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Using eTransmit (page 1376)
To reconnect to feature data without losing styling information
NOTE This topic applies to geospatial data. To bring in drawing (DWG) objects,
see
Overview of Bringing in Drawing Data From DWG Files (page 351).
1 In Data Connect, select the data connection that is broken.
For example, select SDF_1, if the first SDF connection is broken.
2 For Source File Or Folder, type or browse to the correct data store location.
3 Click Connect, but do not click Add.
Clicking Add creates a new layer in your map, without the styling
information from the original layer.
Bringing In Drawing Data From DWG Files
NOTE This topic applies to AutoCAD drawing objects. To bring in geospatial data,
see
Overview of Bringing In GIS Features (page 305).
Your map can include drawing objects from the current drawing or from other
drawings. To include objects from other drawings, you must first attach those
drawings to your map.
NOTE To open a DWG file that was created with, or contains, feature source
provider data, do not double-click the icon that represents the file. Click
Open Drawing.
Each set of objects you select is stored in a layer in Display Manager. A layer
that includes drawing objects is a
drawing layer (page 2060).
Drawing layers in Display Manager are different from classic AutoCAD layers
that you see in the AutoCAD Layer Properties Manager. AutoCAD users who
do not have AutoCAD Map 3D do not have Display Manager and so cannot
see Display Manager layers.
You style AutoCAD layers using the Layer Properties Manager. When you
bring in data by object class, location, property, or query, and store that data
in a Display Manager drawing layer, you can style and theme the layer using
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