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4.12Exporting Data to your GIS/CAD (continued)
Exporting to AutoCAD
For conversion of data to AutoCad DXF or DWG formatts
choose Save as type AutoCAD .DXF, .DWG
Click on the Settings button in the lower right hand corner
of the export file dialog box. The Export Settings dialog will
display. There are three tabs on this dialog box: General,
Coordinate System, and AutoCAD.
The General Tab displays Coordinate Class, Coordinate
Type, Datum, Point Type, and order of the coordinates to
be exported. The Coordinate System tab allows the user to
modify the coordinate system, ellipsoid, and geoid. The
AutoCAD tab allows the user to pick the AutoCAD release
version to export to, as well as the format (.DXF or .DWG),
and coordinate type.
dinate system (i.e. a Coordinate System defining
local grid coordinates must be attached to the
Project).
You can attach a coordinate system to a project on import
(See section "4.3 Coordinate System Management") or
you can attach a coordinate system when you export by
clicking on the Settings button in the Export Dialog.
The following dialog will appear:
Press Save and GIS DataPRO will proceed to export the
current feature database. A dialog showing the export
process progress will appear.
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When exporting data to AutoCAD or Microstation,
the coordinates must be available in Local Grid coor-
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Highlight the code on the left, and select the AutoCAD layer
from the AutoCAD coding section on the right. The code
will be exported to the selected layer. After highlighting a
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