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Character
Any characters
Point
Three real numbers separated by commas representing the X, Y, and Z values
of a point
Real
A real number between -1.7E308 and 1.7E308
If you select Integer, numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Description
Enter a description for the new field. This description appears in the Object
Data Fields list.
Default
Enter the value you will use most often when you assign this data field to
an object. The value must match the data type you selected above.
New Layer dialog box
Use this dialog box to create layers from imported SDF data.
To import SDF 2 files (page 389)
To create centroids for polygons and closed polylines (page 887)
Click Insert tab Import panel SDF 2.
Click Create tab Drawing Object panel Create Centroids.
NOTE Data you import becomes AutoCAD drawing objects in your map. To
convert the drawing objects to a geospatial format, see
Overview of Converting
and Exporting
(page 1405).
Enter a layer name. It cannot contain any of the following characters: < > / \
: ? * | , = " ` "
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