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Tutorial: Introducing Autocad Map 3D 2012: Lesson 1: Get Ready To Use The Tutorials
Tutorial: Introducing Autocad Map 3D 2012: Lesson 1: Get Ready To Use The Tutorials
These tutorials provide an overview of the product and hands-on exercises to help you learn many aspects of AutoCAD Map 3D. Topics in this section
Lesson 1: Get Ready to Use the Tutorials Lesson 2: Take a Quick Tour of AutoCAD Map 3D Lesson 3: Get Started
Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D 2012: Take a quick tour of the application. Create a map file, assign a coordinate system, connect to data, style features, and save your work. Several videos are included to illustrate key concepts. Note: You can use this tutorial without sample data. However, if you want to work through the exercises in the application, download the sample data from http://www.autodesk.com/map3d-documentation.
The following tutorials are available if you have an Internet connection. You can download the sample data for these tutorials here:http://www.autodesk.com/map3d-documentation:
Building a map: Learn all the basics of creating a map from start to finish. Use multiple sources, design themes and composite styles to change the appearance of objects, create new features and edit them, and publish your finished map. Watch a video, use the interactive simulation, or follow the written steps and work in the actual application. Moving from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D 2012: Prepare drawings for use with AutoCAD Map 3D, clean up drawing data, add drawing objects to a map, add and edit raster images, and share maps with others. Annotating Your Map: Use annotation templates, labels, and text layers to add textual information to a map. Classifying Drawing Objects: Define object classes, assign drawing objects to different classes, and then use the object classes to create, edit, and export drawing objects. To be part of the object class, drawing objects must meet certain rules when they are classified. Object classes help to ensure that drawing objects are standardized. Creating a Map Book With an Inset: Customize a map book template, create a map book, create an inset, and publish to DWF. Analyzing Data: Add a surface and style it using a theme and contour lines to show elevation. Join an external database to a feature and create a style using both sets of data. Create a buffer zone that highlights areas within 1000 feet of a river and identify parcels that lie within that zone. Export comma-separated data to use in a report to the
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owners of those parcels. Overlay two geospatial layers and save the resulting comparison layer as a separate data store. Edit a workflow to automate editing processes. Managing Data From Different Sources: Export drawing objects to Autodesk SDF format, and then connect to the resulting SDF file to add it as a layer in another map. Use Bulk Copy to copy the SDF data to SHP format. Import the SDF data to convert it back to drawing layers. Working With Polygon Features: Connect to geospatial data for parcel polygons. Join a data source to the parcels to add assessor data. Add a new calculated property that uses native and joined properties. Split a parcel into two uneven pieces using the Split command and assign attributes to each resulting parcel using split/merge rules. Batch Exporting: Export large numbers of DWG files to a different format (for example, a GIS file format). Move a folder of DWG files to the SDF format in a single operation.
Exercise 1: Prepare your sample data Exercise 2: Save your tutorial maps Exercise 3: Choose a workspace Exercise 4: Set up the tutorial window
2. Click Planning And Analysis Workspace. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4 Set up the tutorial window.
Note: If you did not download the sample data for the Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D tutorial, you can still take a tour of the application. You will not be able to select features or objects, but you can still learn how to use the application controls.
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To tour the AutoCAD Map 3D application window 1. Before you begin the tutorial, see Getting Ready to Use the Tutorials. 2. From the desktop or the Start menu, start AutoCAD Map 3D. 3. Click .
If you did not download the sample data, skip the remainder of the steps in this exercise and proceed to The Ribbon. 4. Navigate to the folder in My Documents where you copied the sample files. 5. Open SampleMap.dwg. An alert may tell you that an undefined drive alias is referenced. If so, click Define and use the following procedure. If not, proceed to The Ribbon. To define a drive alias
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The alias you need is already selected. Click in the Actual Path field and click Browse. o Navigate to the folder where you copied the sample files. Open that folder and click OK. (Be careful to select the Map 3D Tutorials subfolder, not the parent My Documents folder.) o Click Add, and then click Close. The sample data location is now mapped to your drive alias. In future, you can open the sample data without defining any further aliases. To continue this lesson, go to The Ribbon. Topics in this section
The Ribbon Finding Commands Workspaces The Task Pane Properties Palette Data Table, Forms, and Data View Status Bars Layout Tabs Dynamic Input Shortcut Menus Options
The Ribbon In AutoCAD Map 3D, the tabs across the top of the application window are called a ribbon.
