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Chapter 8 AutoCAD Map and AutoCAD Land Development Desktop
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Drawing Sets and AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop Projects
Attached drawings can be associated with any AutoCAD Land
Development Desktop project. For example, you can attach Drawing A
in Project A and Drawing B in Project B to the same Map project. For
example, if you are working on a job that contains two or more
AutoCAD Land Development Desktop projects, then you can create a
drawing set that shows the drawings in both projects so you can see
an overall view of the job.
Data Storage
In AutoCAD Map, a drawing stores much more than objects and
coordinates. All the associated data is also stored in the drawing.
However, you can also link a drawing to an SQL database. In that case,
the data is stored outside the drawing.
Key Concepts
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A drawing set does not automatically bring objects from other
drawings into the Map project. You must define a query to bring
the objects into the Map project.
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AutoCAD Map uses one default location for the source drawings
that you can attach to the Map project, c:\. To attach drawings that
are in different locations, you must define a drive alias. A drive alias
points to the drive where your drawings are stored.
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You can activate or deactivate drawings that are attached to the
Map project. In order to edit the objects or to perform queries,
however, the drawings must be active.