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Units
Displays information about a Project’s units of measure. Click in a field to
edit the measurement unit information. Constrained fields will displayed
valid options in a drop-down list.
Coordinate System Assignment
Enter the coordinate system code for your new Survey Data Store. Click
to select the coordinate system from a list.
Object Class Attribute Mapping dialog box
Use this dialog box to specify how to map attribute data from the incoming
file to object classes in the AutoCAD Map 3D drawing.
To assign an object class to an input layer (page 421)
Click Home tab ➤ Data panel ➤ Import From Files.
NOTE Data you import becomes AutoCAD drawing objects in your map. To
connect to the data in its original format, see
Overview of Bringing In GIS Features
(page 305). To convert the drawing objects to a geospatial format, see Overview
of Converting and Exporting
(page 1405).
Select An Object Class
Click an object class defined in the current drawing.
Input Fields
Click an incoming attribute data field to map to a Target Field in the object
class.
Target Fields
Click the attribute in the selected object class that the selected Input Field
wll map to. Map as many Target Fields as possible.
Once you map a target field, it no longer appears in the Target Fields list.
This ensures that each target field is mapped to only one incoming data
field.
If you don't map a target field, the default object class value will be used.
The syntax for the Target Field is
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