Plain AutoCAD objects to MAP

[neilyj666]

I have received a DWG with plain CAD objects e.g. open polylines (defining linear water features) and closed polylines (defining land use areas) and I need to use this info in map for buffer/overlay analysis.

How do I go about preparing this data for use in MAP as described

Thanks

[antoniovinci]

Command: _MAPCLEAN

[neilyj666]

Assuming that it has been MAPCLEAN'ed - how do I get it into map layers/themes etc

[antoniovinci]

If you have simple entities from "vanilla" Autocad, my advice is:

1] _MAPCLEAN in order to prepare those entities to Map's environment
2] _MAPTOPOCREATE in order to get only good geometry for further operations in Map
3] _MAPCLPLINE to obtain closed regions with area&perimeter attributes (for polygonal topologies)

To give GIS data to those objects, you have two ways (I use Map2006, but I guess the newest versions behave similar):

4a] _ADEDEFDATA and _ADEATTACHDATA (manually)
4b] _MAPATTACHDB to link to an external database containing attributes, for instance made by Excel or Access.

[neilyj666]

Will give these a try - thanks

[Murph_Map]

Mapexport to SDF or SHP format. Then data connect to that data.

OR

Connect to a new blank sdf and select create new feature from geometry.  

[neilyj666]

How do I "...Connect to a new blank sdf and select create new feature from geometry."

[Murph_Map · Accepted solution]

From the task pane >map explorer tab.

[neilyj666]

Thanks for this Murph - I'll play around with MAP/CAD entities and see how far I get