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To move drawing data to a spatial data store and back using the import
method
(page 1467)
To move drawing data to a spatial data store and back using the Data
Connect method
(page 1467)
To export layers in SDF or SQLite format (page 1470)
To save a layers styles and pointers to its data (page 1471)
To export survey points to a LandXML file (page 1471)
Overview of Converting and Exporting
You can share all or some of the drawing objects in your map with users of
other software programs by exporting to another format. You can print or
export attribute data and metadata separately.
When you export DWG objects, geospatial feature data is ignored. However,
you can
export a Display Manager layer (page 1469) containing geospatial data
to SDF format, or you can use
Bulk Copy (page 615) to convert features from
one geospatial format to another. You can also
export to an FDO data format
(page 1461), such as Oracle or ArcSDE
When you convert or export your drawing objects to other formats, you can
convert or export not only the objects themselves, but also data associated
with the objects. In addition, AutoCAD Map 3D can automatically perform a
coordinate conversion on the objects as they are converted or exported.
During conversion or export, AutoCAD Map 3D copies objects from the active
map to the specified file or location. To convert or export objects from a source
DWG file, query those objects into the active map before you begin the export.
Using Saved Settings
If you saved export settings (from Autodesk Map Release 4.5 or later), you can
reload those settings.
Selecting Drawing Objects
You can automatically select all drawing objects, or you can manually select
the ones you want. In addition, you can export drawing objects on selected
layers or in selected classes. You can also export drawing objects from a polygon
topology.
The status bar tells you how many objects are currently selected and how
many are filtered out. In addition, you can preview the objects that will be
exported.
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