Map 3D

AutoCAD® Map 3D mapping software is the leading engineering platform for creating and managing spatial data. AutoCAD Map 3D geospatial software bridges CAD and GIS by providing direct access to data and enables the use of AutoCAD® software tools for maintaining a broad variety of design and geospatial information.

Georeferenced DWF Files

By Donnie Gladfelter on September 17, 2008

I have come to rely on my power users. Just the other day one of my power users (Michael Elander) came to me asking about georeferenced DWF’s. To be frankly honest my knowledge of georeferenced DWF’s really extended no further than a flier I picked up at AU or something on Design Review 2008. The [...]

Posted in Civil 3D, DWF, Map 3D | Tagged DWF, DWF Underlay, georeferenced, Map Information, Page Setup, PUBLISH | 1 Response

Converting a Drawings Coordinate System

By Donnie Gladfelter on January 11, 2008

For one reason or another drawings sometimes need to be moved from one coordinate system (datum) to another. A classic example may be moving from a NAD 27 datum to a NAD 83. Whatever the case may be, how might one perform this translation as accurately as possible? To answer that I turn to good [...]

Posted in Map 3D | Tagged Coordinate System, Map 3D, Tips & Tricks | 3 Responses

Finding the 3D in Map 3D: Surface Visualization

By Donnie Gladfelter on September 24, 2007

The September / October issue of AUGIWorld is now available for download. The cover story for this issue is “A First Good Impression”. Impression is a brand new program that Autodesk released this year which allows you to give your CAD drawings a hand sketched look. Anyone faced with creating such exhibits and illustrations will [...]

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Importing & Elevating GIS Contours – Part 2

By Donnie Gladfelter on September 10, 2007

In my last post titled “Importing & Elevating GIS Contours – Part 1″ I discussed a way for us to import GIS Data into an AutoCAD Drawing as AutoCAD entities. While I spoke in context of using it to import GIS contours, truth be known, the process outlined in part 1 can be used for [...]

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Importing & Elevating GIS Contours – Part 1

By Donnie Gladfelter on September 5, 2007

Perhaps one of the most common GIS related tasks I am asked to help with is how to import and then elevate GIS contour data. Oftentimes this data is provided as an ESRI Shapefile, and when imported has no elevation. While GIS contour data isn’t accurate enough for precise design, it is often sufficient for [...]

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