tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193913982024-03-13T14:33:51.773-07:00GIS CAD InteroperabilityMy ideas for GIS and CAD integration, discussion, tips and work flow suggestions.Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-37816104527147660622019-02-08T16:32:00.000-08:002019-02-08T16:34:12.096-08:00How to Georeference Revit Models in ArcGIS Pro<br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;">We've had a fair amount of rain this last few weeks in Southern California, but not nearly enough to expect that the new design for the Esri building E' should be under water. Although that seems to be the default when adding the Revit design of our new building to ArcGIS. Here is the promised second part of the pair of blog posts regarding georeferencing Revit data in ArcGIS Pro. Follow this link to my latest Esri blog and video on </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2ROiFh4" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;">How to Georeference Revit data in ArcGIS Pro </a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;"> </span>Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-66272419873293898952018-11-08T11:33:00.000-08:002018-11-08T11:33:14.185-08:00Revit Coordinates for ArcGIS Pro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was having a conversation with some BIM folks in Amsterdam this last week and promised I would push out this blog and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap57raSTPx0">accompanying video</a> on how I establish coordinates in a Revit model so that ArcGIS Pro will position my Revit model without having to do any additional work. Arguably it can be a little confusing to work through all the options for clipping and un-clipping the <i>Survey Point </i>and <i>Project Base Point</i> or talking about the internal project coordinates, or the fact that those coordinates would seem to always be stored as feet regardless of your display units... And as a GIS guy you can take my observations with a grain of salt, but here is a link to what I find works for me when I want to establish the real world coordinates of an existing Revit model. This is a link to the Esri article on the topic <a href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/3d-gis/coordinates-in-revit-for-use-in-arcgis/">Coordinates In Revit for Use in ArcGIS Pro</a>. </div>
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Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-33800681279714448352018-07-25T15:44:00.001-07:002018-07-25T15:44:18.702-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD and AutoCAD 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">It was great to meet up with so many in San Diego at the Esri 2018 Users Conference in San Diego. It was also good to hear from so many of you that are making good use of the free ArcGIS for AutoCAD application and the bonus tools. We are busily at work creating our next release to improve integration with ArcGIS web GIS we hope to release before the end of the </span></span><i style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">actual </i><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Avenir Next W01, Avenir Next W00, Avenir Next, Avenir, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">calendar year "2018".</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a </span><a href="https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-for-autocad" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0079c1; font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;">free download from Esri</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">, and provides AutoCAD users with a way to generate ArcGIS data inside AutoCAD drawings, and access and edit ArcGIS Web Services. The latest release has been updated to install into 64bit AutoCAD 2015-2019 versions. Although ArcGIS for AutoCAD 370 already supported AutoCAD 2019, the installer and desktop launcher did not recognize the AutoCAD 2019 versions, and you had to install ArcGIS for AutoCAD on a previous version of AutoCAD. The installer and desktop executable launcher that invokes AutoCAD and loads ArcGIS for AutoCAD has also been updated for AutoCAD 2019. <a href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/autocad/uncategorized/arcgis-for-your-autocad-2019/"><read more=""></read></a></span></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-6314623830542266842018-06-27T10:59:00.000-07:002018-06-27T10:59:03.858-07:00ArcGIS Pro 2.2 Supports the Direct Reading of Revit Files<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When Revit models in the past were supported through conversion to IFC file and then a secondary conversion to a geodatabase using the ArcGIS data interoperability extension and this capability is still available. New in ArcGIS Pro 2.2 however is the ability to open a Revit BIM models directly off disk (Revit 2011-2018 files). Review my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNIcHrMcu6U">included YouTube video</a> to see some highlights of Revit files in ArcGIS Pro 2.2 . </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Within Autodesk's Revit, data is organized into <i>categories</i>, these Revit <i>categories</i> like <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Walls</i></span>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Windows </i></span>or <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Doors </i></span>will be directly understood as ArcGIS 3D Multipatch <i>feature classes</i> within ArcGIS, These Revit-sourced ArcGIS <i>feature classes</i> include many Revit properties and user defined parameters as ArcGIS <i>feature attributes</i>. Revit data added to ArcGIS Pro behaves like any other 3D GIS data within ArcGIS Pro and can be queried, measured analyzed used in geoprocessing models and tools, or simply copied to a geodatabase. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Once saved as a geodatabase the Revit-sourced information can also be shared as scene layers to be included in <a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/webscene/viewer.html?webscene=0ba1d1006e434ae689d8be178d4d4260">web scenes</a> or consumed back in other desktop applications like ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Earth.</span></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-14013268933701469772018-01-04T11:47:00.002-08:002018-01-04T11:55:55.294-08:00New ArcGIS for AutoCAD 370 Available for Download <div style="margin-bottom: .25in;">
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<span calibri="" color:="" font-family:="" quot="" sans-serif="">Happy New Year. I am happy to share this with you after my recent vacation. I would also like to thank the YouTube community for helping me fix my furnace myself over Christmas. In some small way I hope to help some of you with a YouTube offering of my own that I hope you find useful.</span></div>
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available for <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad">free download</a>. This popular Esri application is linking
