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AutoCAD Map 3D – Accessing Open Street Map
By David Crowther
In this White Paper we will learn how to access OpenStreetMap Web Map Service within Map3D. This d...
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AutoCAD Map 3D – Integrating Open Source
By David Crowther
Cadline’s DynamicMaps team are experts in Open Source Software, Standards and Spatial Data. Providi...
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AutoCAD Map 3D – Joining Excel Data
By David Crowther
One of the main differences between using CAD and GIS is that CAD is very much interested in the li...
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AutoCAD Map 3D – Convert DWG to SDF
By David Crowther
This white paper illustrates how to convert DWG drawing objects into features in a SDF layer in A...
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AutoCAD Map 3D – Convert SDF to SHP
By David Crowther
This white paper illustrates how to convert features in a SDF layer to a SHP file using AutoCAD M...
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AutoCAD Map 3D - Getting ODBC Connections Connecting
By Geoff Woodhead
I’ve had a few tasks that have required me to poke around in Map 3D recently (more on those soon)...
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Map3D – Why is Map3D failing to connect to PostGIS?
By David Crowther
Question:
Why is Map3D failing to connect to a PostGIS database?
Answer:
In a recent White Paper ...
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What is a Pseudo node? - Map 3D
QuestionWhat is a Pseudo node?
AnswerAn unnecessary node in a geometric link. A pseudo node can be used to store ...
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AutoCAD MAP 3D - What is a Drive Alias?
QuestionWhat is a Drive Alias?
AnswerIn AutoCAD Map 3d the mechanism that points to the folder where attached DWG fi...
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What is a Best Route analysis? - Map 3D
QuestionWhat is a Best Route analysis?
AnswerCalculates the shortest path or optimal route from a start point in ...
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What is Object Data - Map 3D
QuestionWhat is Object Data
AnswerAttribute data attached to an object and stored in the drawing file
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AutoCAD MAP 3D - What is a Feature Class?
QuestionWhat is a Feature Class?
AnswerA feature class is a schema element that describes a type of real-world objec...
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AutoCAD MAP 3D - What is a UDL?
QuestionWhat is a UDL?
AnswerA Universal Data Link (UDL) is a file that points to a collection of data and provid...
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What is meant by attributes or attribute data - Map 3D
QuestionWhat is meant by attributes or attribute data
AnswerTabular data that describes the characteristics of fe...
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What are Clustered Nodes? - Map 3D
QuestionWhat are Clustered Nodes?
AnswerNodes within a specified tolerance of one another.
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What is meant by Source Drawing? - Map 3D
QuestionWhat is meant by Source Drawing?
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A drawing file attached to another drawing. The set of all sourc...
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AutoCAD MAP 3D - What is meant by a feature?
QuestionWhat is meant by a feature?
AnswerA feature is an abstraction of a natural or man-made real world object....
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What is a DEM file? - Map 3D
QuestionWhat is a DEM file?
AnswerA file that contains a representation of surface terrain. The surface is stored...
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What is a .layer file? - Map 3D
QuestionWhat is a .layer file?
AnswerIn AutoCAD Map 3D, a file that saves all of the information required to recr...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is Weeding a contour line?
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What is Weeding a contour line?
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The removal of points along a selected 3D polyline, which may...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a Drive Alias?
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What is a Drive Alias?
Answer
In AutoCAD Map 3d the mechanism that points to the folder where attach...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D -What is meant by a classified DWG?
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What is meant by a classified DWG?
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A classified dwg is an AutoCAD Map 3D DWG (drawing) file t...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What does Centroid mean?
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I have come across the term Centroid what does it mean?
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Centroids are points or bloc...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is .layer file?
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What is .layer file?
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A .layer file is layer definition file. In AutoCAD Map 3D it is a file t...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a UDL?
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What is a UDL?
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A Universal Data Link (UDL) is a file that points to a collection of data and ...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a Feature Class?
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What is a Feature Class?
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A feature class is a schema element that describes a type of real...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is meant by a feature?
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What is meant by a feature?
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A feature is an abstraction of a natural or man-made real worl...
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AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a Global Coordinate Zone?
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What is a Global Coordinate Zone?
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A method that converts the spherical coordinates of the ...
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AutoCAD Map 3D - Hyperlinking
By David Crowther
I was recently on a client’s site and we wanted to setup hyperlinks between map features (land par...