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Chapter 8 AutoCAD Map and AutoCAD Land Development Desktop
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Introduction
AutoCAD Land Development Desktop incorporates the full
functionality of AutoCAD Map
®
2000. All mapping commands are
located in the Map menu. You can use the AutoCAD Map commands
to create, manage, analyze, and plot plans that include geographical as
well as statistical data.
Using the AutoCAD Map commands, you can
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Access, query, and edit data from multiple drawings, and then save
the changes back to the original drawings.
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Work with other users on the same drawing without interfering
with their work.
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Digitize and clean up maps, for example, to break crossing lines,
and clean up overshoots and undershoots.
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Link maps to external databases.
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Convert drawings from one coordinate system to another.
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Add intelligence to your drawing objects by creating topologies,
which you can use to analyze the map features.
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Create node, network, and polygon topologies, buffer areas, and
dissolve overlaps.
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Convert the attribute information in blocks to database entries.
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Create thematic maps that show land suitable for building, the
range of parcel prices within a subdivision, or those of a certain size
or soil type.
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Plot map books.
This chapter introduces you to the features of the AutoCAD Map
commands, and how you can use them in your AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop projects. This chapter has several references to
the online Help, where you can find more detailed information about
the AutoCAD Map commands.
For more information about the main features of AutoCAD Map, use
to look up “Introducing AutoCAD Map 2000” and “Main Features
of AutoCAD Map 2000” in the online Help.