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Bringing In Features from ArcSDE
When you view and edit features from an ArcSDE data source, you can do the
following:
If you use SQL Server or Oracle as the underlying relational database
management system for ArcSDE, you can use either Windows or ArcSDE
authentication.
Select the feature classes to include in your map.
Set conditions to limit the features in your map.
Style, theme, and edit the features.
Lock individual features when you check them out for editing.
Keep features checked out and locked even when you close your drawing.
Features are not checked back in and unlocked until you specify.
Automatically update the data source with any edits you make.
Your edits are immediately visible to anyone else using the data source.
Create versions of your data. Versioning (page 2078) creates a copy of the
data in the data source. Your changes are made to the new version of the
data. Versioning is useful for proposed changes or changes that need
approval. When the changes are final, you can make your version the
current one. To use this feature, you must have versioning support turned
on in your database. To use versioning, you must enable versions for the
ArcSDE table.
NOTE Long transactions must be set in the data store to be available in
AutoCAD Map 3D.
View the schema definition.
Bring in a static copy of ArcSDE data as drawing objects.
Supported Versions
AutoCAD Map 3D supports ArcSDE 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.3.1. The 9.3.1 version
is available as either a 32-bit or 64-bit provider on Windows. (For previous
versions, and on Linux, it is available in 32-bit only.) The 64 bit support is
available only with the 64-bit ESRI ArcSDE 9.3.1 client libraries.
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