AutoCAD users with the ArcGIS platform to provide self-service mapping to
AutoCAD users through ArcGIS web services and allows AutoCAD users to create
and edit ArcGIS GIS data sets within AutoCAD drawing files. This
incremental release includes support for 64bit AutoCAD versions 2015-2018 and
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<span calibri="" color:="" font-family:="" quot="" sans-serif="">For more information see this <a href="https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/?p=90441">Esri Blog post</a>.</span></div>
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Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-74050776141280322512017-05-26T12:41:00.001-07:002017-05-26T14:21:01.965-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD 365 Now Available <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A new version of ArcGIS for AutoCAD 365 is now <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download">available for free download</a>. I think this release is a very important one, the new block attribute behavior and text linking especially paired with the <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=103f4d42de804f4ab42ff498026d9ddc">updated bonus tools for labeling </a>will be an important and useful improvement. These new behaviors will not only help when annotating your drawings but also provides some powerful new options for editing. And lets face it, it takes some of the clunkyness out of working with AutoCAD blocks with attributes in ArcGIS for AutoCAD.</div>
For more information see the <a href="https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/?p=79354">Esri blog post</a>.<br />
And, or my YouTube Playlist on what’s New in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTg8zWG0OuldsHy7uXwd_mIxQVT4-ERe">ArcGIS for AutoCAD 365</a>.Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-66787456229211384342016-10-18T09:27:00.004-07:002016-10-18T13:07:14.083-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD 355 Now Available<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A welcome interruption to the current blog series on the five uses of ArcGIS for AutoCAD, is this reminder that the new shiny version ArcGIS for AutoCAD 355 is now available for download on Esri.com.<br /><br />Esri is increasing the pace of releases of ArcGIS for AutoCAD. This is one of those incremental releases. Be sure to download the newest version of ArcGIS for AutoCAD 355 now, which is available <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download">here</a>.<div>
<br />This new release includes updated support for AutoCAD versions 2013-2017 in nine different languages. New in this release is a command to generate local feature classes from all the populated layers in your drawing. This new command is good for creating new local feature classes from well-structured drawings that you intend to share with ArcGIS desktop users, or that you want to add tabular attributes to within AutoCAD.<br /><br />This important release fixes a bug when connecting to secure services on ArcGIS 10.3.x and higher servers. This release will also warn you when you connect to feature services on 10.3.1 servers containing unsupported date fields. (This issue with feature service date fields in ArcGIS Server was fixed in ArcGIS Server 10.4), but in case you are using 10.3.1 servers with ArcGIS for AutoCAD you will be warned that you cannot synchronize services when a date field is present in feature services on those servers. Check out this brief video for an overview of what’s new in ArcGIS for AutoCAD 355.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-79639554427972479932016-09-23T11:26:00.001-07:002016-09-23T11:26:56.582-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Five Uses: #3 Creating ArcGIS Data<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a number of saws in my garage to cut wood and other
materials. The chop saw is great for precisely
cutting 2x4’s and other slender stock to length. If the stock is not too long I can perform
the same task and even more precisely using my table saw. Which one is better? Well… depends on what I am cutting and which
one is plugged in. The chop saw is a
little louder, but its really easy to operate, the table saw is more refined,
but in my garage at least I have to unfold it and plug it in, and then make
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Sometimes I want to use AutoCAD to create ArcGIS data, it
might be because I have AutoCAD work flows that help me create data, such as
AutoCAD-based survey data collection.
Or, I may just find I am more productive generating spatial data from
scratch using AutoCAD. Creating attributed ArcGIS data using AutoCAD
is one of the primary uses for ArcGIS for AutoCAD. I can use the free plug-in and plain AutoCAD
to create a georeferenced, attributed geodatabase feature classes within my
AutoCAD DWG file. ArcGIS desktop
(ArcMap/ArcGIS Pro) can directly open my AutoCAD drawing file created with
ArcGIS for AutoCAD and use it in a map or in ArcGIS geoprocessing tools, and
geoprocessing models like any other native GIS data sets to migrate the data or
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In the past I might have had to figuring out some way to
attach data to AutoCAD entities or export a Shapefile, or some other
intermediate file from AutoCAD if I could figure out how to attach my GIS
attributes in some way in AutoCAD that I could use in ArcGIS later? ArcGIS for AutoCAD allows me to store field-typed
tabular attributes on simple AutoCAD entities like splines, curves, lines,
points, blocks and 3D faces. The
application helps me organize my drawing according to my existing CAD standards
while also making it understandable as ArcGIS data for desktop users. And that is one of the real powers of the
application. I don’t create a different
kind of AutoCAD object, but rather I just teach the drawing which entities in
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use ArcGIS for AutoCAD to easily do this.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-79966305294544028482016-08-16T10:35:00.003-07:002016-08-16T10:35:25.851-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Five Uses: #2 Exported GIS Data<div style="text-align: justify;">
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know I had. I might wish I had found it
sooner, but it is always good when it happens. ...The pristine hardwood floors you find under
that old carpet you’re replacing, or the twenty dollar bill in your suit coat
from your last business trip, or the other half of your sandwich you thought
you’d already eaten!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">When I share ArcGIS data with an AutoCAD user, I
want them to not only see the vector geometry but the attributes too. I hope it is not a surprise, but the second
most common use of ArcGIS for AutoCAD is the </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">ability for AutoCAD users to see
the <i>smart drawings</i> that ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro create whenever they export AutoCAD DWG files with the EXPORT TO CAD tool.