Tabs are like horizontal menus. Click a tab to see the commands associated with it. Sets of related commands are grouped in panels. Click a command icon within a panel to select that command. Panel titles that display a down arrow contain more options. Panel titles that display an arrow in the lower right corner have a dialog box associated with them. Use the following techniques when working with the ribbon
To see more options for a panel, click the down arrow on the panel title bar. Click the pushpin icon to keep the expanded portion displayed. For example, on the Home tab in the Planning And Analysis workspace, click the down arrow on the Data panel.
To see the dialog box associated with a panel, click the angle-arrow in the lower-right corner of the panel. For example, click the angle-arrow on the Data panel to see the AutoCAD Map 3D Options dialog box.
To see the keyboard shortcuts for displaying ribbon elements, press the Alt key. Press it again to hide the shortcuts. To make a panel into a floating panel, drag its title bar away from the ribbon. To reinsert it into the ribbon, drag it by its title bar to the desired location. To change the order of the tabs, drag a tab to a new position in the ribbon. To see commands for a particular Display Manager layer or Map Explorer entry, select that item. The ribbon expands to include a new tab for the selected item. By default, the ribbon switches to the new tab. To keep the ribbon from switching, at the Command prompt, type ribboncontextselect.
The application menu The application menu includes the Search Field and file-related commands. Options displays the AutoCAD Options dialog box, which controls such things as the background color for maps.
1. Click to see the application menu. 2. Do any of the following: o Click a command or submenu item on the left side of the application menu. o To issue a different command, type its name into the Search field. See Finding Commands. o To switch between viewing recent documents and open documents, click the icons above the list of commands on the left. You can view recent documents as an ordered list, or by size, type, or access date. You can display large or small icons or images for either list.
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Quick Access Toolbar Put the commands you use most often on the Quick Access Toolbar. You can display the toolbar at the top of the application window or just below the ribbon. To customize the Quick Access Toolbar 1. Click the down arrow next to the current Quick Access Toolbar. 2. Do any of the following: o To add a command to the Quick Access Toolbar, select any command that is listed. o To remove a selected command from the Quick Access Toolbar, click it to clear its check mark. o To move the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon area, select Show Below The Ribbon. To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Finding Commands
Finding Commands If you know the command you want but cannot locate it in the ribbon, use the application menu search field to find it.
1. Click to see the application menu. 2. In the field at the top of the menu, type all or part of the command name. For example, type define. Commands beginning with the word define are displayed. 3. In the list that displays, click the appropriate entry. For example, if you typed define, click Define Query to display the Define Query Of Attached Drawing(s) dialog box. To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Workspaces
Workspaces AutoCAD Map 3D comes with predefined workspaces. Each workspace organizes and displays commands and toolbars differently. When you first start AutoCAD Map 3D, you are prompted to choose your default workspace. To change your default workspace 1. Click Help tab Select Workspace .
2. Select a different default workspace. The next time you start AutoCAD Map 3D, you will see the new default workspace. You can customize any workspace, specifying the contents of the ribbon tabs, keyboard shortcuts, and how the mouse buttons behave. To use Map Classic or a custom workspace as your default workspace 1. Click the workspace entry in the Quick Access Toolbar or the status bar.
2. Click Customize. 3. Right-click the Map Classic workspace (or a custom workspace) and click Set Default. 4. To use this workspace during the current session (in addition to making it the default), right-click it again and click Set Current. 5. Click OK. To switch workspaces during a session 1. Click the workspace entry in the Quick Access Toolbar or the status bar.
2. Select the workspace most appropriate for your work. o 2D Drafting ribbon workspace customized for those who are familiar with the AutoCAD ribbon and work primarily with drawing data. o Planning And Analysis ribbon workspace customized for AutoCAD Map 3D commands. Most tutorials and videos assume that you are using this workspace.
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Maintenance ribbon workspace customized for those using an enterprise industry model. When you open a drawing that uses this model, AutoCAD Map 3D prompts you to switch to this workspace. o Map Classic the menu-driven interface from earlier versions of the product. Some new commands are unavailable from this workspace.
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The Task Pane The Task Pane gives you quick access to frequently used features, and groups these features into task-related views. Use the Task Pane to create, manage, display, and publish maps.
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Display Manager , where you manage features stored in data stores (databases, geospatial data files, and raster files), attach drawing files, and change the appearance of features. Each geospatial feature class is a layer in Display Manager. You can add drawing layers as well. Map Explorer , where you view the elements of your map project. Such elements include the files you connected to as sources, queries you used and saved, and templates for linking drawing objects to data. Use this view to query in objects from attached drawings and to view the data for any object. Map Book , where you divide a large map into "tiles." Each tile is rendered on a separate page. You can publish map books in various formats, both for printing and for online display. Survey , where you bring in and work with survey point data.
