AutoCAD Map 3D

[#1]

Thanks, but will this allow the drawings to be automatically updated in my map3d drawing if our engineers modify the drawing that was attached?

[#2]

Unfortuantely, No - drawing queries are "static." so you'd have save the query and then re-execute each time.  Also, for whatever reason, drawing queries do NOT pick up / speak AEC object language - you won't get Civil3D surfaces, alignments, points, parcels, etc.  Forwarned is foreamred

TdH

[#3]

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Peter_NDNG wrote:

Thanks, but will this allow the drawings to be automatically updated in my map3d drawing if our engineers modify the drawing that was attached?

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Not any more than the exported file that you export. If you save the query to an external query you can open a blank dwg and run that query to get all new updated objects.

[#4]

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thepworth wrote:

Unfortuantely, No - drawing queries are "static." so you'd have save the query and then re-execute each time.  Also, for whatever reason, drawing queries do NOT pick up / speak AEC object language - you won't get Civil3D surfaces, alignments, points, parcels, etc.  Forwarned is foreamred

TdH

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Saving the query as an extrenal query makes it easy, also those AEC objects (Civil3D) don't export either with the mapexport command.

[#5]

Thanks all, I've got it all working.  When I attach an xref I need to do it a as an attachment rather than an overlay.  Then I set up ETRANSMIT to insert exrefs under transmittal setups.  Now I just open the .dwg with ArcGIS and use the CAD to Geodatabase tool, and BaDOW! our asbuilts are in in a .gdb which we can push out to ArcServer and to our FLEX viewer for our guys in the field.

Thanks a lot for the help everyone.

Now I just need to work on getting all this scripted.  Thank goodness lisp looks really easy.