The default behavior of the EXPORT TO CAD geoprocessing tool in ArcGIS desktop for the last decade or so
has been to create <i>smart </i>DWG files that contain a coordinate system and
attributed feature classes inside the file. Any AutoCAD users can see and use
this ArcGIS data if they have the free ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-in. If they don’t have ArcGIS for AutoCAD they
will just see the simple AutoCAD entities without their smart attributes and data
organization. It is because of this that
I often say that exchanging shapefiles is an outdated method of exchanging data
between ArcGIS and AutoCAD. The combination
of ArcGIS for AutoCAD and ArcMap, or ArcGIS Pro means you can use the DWG file
itself as an exchange format for ArcGIS data.</span></span></div>
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Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-43330285674315061382016-08-03T14:33:00.002-07:002016-08-03T14:33:58.456-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Five Uses: #1 Self Service Mapping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been enjoying my summer this year paddling around with the family in some craigslist kayaks. We have a double kayak and two singles. I can easily park my car near the shore and
carry the single kayaks to the water myself.
The double kayak really takes two adults to manage on top of the
car. Just a little too heavy and a
little too long to manage myself. When
it is just me and my younger daughter we use the two singles, I also have a small sailboat that I can
launch myself, but with the use of a trailer, which requires a boat ramp to get
me to where I need to use it… the water.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download">ArcGIS for AutoCAD is the free Esri’s plug-in </a>AutoCAD that
is used by many, to do five essential things: <i>Self-Service Mapping, Creating
GIS data for the GIS system using AutoCAD, Editing Geodatabases using AutoCAD, Repurposing AutoCAD construction and design drawings as GIS content,
and Reading attributed ArcGIS data in DWG
files exported from ArcGIS. </i><o:p></o:p></div>
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I use the term <i>Self
Service Mapping</i>, to describe my ability in AutoCAD to access ArcGIS content
and capabilities that are available to me through ArcGIS Web Services. Instead of making a request to my ArcGIS
colleagues to Export the land base, or the existing sewer network so I can use
it for my project, I can use the existing ArcGIS services already available to
my organization and pull that data myself.
I don’t have to wait for the GIS group to fulfill my request, and I can
browse for just what I want when I want it, and even more importantly where I
want it, in AutoCAD. The same image
services, map services and feature services being published by the GIS group
are accessible by me with my free ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-in. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Once I connect to my ArcGIS server, I can browse to the
services that are available to me on that server and add them to my
drawing. I can get access to smart maps
and imagery, georeferenced in my drawing or pull ArcGIS feature into my drawing
from feature services. (I can even edit
those features: I’ll talk more about
that in another post.) I can also access
the Esri world geolocation service to navigate my AutoCAD drawing by address or
place name. I use this to help me zoom
to a project location, when I know the cross streets, place name or street
address.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The GIS group is taxed with more work to fulfill my
information requests and I don’t have to wait for them to give me the data I
need. I can also use ArcGIS online hunt
for servers that contain freely available data that my organization doesn’t
have but that I need for my project.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This <i>Self-Service Mapping </i>is used by most everyone in ArcGIS for AutoCAD
to save time and effort, when they, like me, need to access ArcGIS information
to get their work done in AutoCAD. My
choice of recreational boats for now is limited to budget and my ability to get
on the water. I need the boats in the
place where I can use them, in the case of my sailboat and kayaks that place is
the water (not my garage). My rooftop kayak
racks, and my sailboat trailer “Serve” me well.