Each view of the Task Pane has its own menu area. You can also right-click any item in the Task Pane to see a customized menu for that item. Use these techniques for the Task Pane
To switch between views, click the tabs on the Task Pane . To see options for the current Task Pane tab, click an icon in the menu area at the top of the Task Pane. To hide the Task Pane, click its Minimize button. Hold your cursor over the Task Pane title bar to see the Minimize button. To display the Task Pane after hiding it, move your cursor over its title bar. To make the Task Pane a floating palette, grab its title bar and drag it to the desired location. Drag the title bar to a window edge to dock it again. Note To minimize the Task Pane each time you move your cursor away from it, right-click the Task Pane title bar and turn on Auto-hide.
To close the Task Pane, click the X in its top right corner. Hold your cursor over the Task Pane title bar to see the X. Once you have closed the Task Pane, you can redisplay it. In the Planning And Analysis workspace, click View tab Palettes panel Map Task Pane.
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Map Explorer Use Map Explorer to manage the data sources included in your current map.
feature sources (such as Oracle, ArcSDE, SHP, and SDF) attached source drawings drawing queries object classes external data sources for drawing objects topologies link templates
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Drag the file from Windows Explorer to the Map Explorer tab of the Task Pane.
From Windows Explorer, drag a database file to the Map Explorer tab of the Task Pane. If the Map Explorer tab does not immediately display the data source, right-click a blank space in the Map Explorer tab. Click Refresh.
Right-click the Data Sources folder on the Map Explorer tab and select Attach. AutoCAD Map 3D automatically creates the required files for communicating with the database application. However, for some database types, you must configure these files yourself.
Display Manager The Display Manager lets you create display maps. Each display map contains a set of styled layers. You can have more than one display map in a map file, and you can style the same data differently in each one.
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Use Data Connect to add features to your map, or drag data sources into Display Manager to add them as layers. For example, drag an SDF file from Windows Explorer into the layer area to add it. Use these techniques in the Display Manager
To change the appearance of a layer, select it and click To view and edit the attributes for a layer, select it and click To change the draw order of the layers, select a layer and click Draw Order. Drag the layers into the order in which you want them to appear in your map. To see options specific to a layer, right-click any layer. Selecting a layer also displays a contextual tab in the ribbon, with the available options for that layer. See Shortcut Menus
To use the Style Editor to style geospatial features NoteYou will need the sample data to perform these steps. If you did not download it, skip to the next section, "Map Book." 1. In the SampleMap.dwg file, select the Parcels layer in Display Manager . 2. To change the color of the parcels, click the Style button in the Task Pane menu area. o Click in the Style field in the middle of the Style Editor window. o Select a different Foreground color and click OK. o Close the Style Editor by clicking the X in its top right corner. The changes are displayed in your map.
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Map Book Use the Map Book tab to create printed maps, map books, and multi-page DWFs from styled maps. Map Book uses the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager, and provides a tree view of the tiles in the map book, like pages in an atlas. Use navigation arrows to move between tiles in your map.
To create a map book 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Set up a map book template. Identify layout placeholders. Build the map book. View or edit the map book tiles. Publish the map book.
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Survey Use the Survey tab to import and organize survey data points.
Use the Survey tab to import and organize survey data. To work with survey data 1. Create a survey data store to contain the data. 2. Import data from LandXML or ASCII files. 3. Organize the data: o Organize the data into projects. o Within each project, create surveys and classify points into point groups. o Create new points within defined point groups, and create features from points. To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Properties Palette
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Properties Palette View the properties of the selected drawing object or feature in the Properties palette.
The Properties palette The Properties palette lists the current settings for properties of the selected object or set of objects. For drawing objects, you can modify any property that can be changed by specifying a new value. For features, you can change attribute values but not geometry. When more than one object is selected, the Properties palette displays only those properties common to all objects in the selection set. When no objects or features are selected, the Properties palette displays only the General, 3D Visualization, Plot Style, View and Misc properties for the current layer. If you select a feature layer in the Display Manager, the layer name and title are displayed. For drawing layers, the Element and Element Source are displayed. Drawing objects that belong to an object class have additional information on the Object Class tab. Use the Display tab to see the source drawing for a drawing object, or to change the thumbnail preview for that object layer. To use the Properties palette to style drawing objects Note: If you did not download the sample data, you cannot perform these steps. Skip to the next exercise, "Data Table and Data View." 1. In the SampleMap.dwg file, select a road. The Quick Properties window is displayed. However, to see all the properties, display the Properties palette. 2. Right-click the road and click Properties.
