GIS into Civil 3D Data 70th Annual Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors' Institute January 24, 2019 1 Learn how to: Session Objectives Bring georeferenced aerial imagery into Civil 3D. Connect to and import GIS data using various tools and techniques. 2 1
Session Overview Civil 3D Components/ Autodesk Map Functionality GIS Data Background Information Examples 3 Civil 3D Components AutoCAD Civil 3D Civil 3D Autodesk Map More 4 2
Civil 3D Autodesk Map Functionality AutoCAD Civil 3D Civil 3D Autodesk Map More 5 Civil 3D Autodesk Map Functionality Think of Autodesk Map Functionality as a way to connect to the world of GIS. 6 3
GIS Data - Background Linework CAD Can be in a coordinate system (county coordinates etc.) Civil 3D GIS Linework with attributes. Must exist in a coordinate system. 9 GIS Data - Background GIS Data Types Vector Raster Point Line Polygon 10 4
GIS Vector Data - Background Many file formats exist. Common Vector File Formats: Shapefiles (.shp and supporting files) File geodatabase (folder w many files esri) Spatial data file (.sdf) (Autodesk) 11 GIS Raster Data - Background Common Aerial Image Raster Formats Image File Name Associated World File Name Aerial_Image.sid Aerial_Image.tiff Aerial_Image.sdw Aerial_Image.tfw 12 5
Accessing GIS Data from Civil 3D Two Ways: Connect to GIS files or a service Importthe GIS data 13 Accessing GIS Data from Civil 3D There are multiple tools available to connect or importgis Data in Civil 3D Data Connect (connect) Map Import (import) ArcGIS for AutoCAD Plugin (connect) Geolocation/Bing Maps (connect) Civil 3D Surface Import (import) 14 6
Examples Connect to an Aerial Image (local file) Connect to shapefile (local file) Import shapefile (local file) Connect to a File Geodatabase (local file) Connect to GIS services using the ArcGIS for AutoCAD plugin (internet connection) Import GIS Contours and Make a Civil 3D Surface (local file) Connect to Bing Aerial Imagery (internet connection) Import Google kml/kmz file (local file) 15 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Launch Civil 3D Set Drawing Units Assign Coordinate System to Drawing In Toolspace, under the Settings Tab, right click on the drawing name 16 7
Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select Edit Drawing Settings 17 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select appropriate Drawing Units Select.dwg coordinate system. 18 8
Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select appropriate Drawing Units Select.dwg coordinate system. 19 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select Planning and Analysis Workspace. 20 9
Connect to Aerial Image - Example Planning and Analysis Workspace Ribbon 21 Connect to Aerial Image - Example While in the Home tab of the Ribbon, Select Connect 22 10
Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select Add Raster... 23 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Browse to Raster Location Select Connect 24 11
Connect to Aerial Image - Example There was no world file in this case, so a coordinate system for the raster needs to be manually added. Double click unknown to manually add coordinate system for the raster connection. 25 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select Edit. 26 12
Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select coordinate system of the raster. Then click Select 27 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Select Ok 28 13
1/22/2019 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Coordinate system is now correct. Select Add to Map 29 Connect to Aerial Image - Example Raster has now been georeferenced to the Civil 3D data in the dwg C3D survey data is in WI State Plane NAD 27. Raster is WI State Plane NAD 83. C3D automatically transformed the Raster to match up with Civil 3D data! 30 14
Connecting to Shapefiles - Example Shapefile format {hint: put all in the same folder} Parcels.shp(contains the geometry of the features) Parcels.shx(index file) Parcels.dbf(the attribute data) Parcels.prj(coordinate system, projection info) Other 31 Connecting to Shapefiles - Example From the Planning and Analysis Ribbon Home tab, Add an SHP Connection 32 15
1/22/2019 Connecting to Shapefiles - Example Select the folder with the shape files, then Add to Map 33 Connecting to Shapefiles - Example Under the View Tab, open the Map Task Pane. GIS Items can be stylized and annotated from here. Tree shapefile has been added. 34 16
Importing Shapefiles - Example Under the Insert tab, Select Map Import Select the shapefile to import and click OK 35 Importing Shapefiles - Example Select if you want to import the shapes as closed polylines (POLYLINE) rather than map polygons (MPOLYGON) 36 17
1/22/2019 Importing Shapefiles - Example Shapefile has now been imported as a closed polyline in the dwg. 37 Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase ESRI File Geodatabase is a folder of GIS data. The format is newer and supersedes the shape file format. 38 18
Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase Civil 3D can (usually) connect to and understand a File Geodatabase. 39 Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase This is what a File geodatabase looks like if you open it in Windows file explorer Does not make much sense. 40 19
Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase This is what a Filegeodatabase looks like if you open it in GIS software (Arc Catalog) 41 Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase- Example Select Add ArcGIS Connection Select FGDb (File Geodatabase) 42 20
Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase- Example Select the File Geodatabase (.gdb) Select OK 43 Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase- Example Select Connect 44 21
Connect to ESRI File Geodatabase- Example Assign coordinate system (if unknown), select, add feature classes to the dwg After adding to dwg, these services are now viewable and editable (linework and data) in the dwg. 45 In addition to the examples provided: Connect to services (such as ArcGIS Feature Services, WFS and Open Data Services) through Data Connect. More Ways to Connect 46 22
ArcGIS for AutoCAD Plugin 47 ArcGIS for AutoCAD Plugin ArcGIS for AutoCAD Free plugin Download at: https://www.esri.com/enus/arcgis/products/arcgis-forautocad Follow Installation Instructions 48 23
Once the plugin has been installed on your computer, the plugin needs to be loaded into Civil 3D. ArcGIS for AutoCAD Launch Civil 3D. Then type NETLOAD on the AutoCAD command line. 49 ArcGIS for AutoCAD (NETLOAD) Browse to the location of the plugin Select ArcGISForAutoCAD.dll 50 24
ArcGIS for AutoCAD (NETLOAD) ArcGIS for AutoCAD should now appear in the ribbon. The ArcGIS for AutoCAD Ribbon 51 ArcGIS for AutoCAD Example Uses Examples Uses: Use ESRI Base Mapping Connect to a Service 52 25
ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Use ESRI Base Mapping First, assign a coordinate system via the ArcGIS for AutoCAD plugin ribbon. The plugin needs to know what coordinate system your dwg is in. 53 ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Use ESRI Base Mapping Browse to coordinate system of dwg Select Open 54 26
1/22/2019 ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Use ESRI Base Mapping Select a Basemap such as World Imagery Select Esri Maps 55 ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Use ESRI Base Mapping ESRI World Imagery Base Map has been added, projected to State Plane NAD-27. 56 27
ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Use ESRI Base Mapping ESRI World Imagery Street Map has been added, projected to State Plane NAD-27. 57 ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Connect to an ArcGIS REST Endpoint Service Connect to government GIS services (ex. county, local etc.) over the internet. Connection availability/detail usually available on the government s GIS website. 58 28
ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Connect to an ArcGIS REST Service Assign a coordinate system to the dwg After assigning a coordinate system to the dwg, select Add Service 59 ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Connect to an ArcGIS REST Service Select New Server Connection Click Next Enter the Server URL and Name 60 29
1/22/2019 ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Connect to an ArcGIS REST Service Select the Service to add Select Add 61 ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Connect to an ArcGIS REST Service GIS Table of Contents ArcGIS REST Service has been added 62 30
ArcGIS for AutoCAD - Example Check Accuracy Does it meet your needs? Red Survey Figure line (i.e. location measured in field) ArcGIS REST Service 2018 Aerial 2018 Aerial local connection to sid file 63 Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example 64 31
Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example From Civil 3D Workspace, Home Tab, select Surfaces, then select Create Surface from GIS Data 65 Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example Give the new surface a Name, Description, Style, etc. Click Next 66 32
Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example Select the data source; which is a shapefile of 1 foot contours for this example. Select the folder with the shapefile data. Click Next 67 Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example Select the Feature Class with the Contours Click Next 68 33
Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example Define Area of Interest Click Next 69 Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example Map GIS Field to Civil 3D Property ( Elev in GIS shapefile is the Civil 3D Elevation ) Click Next Civil 3D then creates a TIN Civil 3D surface built of Contours This tool is finicky with large shapefile data sets. 70 34
Import GIS Contours to Create Civil 3D Surface - Example TIN Surface in Civil 3D, created from shapefile. About a 45 acre area for this example. 71 Bing Map Connection - Example Bing Map connection (built into C3D) For Civil 3D 2015-2018 need to download hotfix from AutoDesk: https://knowledge.autod esk.com/support/autoca d/troubleshooting/caas/ downloads/content/auto desk-c2-ae-autocad-c2- AE-2015-2018- geolocation-online-maphotfix.html 72 35
Bing Map Connection - Example Once dwg coordinates are set and the hotfix is installed, you will see a new Geolocation option in the Planning and Analysis Workspace Ribbon 73 Bing Map Connection - Example From the Geolocation Tab, select Map pulldown 74 36
Bing Map Connection - Example From the Geolocation Tab, select Map Aerial (Bing Aerial Map) 75 Bing Map Connection - Example Dwg is now connected to Bing Map Aerial service Reorient Marker tool can be used to nudge (shift, rotate) aerial to better match with measured C3D data. 76 37
Import kml/kmz Files New in Civil 3D 2019. Import kml/kmz files using MAPIMPORT Kml/kmz: Open data format used by Google Earth and other web mapping services. (Keyhole Markup Language) 77 Thank You! 78 38