Hi All!
I’m trying to convert a .dwg into a geo-located .shp file, so as a preliminary step I am geo-locating the file in AutoCAD using the GEOGRAPHICLOCATION command and then converting the file through ArcGIS.
Now I save the file with a geographic position 'embedded', but a .prj file is not generated which means the geolocation is not recognised in ArcGIS. The only reason I know it should be is because when this in testing this out yesterday, a .prj file was saved when the .dwg was saved. Then when I imported the .dwg into ArcGIS, it recognised a location. Otherwise it errors out.
Are these .prj files interchangeable based on the mapping grid system, or are they specific to the geographic marker?
Thanks all for your help.
Nicholas McLeod
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Solved by jggerth. Go to Solution.
If you want to export entities (lines, polygons, text or points) from a DWG to an SHP, then you need to be using Map3D. Set you draing up on a coordinate system instead of the 'geolocation'.
There is no 'convert a drawing to shape' ability in any of the Acad applications.
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