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Chapter 8 AutoCAD Map and AutoCAD Land Development Desktop
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The following task describes how to bring objects into a Map project
from the source drawings.
To define an object query
Steps
Use
to look up
1
Create a new drawing. This is your Map project.
Create a Project
2
Attach the source drawings to the Map project.
These drawings should contain at least one object
that you can query.
Attach Drawings
3
From the Map menu, choose Drawings ➤ Zoom
Drawing Extents. This command zooms to the
extents of all the drawings attached to the Map
project, even though the drawing objects are not
yet visible on screen.
ADEZEXTENTS
4
From the Map menu, choose Drawings ➤ Quick
View Drawings. This command shows you the
contents of all the drawings attached to the Map
project as temporary lines.
Quick View Drawings
dialog box
5
From the Map menu, choose Query ➤ Define
Query to display the Define Query dialog box.
Define a Query
6
You can use many different methods to select the
objects you want to query. This example describes
how to use a simple window selection.
Find All Objects in a
Specified Location