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Table Of Contents
Quick Reference
New Display Manager Layer - Query
Creates a new query layer in Display Manager
In Display Manager, click Data Add Drawing Data
and then select a query type
Task Pane
Define Query dialog boxDialog Box
Bringing In Drawing Objects Based on Attached Data
NOTE This topic applies to AutoCAD drawing objects. To bring in geospatial data,
see
Overview of Bringing In GIS Features (page 305).
In your map, you can add a
drawing layer (page 2060) in Display Manager that
contains objects based on attribute data associated with the object, for example,
object data or data in a linked external database. Select from objects in the
current map, or from objects in attached drawings.
For example, if you have a linked database that lists pavement surfaces, you
can select all objects with a gravel pavement surface.
TIP Combine a data condition with other conditions to create specific queries.
For example, you could find all parcels that are zoned Residential and are within
500 yards of a contaminated well.
Notes
You cannot retrieve objects based on constant block attributes.
For Data queries, the Database Link option tests the link data stored on
the object, not the data in the database table. To retrieve objects based on
data in the linked database table, create a SQL condition.
Because topology information is stored in object data, use a data condition
to search for the following properties of topology objects: area, length,
perimeter, direction, direct resistance, and reverse resistance.
See also:
Attaching Drawings (page 154)
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