In the case of my project and design work in AutoCAD, I can get my
ArcGIS information into AutoCAD served out from my, or other people’s ArcGIS
Server Web Services.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-798700119784697012015-11-19T16:57:00.002-08:002015-11-23T09:58:44.967-08:00Esri Maps Button Back To Normal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Early this month their was a short disruption in access to the Esri Maps button in ArcGIS for AutoCAD. The issue was resolved. As a reminder however it is good to know that you can also connect to those Esri maps by making a connection via the Add Service dialog box to the ArcGIS Online server <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://geonet.esri.com/external-link.jspa?url=http%3A%2F%2Fservices.arcgisonline.com%2Farcgis%2Fservices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services</a>). There are other useful maps on that server more than just the 9 listed in the Esri Map gallery. The esri_addmapservicebyURL command and the AutoLISP (esri_map_add) function are useful alternatives.</div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-80904347757868103272015-03-24T12:54:00.002-07:002015-03-25T08:46:22.245-07:00Hyperlinks in ArcGIS for AutoCAD<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8yU55C2q92s/VRHATp05hkI/AAAAAAAAAik/hwzor-ISXl8/s1600/bacon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8yU55C2q92s/VRHATp05hkI/AAAAAAAAAik/hwzor-ISXl8/s1600/bacon.jpg" height="177" width="320" /></a>Go figure. The morning
after my daughter returned from a week-long class field trip to a winter camp she
announced that she was a "vegetarian". I was intrigued as I fished frying up a pan
of bacon for breakfast and asked her to explain. She said that she doesn't eat meat
anymore. As the bacon came out of the
pan she was quick to add that she was a vegetarian; except for bacon…. and hotdogs…
and …cheeseburgers. I then asked if
there was anything else, she said no, she doesn't eat any meat like fish, or
other gross things. But added, actually
fish sticks are ok.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sometimes the full meaning
of GIS data is better found in another place and format, and a hyperlink on an
AutoCAD entity is a good way to associate that data in <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download">ArcGIS for AutoCAD</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If I have hyperlink
locations already included in my ArcGIS feature attributes I can employ an
advanced use of the ESRI_CALCULATEFIELD <a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=103f4d42de804f4ab42ff498026d9ddc">bonus tool</a> to quickly associate the URL
of my hyperlinks found in the attributes of my ArcGIS features and apply them
to the associated entities as AutoCAD hyperlinks. The ArcGIS field name containing my hyperlink
is called URL in my example. I am not
actually changing the value of a field when I am using the ESRI_CALCULATEFIELD
bonus tool (which is why I call this an "advanced" use of the tool,
since it primary use IS to modify a field.)
I am arbitrarily specifying the "URL" field as the field I am
modifying with the ESRI_CALCULATEFIELD command.
I am supplying the value of the [URL] field as the last statement in my
expression so the URL field remains unchanged.
<o:p></o:p></div>
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What my AutoLISP
expression does before that is to establish and AutoCAD hyperlink on each
entity in my feature class because my expression invokes the –HYPERLINK command and supplies the value
of the ArcGIS attribute field value [URL] (from the URL field on each
entity). <o:p></o:p></div>
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My AutoLISP expression actually
has four parts. First it runs the PROG
function that simply allows me to perform more than one AutoLISP statement as a
single<o:p></o:p></div>
expression. Then the
ESRI_CLEARSELECTION command to ensure the –HYPERLINK command processes one
entity at a time. Typically I don't need
to clear the selection set to perform other AutoCAD commands in my expression,
however in this case the AutoCAD –HYPERLINK command exhibits a different
behavior/syntax when an existing selection set is active.<br />
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Next I include the –HYPERLINK
command with its parameters that include the value of my url field designated
with square brackets, [URL]. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then finally the value of
the [URL] field again all by itself.
Because this is the last statement of the AutoLISP expression, the
current value of the [URL] will be returned by the overall expression which
allows me to use the ESRI_CALCULATEFIELD to access and process entities using
their feature attribute values, and still leave those field values unchanged.</div>
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This example assumes you
are working with <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download">ArcGIS for AutoCAD</a> and have downloaded and installed the
<a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=103f4d42de804f4ab42ff498026d9ddc">ArcGIS for AutoCAD bonus tools</a>. It
assumes you have valid hyperlink text values in a field called "URL" in
the current ArcGIS for AutoCAD feature class :<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I am not sure if there is an official classification for a bacon/burger/hotdog-eating vegetarian, perhaps someone could provide a link.</span></div>
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<u>Example</u>:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt;">>Command:
<b>(load "afa_utilities") <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt;">AFA_ATTRIBUTE_SETVALUE
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10.0pt;">>Command:
<b>ESRI_CACULATEFIELD <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";">("ANGLE"
"REFNAME" "XSCALE" “URL”) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Enter the field
name: <b><span style="color: lime;">URL </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Enter a valid
Expression (see documentation for syntax): <b><span style="color: lime;">(progn (command
"ESRI_CLEARSELECTION") (command "-HYPERLINK"
"Insert" "Object" ESRI_CALC_ENT "" [URL]
"" [URL] ) [URL])</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cuUv06HE94&index=4&list=PLHTg8zWG0OunfoXfgWWSTvU0UTCFs6ebl">YouTube video demonstration of ESRI_CALCLUATEFIELD</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-88979172254659133592015-02-18T12:34:00.002-08:002015-02-18T12:35:41.481-08:00CAD In ArcGIS Pro 1.0<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-myb6M2-f7Ls/VOT2sFzt2AI/AAAAAAAAAh4/eCFnnauQ_lU/s1600/CADProHawaii.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-myb6M2-f7Ls/VOT2sFzt2AI/AAAAAAAAAh4/eCFnnauQ_lU/s1600/CADProHawaii.png" height="111" width="200" /></a>The new desktop
