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Driver Options
You can set the following options when importing ARC/INFO coverages or
E00 files:
DescriptionOption
Select Follow, Fit, or Ignore.Text Curves
Select Extract Bounds, or Extract Tics.Optional Feature Types
See also:
Customizing the Import and Export .ini Files (page 264)
Exporting To ESRI Arc/INFO Coverages (page 1419)
NOTE Data you import becomes AutoCAD drawing objects in your map. To
convert the drawing objects to a geospatial format, see
Overview of Converting
and Exporting
(page 1405).
To import from Arc/INFO (page 396)
To recreate an Arc/INFO topology in AutoCAD Map 3D (page 396)
To import from Arc/INFO
Use the Import instructions. (page 381)
To recreate an Arc/INFO topology in AutoCAD Map 3D
1 Use the MAPCREATECENTROIDS command to create centroids. (page
885)
2 Move any attribute data from the polyline or polygon to the centroids
(page 885)
3 Use the _arc layer to create the topology using the topology commands.
Quick Reference
MAPIMPORT
Imports an external file format into AutoCAD Map 3D
396 | Chapter 3 Bringing In Data