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The Properties palette is displayed. 3. Click the Design tab if it is not already displayed. The roads are objects in an AutoCAD drawing. Notice that the current selection is defined as a Polyline. For drawing objects, you can format some properties with the Properties palette.
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To change the way the currently selected road segment is displayed, click in the Color field and then click the down arrow to select a color. If you are asked whether to add this object to the save set, click No. With your cursor positioned in the map, press Esc to see the results.
To change the color for all roads, click Home tab AutoCAD Layers panel Layer Properties. Click in the Color field for layer 0, which contains the roads, select a color, and click OK. The color of all the roads changes to the color you selected.
To edit feature properties in the Properties palette 1. In the SampleMap.dwg file, select the Parcels layer in Display Manager . 2. Click a parcel in the map. 3. If the Properties palette is not still open, right-click the parcel and select Properties. The Design tab displays the properties for this feature. 4. Click in the LAND_VALUE field and type a new value for this parcel. 5. Press the Tab key or click in a different field to make your changes take effect. To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Data Table and Data View
Data Table, Forms, and Data View Data Table displays geospatial features in a tabular format. Data View displays external data linked to drawing objects. Feature class forms display attribute data for industry model features. Data Table Use the Data Table to highlight data for specific geospatial features in your map. AutoCAD Map 3D maintains the link between spatial data and attribute data; when you update the attribute data, the updates are dynamically reflected in your drawing.
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The Data Table displays geometry and attribute data for a feature. You can search and theme features based on any data in the feature source. To display the Data Table 1. Select a feature layer in the Display Manager. 2. Click Table. Forms When you use an industry model drawing , you can also use forms to edit attribute data for individual features.
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Data View Using the Data View, you can sort and filter the external database records linked to drawing objects. In addition, if you open the table in Edit mode, you can edit the data in the database table.
Data View displays external data linked to a drawing To use the Data View
To view or edit a table, double-click it in Map Explorer. To create or edit links to a table, double-click its link template. To run a query, double-click the database query name.
Status Bars The area at the bottom of the application window displays status information and includes some controls for changing the view.
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The status bars Instructions for the current command replace some status bar items. Some items appear only while an operation is in progress, for example, publishing or plotting. To add an item to the status bar 1. Use one of the following methods: o Click the Drawing Status Bar Menu (the down arrow at the far right of the upper status bar). o Click the Application Status Bar Menu (the down arrow at the far right of the lower status bar). 2. Select the item to add. Note: To remove an item you added, select it again from the same menu. To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Layout Tabs
Layout Tabs Most of the time you work in model space, where you create your map on a 1:1 scale. You can create multiple paper space layouts, where you can place a title block, include several views of the same item, and add notes. Switch between model space and layout spaces using the tabs at the bottom of the application window. Model and Layout tabs By default, each map has one Model tab and two Layout tabs. Create more Layout tabs if you need them. To display and hide the Model and Layout tabs 1. At the bottom of the application window, right-click 2. Click Display Layout and Model Tabs. (the Model Space icon).
To hide the tabs again, right-click a tab and click Hide Layout And Model Tabs. To create or rename a layout tab
To rename a layout
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Dynamic Input For experienced AutoCAD users, the command-line interface is a shortcut for creating objects and specifying properties. AutoCAD Map 3D provides a command interface near the cursor. This interface is called dynamic input. The older command line window is hidden by default, but you can display it at any time. With dynamic input, you can
Launch commands by typing them directly into the drawing area. Respond to command prompts in a tooltip or tooltip menu near the cursor, instead of on the command line. View the location of the crosshairs as coordinate values in a tooltip. Enter coordinate values in the tooltip when a command prompts for a point, instead of on the command line. View distance and angle values when a command prompts for a second point.
An example of dynamic input Note: With the command line hidden, detailed information for some commands is not visible. To see this information, display the command line by pressing CTRL+9 on the keyboard. Keep in mind the following rules :
Some commands require that you specify vectors with your cursor. When you finish, press Esc. Some commands require that you select an object. Click the object and press Enter.
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Some commands have multiple input fields. Press the Tab key to move from one to another. When the down arrow icon appears in a prompt, press the down arrow on your keyboard to see a list of options for that command. Press the down arrow again to move between options, and then press Enter to select the highlighted one.
