ArcGIS for AutoCAD®
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Description
ArcGIS for Autodesk® AutoCAD® brings GIS to CAD professionals through the creation, collaboration, and managed editing of ArcGIS data in AutoCAD and Autodesk® Civil 3D®. With this plug-in, design professionals such as civil engineers, surveyors, and CAD technicians leverage ArcGIS feature layers, maps, and imagery to make better-informed design decisions. Design professionals not only consume GIS data in desktop CAD applications but also, data created within those environments are incorporated back into the systems of record. Better interoperability helps streamline productivity by adding CAD users to workflows for creating and maintaining GIS data using their familiar CAD editing tools.
Benefits of ArcGIS for AutoCAD:
- Use your own organization’s ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise content and data from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World to inform your CAD drawings with geospatial context. Gain a geospatial understanding of your design project surroundings.
- Use GIS data in Autodesk while GIS users simultaneously work with the same data in ArcGIS, ensuring synchronization across both platforms.
- Provide your GIS team with CAD drawings that are compatible with ArcGIS software. These CAD drawings, enhanced with GIS attributes, can be used as a data source within the ArcGIS system.
- Leverage advanced GIS data management tools in your Autodesk design environment without extensive ArcGIS proficiency. ArcGIS for AutoCAD seamlessly integrates GIS into CAD workflows, providing you with self-service access to GIS content.
Latest enhancements:
- CAD Managers can now seamlessly integrate GIS data into their drawings while adhering to CAD standards. ArcGIS for AutoCAD streamlines this process by storing the pairings between GIS layers with the desired CAD layer names and properties. This not only saves time but also ensures that web feature layers in the drawings comply with established CAD standards.
- CAD teams may have unique workflows that are manual in nature. With this latest release, we’re excited to introduce a comprehensive repository of AutoLISP samples and detailed walkthroughs. These resources are designed to help users automate their unique processes, saving time and increasing efficiency. Samples can be used as they are, customized to better fit a team’s specific needs, or users can draw inspiration from them to develop their custom scripts.
- Drawings can be customized exactly as users need them with enhanced options for displaying imagery layers. CAD technicians and civil engineers can now display imagery layers based on specific criteria such as color, black and white, or other functions published with the layer. This flexibility allows users to tailor the visual representation to better suit their project requirements, ensuring clarity and precision in their designs.
For help getting started, documentation, the latest blogs, and other helpful resources check out the ArcGIS for AutoCAD resources page.
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Note: This app uses a custom installer (and not the standard App Store installer).
