objects From CAD into GIS CAD SDE Oracle SHP SDF MySQL Native Formats SDE Oracle SHP SDF MySQL SQL ODBC PostGIS GDAL FME OGR IBM Informix* AutoCAD Map3D CAD From CAD into GIS Two way Connection

Connect with FDO From CAD into GIS

Create New Features From CAD into GIS With a connection to GIS data you can create new features from the geometry in the cad file. From CAD into GIS

Attribute Table From CAD into GIS Upon creating the feature the attribute table displays, allowing to edit/add the data.

Check In Features From CAD into GIS Once features are created they can be checked in, allowing multiple users of the data to update their versions. From CAD into GIS Check in of the feature writes the data back to its native format in the original data store.

Copy Data From CAD into GIS AutoCAD MAP 3D Has tools to copy data and features between different GIS system formats. From CAD into GIS

AutoCAD Map 3D From CAD into GIS Avoid Conversion Data loss Copies Redundancies From CAD into GIS Return Clean Clear Accurate Accessible

Geospatial Solutions Specialist Questions? From CAD into GIS Thank You James Murphy Geospatial Solutions Specialist jhm@alacad,com www.alacad.com (205) 444-3100