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Table Of Contents
See also:
Overview of Geospatial Data (page 551)
Bringing In Features from WFS (page 346)
Styling Features (page 639)
Creating a Join (page 509)
NOTE This functionality affects geospatial feature data only. There is no equivalent
for drawing objects.
To work with WFS data
Add WFS features to your map (page 346)
Style WFS features (page 639)
Join data to a WFS feature (page 509)
Working with Feature Sources
After you connect to a data store in AutoCAD Map 3D, that data store is a
feature source (page 2063) for the current map.
NOTE This functionality affects geospatial feature data only. For information about
linking records in an external database to objects in a drawing, see
Overview of
Linking Database Records to Objects
(page 522).
Overview of Working with Feature Sources
After you connect to a data store in AutoCAD Map 3D, that data store is a
feature source (page 2063) for the current map. Feature sources are listed by
provider (for example, all SDF feature sources are listed together in
Data
Connect
(page 2059)).
NOTE This functionality affects geospatial feature data only. For information about
linking records in an external database to objects in a drawing, see
Overview of
Linking Database Records to Objects
(page 522). For information about managing
drawing objects and drawing files, see
Overview of Setting Up Your Map File (page
140).
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