application includes some exciting new possibilities for CAD. The 3D/2D side by side capability can really
bring the 3D data to life in a map.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are some significant and some subtle differences between support for CAD
in ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro. Here are some
insights into these differences:</div>
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<ul>
<li>ArcGIS Pro treats
CAD files more like any other GIS data set of features. CAD feature layers are supported as Simple
Feature Layers rather than as the specific CAD Feature Layer type in
ArcMap. This one fact makes working with
CAD data for GIS users exactly like any other data set. </li>
<li>In ArcGIS Pro the
Annotation feature class is another POINT feature class. To see my text I set my point symbol for this
layer to be a hollow symbol with a minimum point size and then I label the
points, and include the txtAngle property to define the text angle for
labeling.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">A</span>rcGIS Pro will
honor the .WLD file or .PRJ file used to georeference my CAD file, but if I
want to create a new .WLD file to locate my CAD drawn in some local coordinate
system I will do that in my ArcMap. </li>
<li>There is no way to georeference a CAD file in the first release of
ArcGIS Pro. You should use the georeferencing toolbar in ArcMap or convert the data and use the spatial adjustment tools if needed.</li>
</ul>
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Check out <a href="http://youtu.be/kFh_Et6_Fbc">this short video demonstrating CAD support in ArcGIS Pro</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-15890411128782150692015-02-09T12:31:00.000-08:002015-02-09T12:32:50.591-08:00High Resolution Maps In AutoCAD<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zYmN54GmZvA/VNkX5t6rSYI/AAAAAAAAAho/_jPvz_rBdj8/s1600/mapmosaic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zYmN54GmZvA/VNkX5t6rSYI/AAAAAAAAAho/_jPvz_rBdj8/s1600/mapmosaic.jpg" height="131" width="200" /></a></div>
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<b>Map Service Bonus Tools in
ArcGIS for AutoCAD</b></div>
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The ability to access map
services and imagery from my ArcGIS sources is one of the primary values of
<a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download">Esri's free ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-in to AutoCAD</a> . I see the ArcGIS maps and imagery properly located in my AutoCAD drawings. The default dynamic redraw behavior allows me
to pan and zoom around the drawing and see the correctly positioned ArcGIS maps/imagery for the current view that I am looking at.
I see more detail the more I zoom in.
The resolution of the maps are optimized for performance of the current
view that I am looking at. If I zoom
out over a larger view area I see the same high performant image resolution as
when I zoom into a smaller area, but when I zoom in I see more detail.</div>
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Sometimes I want to see
more detail over a larger area, especially when I am printing larger format
drawings. I can set the redraw property
of maps to be on-demand and when I pan and zoom the last view stays until I
request the map service to be drawn with the current view area for my active
viewport.</div>
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I can also add multiple
references to the same map/image service and set both references to draw on-demand.
This way I can see two different higher resolution views of the same map
service over a larger area. The latest
collection of ArcGIS for AutoCAD bonus tools includes a command to automatically
generate a matrix or map mosaic of these on-demand, multiple reference
style services. </div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtEkVTE18UU&list=PLHTg8zWG0OunfoXfgWWSTvU0UTCFs6ebl&index=5">Here is a video</a> that shows the commands in action. </div>
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You can download the free
<a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=103f4d42de804f4ab42ff498026d9ddc">sample bonus tools here.</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-14794709137399678582014-09-30T16:30:00.002-07:002014-09-30T16:30:51.529-07:00ArcGIS Data and Blocks: AFA_BLOCKTOFC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Blocking out time in my
day or days in the week to focus deliberately doing something I identified as
something I wanted to do helps me keep from filling my day with what comes up
that day. </div>
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I find it works best If I
at least attempt to apply alliteration and I don't know why that is important,
but it is. Taco Tuesday, Movie Monday,
Fun Friday, Thankful Thursday… and at work too; Testing Tuesday, Workflow
Wednesday, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/GISCADChannel" target="_blank">Multimedia Monday</a>, Finish it Friday…
These blocks help me organize. </div>
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Historically one of the
popular way to organize attribute information in a plain AutoCAD drawings has
been to use block insert entities with attributes. Using the free <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N78JvafA2-Q" target="_blank">ArcGIS for AutoCAD bonus tools available here on ArcGIS Online</a> I can automatically turn blocks from legacy
drawings into ArcGIS feature classes and use their attributes to populate the attribute tables of these ArcGIS data sets
in my drawings. The newest set of bonus
tools also allow me to push block attributes to and from the ArcGIS attribute
table for these feature classes.
Although not linked dynamically I can push a button and sync them at
any time. I can now easily use AutoCAD
blocks as a source of my ArcGIS feature classes in <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download" target="_blank">ArcGIS for AutoCAD</a>, or use
blocks with attributes as another form of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vV2LscXtVQ&list=PLHTg8zWG0OunfoXfgWWSTvU0UTCFs6ebl&index=1" target="_blank">ArcGIS for AutoCAD annotation</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N78JvafA2-Q" target="_blank">Here is a video I created that highlights some of these new bonus tools that work with AutoCAD blocks</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-18406397415638823042014-09-17T12:40:00.000-07:002014-09-17T12:51:59.914-07:00Converting AutoCAD Layers to ArcGIS Data: ESRI_LAYERTOFC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Working with ArcGIS data
in combination with AutoLISP gives me flexible and powerful ways to edit data
in AutoCAD that I can optimize and automate.
