Exporting map features to AutoCAD

[larry.lesser]

I'm fairly new to Map3D, and the tutorials, forums, and internet searching don't seem to cover this particular issue.  I have tree data (as feature properties of map features) I can import into Map3D from SHP files (see attached pic), but I need to find a way to export all of that data, connected to objects, into vanilla AutoCAD 2023.  I've matched coordinate systems and exported the current map to DWG - this yields readable polygons and hatches, but no data.  The file formats I can find in Map3D (like SDF) are unreadable/unimportable into AutoCAD.  There are over 540 trees, and trying to copy every bit of data by looking at one program to type it into the other is time-prohibitive.  Please help!

[Pointdump]

Hi Larry,
You can use MAPIMPORT to bring your shapefiles into Map 3D, and check the radio button "Create object data", but Vanilla AutoCAD can't use Object Data. So the best you can do is create text labels from the Object Data.
Dave

[ChicagoLooper]

Hello @larry.lesser 

Depending on the version (v2020 and later, maybe??) of plain vanilla AutoCAD your colleagues are running, they may be able to download the Map3D Toolset. Once downloaded and installed, they’ll be able to use MAPIMPORT command to import the shapefile to their drawing like you have. 

Images below from https://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/included-toolsets/autocad-map-3d

 

You don’t personally need to perform any type of export since they can execute MAPIMPORT command on their own. And as long as they ‘Create Object Data’ during the import procedure they’ll get the OD like you did. 

DISCLAIMER:
I don’t use vanilla AutoCAD with the Map3D Toolset because I currently run Civil3D/Map3D. The M3D toolset is just one of many toolsets now offered by Autodesk to plain vanilla AutoCAD users as a benefit. 

[O_Eckmann]

Hi @larry.lesser ,

To convert ponctual data of SHP into CAD object for AutoCAD vanilla, you can use bloc with attributes and MAPIMPORT command.

When you use MAPIMPORT to convert GIS Data to CAD, for point geometry, you can obtain a point or a block, and if block has attributs with same name as flied in DBF file, you can automatically fill these attributes with OD.

In my screencast, I've used only 2 attributs : SPECIES and CONDITION but you can specify as many attrib as you want to import. In my example, I've declared Condition as invisible to show it only in property palet and SPECIES as visible to show it on drawing.

Once data are imported as bloc with attrib, you can make a thematic map on a criteria and export this map to standard CAD DWG. So when open it in AutoCAD vanilla, graphic show exactly same as in Map3D.

Olivier

[larry.lesser · Accepted solution]

So, I have a solution to get the data from Map3D to AutoCAD, cobbled together from these answers (and thank you, Pointdump, for pointing me in a workable direction).

• In Map3D, open new file
• Data Connect  - find source SHP file, click “Connect”, click “Add Map”
• Define style:  Task Pane - click on tree layer, click “Style”, modify text and point style as needed
• Add text:  Top menus - Annotate, Label to Text  (defaults are fine)
• When labels appear:  Top menus - Output - Current Map to DWG
• Open new file in AutoCAD, and voila!

Thanks, all, for your input!