Not all that long ago, we used to be able to add an old version (2007) of an AutoCAD DWG file to a standard MXD file, then publish a map service with it and view the content on an ArcGIS Online web map, either in the browser or with the mobile devices. This was a very useful tool in quickly getting some unintelligent linework up on an online map for others to view.
That seems to no longer work, though you can still successfully add the DWG to the MXD. It no longer carries through to the published map service. Does anyone else use this or see this issue? What upgrade package would have lost this functionality?
Thanks Rich. It hasn't been too long that this was possible, probably in the last few months this functionality went away. And yes, you are right, you had to back save to an older DWG format. 2010 didn't work, you had to save back to v2007.
We convert data all the time from CAD to SHP for use in ArcGIS and the online programs, it's not that we don't know how to do it. It just worked before as a simple, unintelligent attachment, and now it doesn't. You get a nice upgrade and some function disappears.
On a related matter when I have loaded CAD files into ArcGIS Online of detailed map data (in the UK a good example would be Ordnance Survey Master Map) I have had problems viewing that data at scales lower than about 1:1500. I sometimes want to get to 1:500, maybe less. Are there tricks in getting a feature service to function consistently at these scales?
Jeremy, there seems to be a built in limit to how far you can zoom in for the online mapping. I have guessed, and only a guess, that when you start to zoom below the level where the streamed ESRI imagery starts to get fuzzy, that ESRI cuts off from zooming any further. Even if you have implemented a layer of higher resolution imagery, it doesn't matter, you will be stopped at a certain zoom level, even if you have other layers with more detail.
Yes - you have described it exactly!! Let's hope that ESRI will address this. I use ESRI products for property management and in the the field ArcGIS Online/Collector etc are all great but would be even better if the real detail could be viewed.
ArcGIS for Server 10.1 dropped support for various file based data-sources such as CAD for publishing to Map Services. These in-memory data sources didn't always scale very well. There is a renewed interest in making this functionality work moving forward, but technical hurdles need to be addressed. There is an option in ArcGIS Pro to convert your drawings whenever you add them to the map. This means that if you were to publish those maps to Server your CAD data would appear as drawn. This is because the data although it looks the same is already in a geodatabase. Converting your CAD data to a GDB and then publishing the resultant map would also work in ArcMap. We do however recognize the convenience of including that CAD map directly... We hear you.
Thanks Don. We'll keep beating the drum as long as you all keep listening and considering the thoughts. Its always more complicated than it seems on the surface, but, I must say that I never saw any issue with the scalability with CAD attached data layers.
can reproduce that, seems something in the drawing is not working any more with geomap ... I would suggest to remove the current capture, then use copy & paste to transfer your geometry to a new drawing and then try the online-map usage in thew new drawing again.
Yes! Thank you.
Now my problem is the map always comes in shifted to the west.
No matter which coordinate system I pick the Bing map always is not registered correctly.
Oddly, I have a map given to me that also brings in a Bing map and it is registered correctly.
I type Geo, then M. I scroll the window around to get where I want to be. I right click and then click move marker here. I also retype the Lat/Long in the address bar just for grins. I click next, and then pick the coordinate system I am working in. Both the coordinate system I am working in and the Units command are set to feet.
If you are using Map3D then you are going about it the wrong way. First in your dwg assign a coordinate system. _MAPCSASSIGN command. Then with an object of some type line point or any type of autocad object in the dwg at the proper location.Example a know intersection of roads or a survey marker or the boundary of a city/county. You can find georeferance data all over the internet, even a county boundary from Tiger data work. After you get an object in the dwg with a coordinate system assign use the GEO command.
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Thank you for sending the information. These are worth looking at, but I would still like an actual course which provides assignments, tests, etc. Something that we can take a look at and view the different sections for accountability.
I am a long time experienced Autocad user and I use the online aerial imagery / geolocation function in most of my drawings. I am using LT 2021 running on MS Surface 16gb ram and NVIDIA Geoforce GPU. I have an existing drawing file that i have previously successfully geolocated the online aerial imagery. However now when I open the drawing the online image is off by hundreds of meters. When i try and reorient the marker, nothing happens. When i try and edit the location, nothing happens. I have checked the Online mapping under Hidden messages in Options, nothing happens. I have restarted, re-opended, restarted, saved as a different file, checked the units and the direction......nothing happens.
Just an update... The issue relates to one file only. For some reason this file is not coping with the geolocation function. Please see the attached snapshot for reference Is there a variable I can change?
1) Why do you want to disable online help, it's so helpful? Because I don't want my computer to freeze for 10 seconds each time I accidentally hit some keystroke to call for online help, with no message to tell me what is happening, and why my computer is not responding to anything, leading me to believe that my system just crashed, and me wondering how much work I am going to lose that I did not save.
2) Just de-select the "Access online content when available" button on the Options-System page. This does not work. Still takes 10 seconds for the useless help screen to pop up, with the same issues as #1 above.
AutoCAD is the only software that I have EVER used that has this issue. No other software, especially software that I have spent thousands of dollars for, behaves in this manner. Why can't AutoCAD simply fix this issue, so that we can all go online and search for help IF WE WANT TO, OUTSIDE OF AUTOCAD, just like every other software manufacturer does?
4) I guess I should have added a 4th option, disabling the F1 key. The F1 key actually works in other software, so disabling help in all of my software, that actually works, as a solution to fixing one piece of software isn't really a solution.
I currently have F1-F10 assigned to various snaps, but CAD regularly "Forgets" that F1 is Endsnap and not Help, so all of a sudden my .dwg freezes and waits until the help pane opens (ca. 10 seconds wasted).
For the first time I've had the need import GIS-type data (orthos and linework) into drawing files and have researched online to see if this can be accomplished in LT. It seems that this information can be imported but quite honestly, I have not been able to figure it out on my own by reading through this message board. I've read about A360 (have no idea what that is or how to log into it) and a "Geolocation" tab which is not part of my ribbon/menus.
The geolocation part of the ribbon, won't show up until after you have placed a geolocation marker from a map. It's a fairly specialised set of tools I never use, but if you start the 'geolocation' command the prompt will ask you to set a location from a map or a file, if you choose map then a map opens in a dialogue box, you can enter an address or coordinates and find the place you want to use as a base and drop the marker on it. Once you have done that it will ask you which GIS system you want to use, just pick any, for now, click next and either pick a point in your drawing or use 0,0.
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