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Data
You can export data associated with drawing objects, including object data,
block attributes, linked external data, object properties, and topology data.
You can also map drawing attributes to feature class properties during export.
Choose the data you want on the Data or Feature Class tab of the Export dialog
box.
NOTE You cannot export metadata using the Export dialog box. Instead, export
metadata from the Metadata Viewer. See
Sharing Metadata (page 1510).
When you export external data, two options are available:
■ If the external file format does not support external databases, export the
entire record associated with each linked object. The information from
the record is attached to the exported object as attribute data.
■ If the external file format supports external database files, export only the
key field.
Text
DWG text elements are exported as points (using the insertion point of the
text). If your text elements are MTEXT objects, and you want to preserve the
actual text as well as text properties such as rotation and style, you must specify
the data attributes during export. If you then import the resulting file, you
will have AutoCAD points with AutoCAD Map 3D object data. You can use
the AutoCAD Map 3D ADE Query feature to alter the point objects and display
them as text, using the attributes to define the text value, rotation and style.
When you export to SDF or SHP and then connect to the resulting file in
Display Manager, you can display the point and label it using any of the
attributes that were defined.
Coordinate Conversion
If the active map has a coordinate system assigned to it, you can convert
objects from that coordinate system to a different coordinate system.
NOTE The settings specified in the UNITS command do not affect the export
process. The UNITS command affects only the way data is displayed; it does not
affect the coordinate values stored with the objects themselves.
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