1. Using AutoMap 3D to create a shapefile
Using RAM 148
Daryl Hines

2. The Source CAD File
It is your decision whether to make any changes to the layer structure in your current CAD template.
The object is to select and attribute only a few elements from your CAD drawing and export them as a shapefile.
If placing these features on different layers, renaming layers, or establishing any other standards that facilitate an eventual export, copy, or save down into this separate DWG will speed or enhance this process, then you might make these types of modifications to your CAD workflow.
Your challenge is to make this process as seamless and easy as possible.
How you, as CAD operators, get to this point is up to you, as only you know what will work best within the CAD framework and software you operate with.
Today is a good time to share your expertise and experience with others.

3. Considerations before beginning
Export to Kentucky Single Zone Coordinate System
Contain only the following:
Proposed Boundary
Current Approved Boundary
Fills
Permanent Impoundments
Haul Roads
Bonding Increment Boundaries (if applicable)
All export features must be closed polygon elements.
For haul roads, the polygon area would be the right of way edges but if the roads are polylines these could be buffered into polygons.
Need to exclude non-permitted areas (create donuts).
Create or use template provided for object data table?

5. Assign Coordinate System
Because if you will be exporting to Ky Single Zone (ft) the software needs to know your current coordinate system
ADESETCRDSYS

6. Assign Coordinate System
ADESETCRDSYS

7. Assign your Coordinate System (for this drawing KY83F)
ADESETCRDSYS

8. Assign your Coordinate System to your drawing (remember this does not transform the drawing)
ADESETCRDSYS

9. next
The exported features need to be closed polygons
FIX

10. Closing features The exported features need to be closed polygons….
In PROPERTIES are polylines set to “closed”?

11. next gas wells, cemetery?
If there are areas within the permit boundary that are not permitted then they need to be excluded
gas wells, cemetery?

12. Creating polygon with islands, holes, or discontinuous polygons
Use PROXYGRAPHICS, GROUP, and MAPPOLYLINETOPOLYGON commands
1st Set the PROXYGRAPHICS system variable to 0 (does not save image with the drawing; a bounding box is displayed instead)

13. Creating polygon with islands, holes, or discontinuous polygons
Select inner and outer polygons to group
Use Group command
Name Group
Select polygons

14. Creating polygon with islands, holes, or discontinuous polygons
Select the group and then; MAPPOLYLINETOPOLYGON

15. Looking back and moving along
Assign current coordinate system (ADESETCRDSYS)
The exported features need to be closed polygons (PROPERTIES)
If there are areas within the permit boundary that are not permitted then they need to be excluded (PROXYGRAPHICS, GROUP, and MAPPOLYLINETOPOLYGON)
Attributes need to be assigned. Use template or create object data table?
We will look at creating a new one first.

16. ADEDEFDATA NEED THESE 7 FIELDS
So, we need to end up with a table that looks like this within GIS software..
NEED THESE 7 FIELDS

17. Define Object Data
Command ADEDEFDATA

18. ADEDEFDATA
Table name is up to you

19. ADEDEFDATA
Table name is up to you
NEED THESE 7 FIELDS

20. ADEATTACHDATA
Now that we have the object table’s fields it’s time to select the objects and attach the table

22. ADEEDITDATA
At least two ways to edit object data, to add permit information.

23. ADEEDITDATA
Select all of the objects that will be attributed

24. ADEDITDATA
In the value box type in the appropriate information for each field that applies.

25. Second method is to use the PROPERTIES command.
Select object and type in values.
This is a good way to attribute many objects at one time!

26. Add object data.
Hit the enter key
after each update

27. RAM 148-

32. MAPEXPORT
Now that we have attributed the objects it’s time to export them out as a shapefile..

33. ESRI Shapefile (*.shp) 1st name it correctly;
example ( _NW or _AM_3) and .shp extension

34. MAPEXPORT
2st choose polygon

35. In the Data tab choose Object Data
MAPEXPORT
In the Data tab choose Object Data

36. NAD 83 Kentucky Single Zone US Feet
3rd Coordinate conversion if necessary. Type in KY83F if not already in KY83F.
4th Treat closed polylines as polygons? May be useful to your business needs.

37. Select objects to export
Several options; choose the one that is best for you.

38. Check your work..

39. Use free ArcGIS Explorer to check work?

40. ArcGIS Explorer (free)

41. Add your shapefile
data here

42. Right mouse click
for “Properties”

43. Mouse click on map
to open table

44. Using a template with the object table
Open map template
Use INSERT command to add your drawing
Use “locate using Geographic Data” option

45. Attach Object Data (supplied with the template)
Use ADEATTACHDATA command
Select objects to attach

46. Now you are ready to edit object data using ADEEDITDATA back in slide 24…