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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...

AutoCAD Map 3D – Integrating Open Source

By David Crowther Cadline’s DynamicMaps team are experts in Open Source Software, Standards and Spatial Data. Providi...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

What is Object Data - Map 3D

QuestionWhat is Object Data AnswerAttribute data attached to an object and stored in the drawing file

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...

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...

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...

What are Clustered Nodes? - Map 3D

QuestionWhat are Clustered Nodes? AnswerNodes within a specified tolerance of one another.

What is meant by Source Drawing? - Map 3D

QuestionWhat is meant by Source Drawing? Answer A drawing file attached to another drawing. The set of all sourc...

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....

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...

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...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is Weeding a contour line?

Question What is Weeding a contour line? Answer The removal of points along a selected 3D polyline, which may...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a Drive Alias?

Question What is a Drive Alias? Answer In AutoCAD Map 3d the mechanism that points to the folder where attach...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D -What is meant by a classified DWG?

Question What is meant by a classified DWG? Answer A classified dwg is an AutoCAD Map 3D DWG (drawing) file t...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What does Centroid mean?

Question I have come across the term Centroid what does it mean? Answer Centroids are points or bloc...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is .layer file?

Question What is .layer file? Answer A .layer file is layer definition file. In AutoCAD Map 3D it is a file t...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a UDL?

Question What is a UDL? Answer A Universal Data Link (UDL) is a file that points to a collection of data and ...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a Feature Class?

Question What is a Feature Class? Answer A feature class is a schema element that describes a type of real...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is meant by a feature?

Question What is meant by a feature? Answer A feature is an abstraction of a natural or man-made real worl...

AUTOCAD MAP 3D - What is a Global Coordinate Zone?

Question What is a Global Coordinate Zone? Answer A method that converts the spherical coordinates of the ...

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...