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Importing ESRI Shape Files
AutoCAD Map 3D supports up to ArcView version 3.2 and 8.x.
About SHP Files
ESRI SHP files store both geometry and attributes (data) for features. A single
shape can have as many as five physical files with the same filename, but
different file extensions:
■ .shp— Geometric data. Data for multiple points, polylines, and polygons
can be stored in one SHP file, but each SHP file can store only one type of
geometry. For example, a line SHP file can contain data for rivers, roads,
and pipes.
■ .shx — A geometric index to the map features, which can be used by some
applications to find features in disparate sections of a large map.
■ .dbf— Attribute data associated with the map features.
■ .prj—Projection and coordinate system data. This file is created only if your
map has an assigned coordinate system.
■ .idx—Identifies the index field for the related SHP file, which is the unique
identifier for each entity in the SHP file.
Importing
You can
connect to SHP files (page 336)to edit the original data in its source,
or import it to convert the data into AutoCAD drawing objects. Once you
import data, the connection to the original source is lost. If you update the
source, your changes will not appear in the imported copy.
By default, AutoCAD Map 3D considers SHP files a multi-select, file-based
format, that is, you select one or more individual .shp files during a single
import process. You can change the default in the mapimport.ini file so that
AutoCAD Map 3D considers SHP files a folder-based format (all files in the
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