The fact that that data is also in an Esri recognized GIS data format
doesn't have to be the only reason to use ArcGIS for AutoCAD. The shear power of structured data in AutoCAD
has many potential uses.</div>
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However ArcGIS for AutoCAD
is primarily a tool to interoperate with ArcGIS data and the ArcGIS
System. The <a href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgis-for-autocad/index.html#//00w2000000m2000000" target="_blank">AutoLISP API </a>available with
the <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download" target="_blank">ArcGIS for AutoCAD 350 release</a> allows me to imagine and create useful ArcGIS data-building and
data-manipulation tools. I have shared some of these in a growing
collection of ArcGIS for AutoCAD <a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=103f4d42de804f4ab42ff498026d9ddc" target="_blank">bonus tools here free for download</a>. These tools are documented in the include user's guide and demonstrated here on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTg8zWG0OunfoXfgWWSTvU0UTCFs6ebl" target="_blank">YouTube GISCADChannel</a>. </div>
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The bonus tool command,
ESRI_LAYERTOFC will create local ArcGIS
feature classes from every AutoCAD layer in your drawing according to the
geometric types of entities found on each layer. It will name the feature classes based on the
layer name and if needed distinguish between the different geometric types by
appending a suffix name qualifier.</div>
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After <a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=103f4d42de804f4ab42ff498026d9ddc" target="_blank">downloading</a>, loading and running the command
you will have local feature classes created for each AutoCAD layer in your
drawing that contains features of the various possible geometric types. If the AutoCAD layer contains entities all of
the same geometric type then the command will just create a single feature
class definition and the name of the feature class will be the name of the
layer without any suffix name qualifier.
It is likely you may have more feature classes than you wanted but there
is no harm in removing the feature class definitions since removing feature class definitions has no effect on the entities themselves.</div>
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I use this tool on well
structured drawings where the data was authored in such a way that each AutoCAD
layer would equate well to a corresponding ArcGIS layer. At the time of writing this post, the current
version of the ArcGIS for AutoCAD bonus tools is (1.3).<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-79425249783929949752014-09-10T11:30:00.000-07:002014-09-17T12:52:29.138-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD and 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We recently acquired a lovely hand painted coffee table (read ugliest table you've ever seen)
from craigslist to "brighten up" our living room. The end result was that I negotiated a
compromise to the table by re-texturing and painting the ceiling. I removed, repainted and re-installed the moldings
and added wainscoting to the living room.
The table was supposed to just work, ...it didn't.</div>
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ArcGIS for AutoCAD now
supports AutoCAD 2015 versions. <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download" target="_blank">The free download is now available. </a> The same
download works with 2013, 2014 and now 2015 versions of Windows 32/64 bit
AutoCAD.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-51428934328993027582014-09-03T12:03:00.000-07:002014-09-17T12:52:40.746-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Training Series: Part 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Summer 2014 is coming to a
close and it is time to wrap up the video training series on How to add ArcGIS Data to AutoCAD
using the ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-in.
<a href="http://youtu.be/xlC3fYqc8H8" target="_blank">Here is the last video in the five part series.</a><o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-26195547129895384192014-07-30T10:20:00.001-07:002014-09-17T12:52:52.777-07:00ArcGIS Online Supports CAD Items for Storage, Sharing and Search<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been having a good
week in a home cooking sense; good food and a good variety. Chicken cordon bleu, Sushi, fresh nectarine pie…
were some highlights. The best dishes
don't have to have many ingredients.
Variety is good, and simple variety seems a really good way to go.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The latest update to
<a href="http://www.arcgis.com/" target="_blank">ArcGIS Online</a> includes a simple and subtle change for CAD. CAD files packaged up as a .ZIP file are now
uploadable and searchable as a file "item" on ArcGIS Online. Similar to a ShapeFile you can now create a
zip file of your CAD file(s) and upload it to ArcGIS Online and share it. You can use it to store your CAD files or share them with others who can download it and collaborate. This is a simple first step in a path to tighter integration of CAD and ArcGIS Online.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-73971636185099326942014-07-21T11:53:00.000-07:002014-09-17T12:53:03.141-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Training Series: Part 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CHxZZz1gH_M/U81fYXCEpqI/AAAAAAAAAek/mp4xF0HeKTE/s1600/UCSession.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CHxZZz1gH_M/U81fYXCEpqI/AAAAAAAAAek/mp4xF0HeKTE/s1600/UCSession.png" height="111" width="200" /></a></div>
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It was great to meet so many
of you at this year's AEC Summit and the 2014 Esri International User's Conference. In my technical presentations the audience helped me
map the room that we were in. I created
a CAD file using ArcGIS for AutoCAD that I saved to a geodatabase using ArcGIS
for Desktop's ArcMap application. I
served out that resulting geodatabase in the form of Esri web services. Together with many of the audience members on their phones and tablets we edited that data together. I edited the feature services in AutoCAD using ArcGIS for
