For Output File, set a name and location of the output CAD file.In the Export to CAD dialog box, for Input Features, select the data to be converted.In ArcMap, use the Export to CAD tool to export the feature class or shapefile to a CAD file.This workflow is not suitable for exporting a geodatabase annotation feature class to a CAD file.
This article describes how to export a feature class or shapefile to a CAD file in a different coordinate system. The output CAD files also export the coordinate system, a feature class schema that defines the CAD feature classes, and the attribute information. The tool creates one or more CAD drawings based on the values contained in one or more input feature classes or feature layers and supporting tables. The Export to CAD tool exports feature classes and shapefiles to CAD files in V8 DGN and DWG/DXF formats. When that is done, click OK, and the shapefile will be created, complete with attribute data, for use with GIS applications.How To: Export ArcMap data to a CAD file in a different coordinate system Summary To select alignments manually click the selection button, and then select only those alignments in model space you want to include in the shapefile. Select Line as the Object type, and choose either Select all to include all alignments in the shapefile, or choose Select manually from the Select objects to export option. Enter a file name, and choose the file type of ESRI Shapefile (*.shp), and then click OK.
This will bring up an Export Location dialog box. In order to export these to shapefiles, type MAPEXPORT in the command line. You will now see all of the alignments in the new drawing as polylines. Click OK on all open dialog boxes to import the SDF linework. You can select or deselect any of these depending on which you’d like to include as attribute data in your shapefile. Now under the Query Library right click current query and click define. Find the PipeAnnotation.dwg and attach it. Open the dwg you want to have the labels, in the Task Pane click the Map Explorer->Drawings->Attach. You’ll see a list of all attributes associated with the alignments in the Object Data Mapping dialog box. Another option is to import the SHP into a drawing with the attributes, save the drawing as PipeAnnotation (Or something of that sort). Next, click on Create object data in the Attribute Data dialog box then click on the Select Fields box. Next, click on the data column for Alignments. When the Import dialog box appears, uncheck all but the Alignments in the Input Layer column. To do this type MAPIMPORT in the command line, and navigate to the SDF file. The next step is to start a new drawing, and import the newly-created SDF file. All Civil 3D objects will then be exported to SDF. Set the file name and location, and confirm that the coordinate system information is correct, and then click OK. On the Output tab of the ribbon choose Export Civil Objects to SDF. Alignments can be converted to polylines in other ways in order to create shapefiles, but none of these methods will include the alignment attributes other than exporting to SDF. Save the drawing once this is done.Ĭivil 3D objects, such as alignments, must be exported to Autodesk Spatial Data Format (SDF) in order to convert them to data objects (polylines) and allow attributes to be associated with those data objects such as design speed and stationing. In the Units and Zone tab of the Drawing Settings dialog box choose the proper coordinate system from the drop-down list, and the click Apply and OK to exit the dialog box.
Set the drawing coordinate system by clicking on the Settings tab of the Toolspace, and then right-clicking on the drawing title and picking Edit Drawing Settings. If there is no box showing a coordinate system then there is not a coordinate system assigned to that drawing, and this will need to be set. shp is an ASCII file which gets compiled into a. This is sometimes confused with an Autocad 'shape file' for creation of shapes for complex linetypes and fonts. AutoCAD Map can propbaly open/import it but I dont believe plain AutoCAD can.
Check this by looking in the lower right corner of the program near the drawing status bar. This is likely a 'shapefile' created gy a GIS application. The first step in getting alignments into shapefile format is to check the drawing to be sure that the proper coordinate system is set in the drawing settings. Importing a Shapefile This part isn’t necessary but it is a nice way to compare the surface you get from the data you have.
Making this conversion without losing important attribute data within the alignment is key. shp file from Windows Explorer into you drawing area and it will connect to the. Alignments, like other Civil 3D objects, cannot be directly exported to shapefiles, but instead need to first be converted to AutoCAD objects.