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Resending my original reply to Andrew to the list as well, which I neglected the first time. --- Ben
Hi Andrew,
You didn’t specify the format of the AutoCAD file you’re trying to import, so this suggestion might be off-base.
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation distributes a package called “OSGeo Live” which includes the OGR and GDAL libraries. OGR/GDAL itself includes a tool called “ogr2ogr” which is something of a GIS-practitioner’s Swiss Army knife: it can convert GIS data between a long list of formats, including AutoCAD’s DWG and DXF formats and ESRI’s shapefile, personal- and file-geodatabase formats.
I’ve found ogr2ogr to be an amazingly helpful tool to have on hand.
Info on OSGeo Live can be found at https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html
The list of all the contents of OSGeo Live can be found at: https://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html
In order to use “ogr2ogr”, you don’t have to install the whole OSGeo Live bundle, just GDAL/OGR.
The list of data formats supported by ogr2ogr can be found at: http://www.gdal.org/ogr_formats.html
Hope this helps.
Best,
Ben Krepp
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From: Northeast Arc Users Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Sylvia
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 7:22 PM
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Subject: Importing Homemade AutoCAD Data into ArcGIS
Hello all,
I'm fairly unfamiliar with AutoCAD and I was hoping you could help.
I need to convert homemade AutoCAD data into ArcGIS, but I am not having much luck.
A few people have recommended FME's software, and that worked fine when it came to their tutorial data, but whenever I try to plug in the AutoCAD data I create in there, it's no go.
I've tried converting the AutoCAD data directly into ArcGIS, into ArcGIS using several routes in ArcToolbox, recreating the data through AutoCAD Civil 3D, converting the data through ArcGIS Pro, nada.
The closest I've gotten is saving the AutoCAD file into an earlier AutoCAD file type, but even then there are georeferencing issues.
On top of that, I've watched/read dozens of videos and help pages from Esri, Autodesk and elsewhere, but I'm still not making much progress.
I'm probably missing something very simple here, wondering if you all could shed some light on my issue here.
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