AutoCAD LT 2014 export/import individual layers to GIS

[rowan.murphy04]

Hi all,

I am very new to AutoCAD (1 day of playing around).

My company is an independant environmental consultancy company that uses GIS (QGIS/shapefiles/.dxf is compatable) to create maps etc. We are generally sent AutoCAD .dwg or .dxf from out clients for the technical drawings of their projects. I have a few questions:

1. The files I am sent are not georeferenced, no background map, no connection with the real world, is there a better way to georeference these drawings than the "Set Location" tab (this is a good tool if I could set the location before I begin, but it only has 1 point of reference and when the client sends a road alignment, for example, the single point of reference does not allow me to keep consistent scale/orientation etc?
2. If the client sends a drawing with many layers (bore holes/road/solar panals/site office/power lines) how do I seperate these layers from one another and export them as individual .dxf for use in our GIS and mapping programs?

Thanks to anyone who is able to assist!

Rowan

[Charles_Shade]

Welcome to the Autodesk Forums!

1. Ask your client to reference the files to a location for you. This would be the best way to have the information that you need and if it is a matter of them not knowing how it sounds like you have a good start to teach them though not ideal. This is a nice feature but it is a bit inexact. Autodesk Civil would really be the program for you but it does have a huge learning curve. If nothing else they can start froma  specified point and draw with a UCS relative to the site.

2. Look into the Layer Tools in Help. There are several ways to accomplish what you ask. Layer States being the most obvious.

Good Luck.

[pendean · Accepted solution]

Actually, for #2 as you describe it, there is no such feature in AutoCAD/LT: you will need to manually set each layer on/thawed, freeze all the other layers, then WBLOCK (for DWG) or DXFOUT (for DXF) and manually select trhe objects on screen to create unique single-layer files.