Importing a shape File from ArcGIS into Autocad 2015

[Anonymous]

Hi, Does anyone know how i can import a shape file from ArcGIS into Autocad 2015, I have exported to cad a set of data which when i open in cad it is only a node or number of nodes, I would like to have the shape file aswell.

[jggerth · Accepted solution]

That's a job for Map3D.  

And what you can bring in will depend on the content of the shape file.  There may be nothing importable other than points and associated data.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the reply, I assumed with the Compile and shape commands in Autocad 2015 and the ability to select a .shp file that it would work. I dont have Map and wont have map so the search continues.

[m_kingdon · Accepted solution]

That is definitely a job for AutoCAD Map3D. I go between Mapinfo and AutoCAD very often and I need the extra tools in Map3D. If you only have AutoCAD I think you can download some form of plugin that helps with importing map files.
Check out: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad

[jggerth]

To clarify a bit, an AutoCAD SHAPE file is a different beast entirely than a GIS shape file.  Autodesk uses the term for letter/symbol glyphs, and can compile their idea of a shape file to a .shx for use as a font, an element in a complex linestyle, or a simple symbol on a drawing (the last not used much anymore).

You might also look into MapWorks from Dotsoft.com software as an add-on to your vanilla acad, or CarlsonGIS from carlsonsw.com

[Anonymous]

Type in "mapimport" in the command line

[jggerth]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Type in "mapimport" in the command line

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That will work in Map3d, or Civil3d.  NOT in plain, unadulterated, vanilla AutoCAD