AutoCAD. I think it was a valuable
demonstration of the power of the ArcGIS system and how AutoCAD users can
contribute and interact with all of the users of the ArcGIS platform; stand-a-lone consultant, trusted CAD editors, web, mobile and desktop users all using ArcGIS. </div>
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I have also uploaded <a href="http://youtu.be/_QcJDtDsGNA" target="_blank">the 4th video</a> in the on going<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTg8zWG0OuktrJAz1rQTEad9-HNAziqr" target="_blank"> training series</a> for ArcGIS
for AutoCAD 350 (10 minutes YouTube: GISCADChannel). This particular session explains not only how to move schema information between drawings, but also how ArcGIS data is technically
stored within the .DWG file. Esri calls
this form of data the Mapping Specification for CAD or (MSC) data. ArcGIS for AutoCAD, ArcGIS for Desktop, Safe
Software's FME, Carlson Surveying Software and the ArcGIS Data Interoperability
Extension all read and write this form of MSC data.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-14239949392442996322014-07-03T09:20:00.000-07:002014-07-03T09:20:18.936-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Training Series: Part 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am looking forward to meeting many of you at this year's Esri
International Users Conference, where I will be presenting two offerings of the
CAD: ArcGIS for AutoCAD Plug-in technical sessions (Tuesday and Wednesday @
3:15 each day).</div>
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I am in the middle of sharing a
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHTg8zWG0OuktrJAz1rQTEad9-HNAziqr" target="_blank">video series</a>, showing different ways to get ArcGIS data inside AutoCAD
files. In <a href="http://youtu.be/INQkz419w18" target="_blank">this video session</a> I will
focus on creating AutoCAD files using Esri's ArcGIS for Desktop applications <i>ArcMap, ArcMap Extensions and Geoprocessing
both on the desktop and server</i>. I will then take a look at my results
inside <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download" target="_blank">Esri's free ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-in</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A significant portion of the
world's digital geographic data is stored in Esri Geodatabases. GIS professionals use ArcMap to create maps
and analyze geographic data that may then be published to the rest of ArcGIS
System which in turn can be utilized by various GIS enabled applications. In the previous session I demonstrated the
ability of ArcGIS for AutoCAD to use ArcGIS for Server web <i>feature services</i> to access some of this data. <a href="http://youtu.be/INQkz419w18" target="_blank">In this session </a>I will highlight the tools
of ArcGIS desktop to push ArcGIS data into AutoCAD files.<o:p></o:p></div>
Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-36077842748288135372014-06-23T13:31:00.001-07:002014-06-23T13:31:32.388-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Training Series: Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Getting ArcGIS data into
an AutoCAD drawing from ArcGIS web feature services is much LESS painful than a
stingray sting. (Even though getting
stung by a stingray takes just a single step!) Learning that technical fact to share with you was probably the low
point of my otherwise great week at the beach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download" target="_blank">ArcGIS for AutoCAD</a> allows
me to edit ArcGIS data on the server or extract data from the server over the web. When the data lands in my AutoCAD drawing it
is correctly located and includes all of its descriptive attributes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can edit ArcGIS data living in ArcSDE geodatabases,
get my own local copy of the data, or I can just harvest the schema from ArcGIS web feature
services to build my own data sets. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://youtu.be/3Zt2GROdja0" target="_blank">Here is the second in a series of 5 videos</a> (10 min) that shows how I add ArcGIS data to AutoCAD using ArcGIS
for AutoCAD. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Tip</u>: Hot water, not ice for stingray stings.</div>
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<br />Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-43502458237616452602014-06-13T09:31:00.000-07:002014-07-03T09:20:44.775-07:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Training Series: Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K-SY_RlLl_k/U5si6Nh0VaI/AAAAAAAAAd0/RTimYz0S240/s1600/beach.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K-SY_RlLl_k/U5si6Nh0VaI/AAAAAAAAAd0/RTimYz0S240/s1600/beach.png" height="160" width="200" /></a></div>
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I'm heading to the beach this summer. I will enjoy taking some time to watch the
waves come in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am publishing a five part video learning series on
the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI0q3SW-F4ZZQmo9rYABgKw/playlists" target="_blank">GISCADChannel</a> in waves over the next few weeks. That span of time will bring to the <a href="http://www.esri.com/events/user-conference" target="_blank">2014Esri International Users Conference</a> where I will be presenting two sessions
this year. Lots of opportunities to
learn.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tuesday July 15 The ArcGIS for AutoCAD Plug-in 3:15pm - 4:30pm Room 14A, and Wednesday July 16 The ArcGIS for AutoCAD Plug-in 3:15pm - 4:30pm Room 14A</div>
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This new video learning series deals with getting ArcGIS data
inside your AutoCAD drawing. I will
present five different ways I can get ArcGIS data sets inside my AutoCAD
drawings using <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis-for-autocad/download" target="_blank">ArcGIS for AutoCAD 350</a>. This first video deals with creating new ArcGIS data in AutoCAD and organizing existing AutoCAD data to become ArcGIS data.</div>
