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■ Bringing in GIS Features (page 303)
To bring in drawing objects based on object properties
NOTE This topic applies to AutoCAD drawing objects. To bring in geospatial data,
see
procedures for bringing in geospatial data. (page 308).
1 Do one of the following:
■ In
Display Manager (page 2060), click Data ➤ Add Drawing Data ➤ Query
Current Drawing.
■ In Display Manager, click Data ➤ Add Drawing Data ➤ Query Source
Drawing. Be sure you have
attached (page 154) the DWG files to query.
■ In Display Manager, click Data ➤ Add Drawing Data ➤ Query
Topology.
2 In the
Define Query dialog box (page 1838), click Property.
3 In the
Property Condition dialog box (page 1855), select a property.
4 Select an operator.
For some properties, such as layer, the only available operator is = (equal).
5 Enter a value for the property.
To select from a list of values, click Values. For example, if you select the
layer property, click Values to display a list of layers in the drawings.
You can use wild-card characters to enter values for the following
properties: Block Name, Color, Text Style, Object Type, Group, Layer,
Feature Class, Linetype, and Plotstyle.
6 Click OK.
7 Optionally, define another condition. See Combining Conditions (page
369).
8 In the Define Query dialog box, click OK.
The new layer appears in Display Manager. Objects that meet the conditions
of the query are included in this layer. To see the objects, you may need to
zoom to the drawing extents. Click Map Setup tab ➤ Map panel ➤ Zoom
Drawing Extents.
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