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Table Of Contents
Quick Reference
Connect Feature Source
Connects a feature source
Click File Connect To Data.
Menu
Connect
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MAPCONNECTCommand Line
In Display Manager click Data Connect to Data.
Task Pane
Changing Coordinate Systems
If necessary, you can change the coordinate system of data you add to your
map.
You must specify the original coordinate system for the data. Do not specify
the coordinate system for the current mapAutoCAD Map 3D transforms the
data to the target coordinate system when it adds it to your map. Hold your
cursor over the entry in the Data Connect window to see its coordinate system
and spatial context information.
To change the coordinate system assigned to the data you are adding to a
map
1 In
Display Manager (page 2060), click Data Connect To Data.
2 In the Data Connect window, select the appropriate data provider in the
Data Connections By Provider list.
3 Navigate to the data store and select it.
4 Click Connect.
5 Hold your cursor over the name of the data store to see a pop-up window
that displays its coordinate system, for example, UTM27-10.
When you add data to your map, you must specify its original coordinate
system. AutoCAD Map 3D automatically converts the data from that
coordinate system to the one specified for your map.
6 Click Edit Coordinate Systems and, in the
Edit Spatial Contexts (page 1605)
dialog box, click the entry.
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