To use dynamic input 1. Position your cursor over an empty space in the map. 2. Enter circle and press Enter. 3. Respond to the prompts to draw a circle. o For the center point of the circle, click somewhere in the map. o For the radius of the circle, enter 500 and press Enter. To turn dynamic input on or off
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Note: By default, dynamic input is set to relative (not absolute) coordinates. For example, entering 10,10 and then 20,20 draws a line from 10,10 to 30,30. If you frequently enter absolute coordinates, you can change this setting. To hide or show the command line window
Press CTRL+9 on the keyboard To display the AutoCAD text window with all your past command-line input history, press F2. To hide this information, press F2 again.
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Shortcut Menus Each item in AutoCAD Map 3D has a custom menu that contains commands available for that item at the current time.
An example of a shortcut menu in Display Manager To use a shortcut menu, do either of the following
Note: When you select an item in the Task Pane, it might also display a contextual tab on the ribbon. For example, select an object class on Map Explorer to see the Classification tab. Select a feature layer on Display Manager to see the Vector Layer tab. To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Options
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Options You can set two sets of options in AutoCAD Map 3D: AutoCAD options and AutoCAD Map 3D options. AutoCAD options affect your map in some ways. For example, you can change the background color for maps using these options. AutoCAD Map 3D options are all specific to mapping. To change AutoCAD options
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The application menu remains displayed until you select a command or click somewhere else. 2. Click Options (at the bottom of the menu). 3. Change any options you like. For example, to change the background color of all future maps, change the following option: o Click the Display tab. o Click Colors. Under Context, 2D Model Space should be selected. Under Interface Element, Uniform Background should be selected.
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To change AutoCAD Map 3D options 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Map Setup tab Map panel Click a tab. Modify options. Click OK to save the settings. angle-arrow.
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Exercise 1: Create a map Exercise 2: Use Data Connect to add data to your map Exercise 3: Style a feature
Select map2d.dwt
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This file is an AutoCAD template that is set up to work with two-dimensional maps in AutoCAD Map 3D. 5. Assign a coordinate system for your map. o Click Map Setup tabCoordinate System panelAssign. o In the Coordinate System - Assign dialog box, for Category, select "USA, California." o Scroll down and select CA-I . o Click Assign. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Use Data Connect to add data to your map.
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To add a feature, first connect to its source. 6. In the Data Connect window, click Add to Map.
Click Add To Map to see the data in your map. 7. Close the Data Connect window by clicking the X at the top. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Style a feature.
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Select the Roads layer and click Style. The Style Editor window is displayed over your map. 2. In the Style Editor window, click for the roads. Click OK. for Style and select a thickness, color, and pattern
Note: The dialog box for styling looks different, depending on whether you are using enhanced styles or standard styles. Both dialog boxes allow you to change thickness, color, and pattern, and to create a composite line. The enhanced style dialog box also allows you to add a symbol to a line. The video for this exercise shows how to create a composite line style in the enhanced style dialog box. For more information about enhanced styles for lines, see Styling Line Features. 3. Click the X at the top of the Style Editor window to close it. 4. Save your work.
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Click Save. Specify a name and location for your map. Notice that map files use the file extension .dwg, just as AutoCAD drawings do. Both file types use the same basic file format.
Click Save.
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Where you are now : In the map, you can see the styled roads.
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About the Building a Map Tutorial Lesson 1: Use Multiple Sources Lesson 2: Style Map Features Lesson 3: Change the Display by Zoom Level Lesson 4: Create Map Features Lesson 5: Find and Edit Features Lesson 6: Create a Legend Lesson 7: Publish Your Map
Start a map project by connecting to all the data stores needed by your map. Data stores can include geospatial databases, spatial data files, such as Shape (SHP) and SDF files, AutoCAD drawings (DWG files), and raster images. Connecting to a data store makes the information in that data store available to your map. Style the objects in your map so you can easily identify them. Styles can help you provide complex information quickly and intuitively. For example, themed styles can show population density, water depth, or the relative height of geographic features. Edit objects in your map. In AutoCAD Map 3D, you can check out and edit any type of object using AutoCAD commands. For example, edit geometry in a drawing file, a schema in an ESRI SHP file, or geospatial data stored in an Oracle database. You can then save the changes back into their original format. You can also use the Data Table to change the properties of geospatial data. Publish the resulting map for display on a web site. In this tutorial, you publish to DWF format (for use with Autodesk Design Review). You can also publish or export to Autodesk MapGuide, or save your map as a static web page.
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