How to delete features via the data table?

[Anonymous]

Hello!

When collecting data there was an issue with the GPS collection unit (TDC150) which caused the feature to be saved with 0 attributes and have nothing visible on the map to be displayed/selected, even when selecting the feature from the data table (which is the only way to see it).

Is there a way to delete these features via the data table so they don't cause incorrect take-offs?

[ChicagoLooper · Accepted solution]

From AutoCad Map3D or any AutoCad vertical, you cannot edit a shapefile like that using the data table. 

If there is no geometry, then there's no risk in the 'ghost' features contributing to errors in take-offs since is no point coordinate(s), no length, no areas, nothing, so it counts for nothing.

You can use MAPIMPORT if you know how. This command will allow you to import feature data objects into either AutoCad points OR into AutoCad lines OR into AutoCad polygons. It all depends on your feature class. Once you have imported successfully, you can choose the entities, either one-by-one or by a crossing window, you wish to export back to shapefile using the MAPEXPORT command.

When using MAPIMPORT to convert from shapefile to AutoCad entities, be sure to 'Create Object Data' during the import procedure so the AutoCad points or lines or polygons retain their respective attribute data. The Object Data created by AutoCad is harvested directly from the shapefile's dbf.

When exporting AutoCad entities back to shapefile, be sure to use the previously harvested Object Data to populate the new shapefile's dbf.