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Import Map File

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Specifying an AutoCAD Layer During Import

When you import data (as opposed to using

Data Connect (page 303)), the

imported material is converted to AutoCAD drawing objects. By default,

AutoCAD Map 3D imports data to an AutoCAD layer with the same name as

the layer (sometimes called a schema, level, or file) in the input file. If an

AutoCAD layer with this name already exists, objects are copied to that layer.

Otherwise, a new AutoCAD layer is created and objects are copied to the new

layer.

If you assign the input layer to an object class with a layer property, the default

will instead be the default AutoCAD layer defined by the object class, and the

Drawing Layer field displays <By Class>.

You can specify one of the following layer options:

■ Put objects on an existing AutoCAD layer.

■ Put objects on a new AutoCAD layer.

■ Put objects on an AutoCAD layer based on data attached to the objects.

■ Put objects on the AutoCAD layer specified by the assigned object class

(available only if you assigned the input layer to an object class with a

layer property).