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County GIS data - Multiple PID's

rl_jackson — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:47:10 GMT

So I want to query multiple PID's (Parcel IDs) in Map for a selection set/scheme, how would I go about doing this? I have 3 schemes in the data set, one for project A, one for project B and one for A & B

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

CodeDing — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:32:01 GMT

@rl_jackson ,

Have you looked into QSELECTPROPERTYSET ? It is available in C3D and let's you select objects by their property set values. Is that what you're looking for?

Best,

~DD

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

Pointdump — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:09:15 GMT

Hi Rick,
Are these parcel shapefiles? Do you need to first join the tables? Are you query'ing by location or by some table attributes?
Dave

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

Richard_Jackson4ZG6N — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:12:07 GMT

I don't believe the GIS data is a property set it's not showing up as such in Qselectpropertyset.

What I'm looking to do is only bring in the parcels from the counties data based on the PID into a blank drawing but I have multiple PIDs that I need and there not touching each other. I feel like this should be something I can do in an expression in the mapspace when I set up the connection so that only what I need from the shape data appears in the drawing.

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

Pointdump — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:20:14 GMT

Rick,
Yes, you can do this with a Map 3D query. But honestly, it's far easier in QGIS to select holding the CTRL key and then exporting the selected features.
Dave

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

Richard_Jackson4ZG6N — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:25:27 GMT

It does seem to be a PITA in Map3D, having issues even getting the expression to work as expected, with just a couple of the parcels. If only there was an easy button. I have the PID's in a spreadsheet but have struggled with getting that info into the map expression and working.

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

ChicagoLooper — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:22:16 GMT

Hi @rl_jackson

County GIS data-Multiple PIDs. Sounds interesting.......

Shapefile or geodatabase?

At first thought, creating a JOIN would be the logical workflow. If you can share an image of the tabular data and an explanation of your query, a workflow can be developed.

Curious....what county, State?

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

ChicagoLooper — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:46:40 GMT

@rl_jackson

There was a post 3 years ago regarding how to JOIN a shapefile with Access. You might remember when you see it 🙂

Post #11 walks you through a JOIN. Depending on your data and your query, it might be a viable workflow.

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

Pointdump — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:15:27 GMT

Hi Rick,
"...issues even getting the expression to work as expected, with just a couple of the parcels."
Use the IN operator. Past that selection I haven't figured out how to get command MAPTOCAD working.
Dave

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

ChicagoLooper — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:16:48 GMT

@rl_jackson

@Pointdump

The data in a shapefile gives you POWER not typically available in other verticals of AutoCAD.

Selecting parcels from a predetermined LIST can be done using an existing parcel shapefile downloaded from the County. If you want the resulting parcels to be in AutoCAD dwg format, it'll take another step. The 2 steps are (a) Filter the incoming shapefile so only parcels from a selected list are added to modelspace and (b) convert the results to plain vanilla AutoCAD polylines with Object Data.

This is how.

1. Background: I have 30 parcels in shapefile format. The red cross-hatched parcels are my TARGET. I don't want all 30, I only want to add a subset of 3 parcels in my Map.

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<<You may perform steps 2, 3 and 4 in a clean, brand new dwg file. It's not necessary to do steps 2-4 in your working dwg file.>>

2. When making the FDO (Feature Data Object) connection I run a QUERY using the IN operator on the attribute named PARENT_LOC.

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3. This results in the 3 parcels shown in purple, not all 30.

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4. In the Map Task Pane=>right click the Parcel shapefile=>Export Layer Data to SDF.

<The SDF (spatial data file) is AutoCAD’s version of geospatial data.>

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5. You will now convert the linework from SDF format to plain vanilla AiutoCAD linework. In your working drawing, use MAPIMPORT command to import the SDF. Make sure to 'create' Object Data (OD) during this import procedure so the linework will be 'smart' or has the County's data associated with each individual parcel. The source of this OD comes from the SDF which was created (or exported) in step #4.

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6. The linework has been imported from the SDF and is added to modelspace (3 parcels out of 30). When an individual parcel is selected, the OD is displayed at bottom of Props Palette

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Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

BlackBox_ — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:51:54 GMT

Why not just select the entities with the Object Data values you're after?

https://georezo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=233505I've used this

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Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

rosie_lucas1 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:12:32 GMT

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Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

treasure_m220087322TNH — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:27:25 GMT

Hi @rosie_lucas1 please I'm a newbie to civil 3D and I'm finding everything around the software difficult. Can you recommend a structured tutorial that would help me.

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

HorizontalCurveGuy — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:57:04 GMT

Not to over simplify but could you bring in mapwspace with a window,?then delete what you don’t want ?

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

ChicagoLooper — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:07:34 GMT

@HorizontalCurveGuy

Yes, that’s over simplifying it.

Post #4 states ‘I have multiple PIDs that I need and there not touching each other.’

To select and display the desired parcels that are not contiguous suggests the OP might need multiple windows and that’s not feasible. Especially if the desired parcels locations are unknown and are only identifiable from a spreadsheet list.

By entering the PIDs directly into a query prior to insertion, only the target parcels will be captured and displayed.

Also, if the OP wants the final linework to be plain vanilla polygons with object data (not ESRI feature data objects) then that linework will need to be converted from shp format to dwg format.

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

Joe-Bouza — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:43:58 GMT

I didn’t read every post after Rick’s original post. I didn’t so I missed they were not contiguous.

yes converting to cad would most likely be desired. I’m not sure why you pointed that out?

thanks

Joe

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

ChicagoLooper — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:59:10 GMT

@Joe-Bouza

Huh?

That response was directed to @HorizontalCurveGuy .

Just curious, are you Horizontal guy too?

Re: County GIS data - Multiple PID's

HorizontalCurveGuy — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:27:04 GMT

Yeah, goofed up my account log in and sometimes bgoes to this ancient account