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These five methods include:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li><a href="http://youtu.be/1IADtVQi6h4" target="_blank">Create ArcGIS data from scratch in ArcGIS for AutoCAD</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/3Zt2GROdja0" target="_blank">Connect to ArcGIS for AutoCAD web feature services</a></li>
<li><a href="http://youtu.be/INQkz419w18" target="_blank">Export ArcGIS data from ArcGIS for Desktop</a></li>
<li>Import ArcGIS data from other ArcGIS for AutoCAD drawings</li>
<li>Leverage AutoCAD template files with ArcGIS schema
already included</li>
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Don Kuehnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793613132316582500noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19391398.post-57022559237377368982014-06-03T12:59:00.002-07:002015-01-05T12:07:06.044-08:00ArcGIS for AutoCAD Bonus Tools: Labeling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DS6uR_AxR-o/U44mTxzZo8I/AAAAAAAAAc0/ZSofvk4N06g/s1600/LabelMaker.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DS6uR_AxR-o/U44mTxzZo8I/AAAAAAAAAc0/ZSofvk4N06g/s1600/LabelMaker.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DS6uR_AxR-o/U44mTxzZo8I/AAAAAAAAAc0/ZSofvk4N06g/s1600/LabelMaker.png" height="150" width="200" /></a><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></div>
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Hey dads and grads, who doesn't like more new tools? I am working on a project that a friend
suggested would benefit from using <i>pocket
screws</i>. I kind-of-knew what those were
and he assured me it was pretty simple and he had the tool to do it. It took a while to meet up with him again,
and then I forgot to mention borrowing the tool when we did meet… then looking
online I could get the tool inexpensively and just ordered it, and I was sure I
would use it more on similar projects. A
neighbor boy and I were able to test it out and get our work done learning by
just using it on some test boards.</div>
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ArcGIS for AutoCAD 350 includes new extensions to the AutoLISP API. I wrote a tool set using this API to create
and manage feature-linked annotation. I
am pretty proud of it. I am now creating
some sophisticated labeling scenarios using feature classes and feature
services.<br />
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These labeling tools take advantage of the often under used
local ANNOTATION feature class which means the pieces of text themselves have
attributes that I can query to manage the different labels. Because they are also simple AutoCAD text I
can use my existing text styles and formatting options to get the type of text
annotation I expect to see in AutoCAD. I
have also created a tool to push label values back into the fields so that the
labels can be used to update the feature's field values.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I have created a short document outlining the scope and use
of these tools, which also includes helper AutoLISP functions that brave souls (like
you) can re-use to build new customized labeling behaviors. I have also produced a <a href="http://youtu.be/_vV2LscXtVQ" target="_blank">short video</a> on my YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/GISCADChannel/videos" target="_blank">GISCADChannel </a>outlining
the capabilities and use of the tools to get you started quickly. A similar set of tools for managing AutoCAD
blocks with attribute tags is also in the works. I plan to assemble a toolbox of ArcGIS for
AutoCAD <i>Bonus Tools</i> to take advantage
of this new AutoLISP power I've been given to customize ArcGIS for AutoCAD 350
and future versions. <o:p></o:p><br />
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You can find these free tools here on <a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=103f4d42de804f4ab42ff498026d9ddc" target="_blank">ArcGIS Online</a>. <o:p></o:p><br />
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If you have problems finding it for any reasons contact me
and I will get it to you some other way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xNficzdTUxo/U3ZEjhFRuVI/AAAAAAAAAcU/HSxSrbrq0H4/s1600/newtools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xNficzdTUxo/U3ZEjhFRuVI/AAAAAAAAAcU/HSxSrbrq0H4/s1600/newtools.jpg" height="135" width="200" /></a>Esri has released an update to ArcGIS for AutoCAD. This new version is for people with Windows
32bit or 64bit AutoCAD 2013-2015. The
new release includes support for feature service <i>attribute domain constraints</i> and an extension to AutoLISP to
customize ArcGIS for AutoCAD. </div>
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Attribute domain constraints allow me to select valid values
for data fields using a pick-list. This
improves data quality and consistency.
It is also much easier and faster to make attribute updates.</div>
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The new LISP functions help me customize my editing
environment and automate many data creation task as well as help me control
services in my drawings. With
programmatic access to ArcGIS for AutoCAD services and data I can automate many
routine tasks, and extend the functionality of ArcGIS for AutoCAD in new and
useful ways. </div>
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When working with the AutoCAD version 2015 the desktop icon
needs to be modified. There is mention
of it here in the <a href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/109912-ArcGIS-for-AutoCAD-350" target="_blank">forums</a>. </div>
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There is a glitch in AutoCAD 2015 affects some of the new
AutoLISP functions. Hopefully that
glitch will be addressed soon.</div>
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Here are two overview videos I created to highlight these
changes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bVWtggK4TU" target="_blank">ArcGIS for AutoCAD 350 Overview Video: (3min)</a></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2L-wvucs08" target="_blank">ArcGIS forAutoCAD 350 Overview: Disconnected Editing Video: (10min)</a></span></div>
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I am going to have lots of fun with this AutoLISP. I am just finishing up a set of AutoLISP
bonus tools to work with blocks, and annotation to label features!<o:p></o:p></div>
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