CAD to GIS Workflow¶

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Gear¶

Survey equipment¶

See survey equipment - to be written¶

Field Survey¶

Most field surveys are executed by our team of surveyors, using advanced DGNSS equipment.
Other surveyors might also be contracted.

CAD¶

The survey data are imported to a CAD software (AutoCAD/Civil 3D).

Editing shapefiles in AutoCAD¶

FEATURES CREATION¶

1. Assign a CRS to the drawing (TM-AUSPOS) (MAPCSLIBRARY command)
2. Create features in AutoCAD (Points, lines, polygons)
3. Export shapefile (a) from CAD (Output > DWG to SDF) (Convert to LL84 – 3D)

FEATURES IMPORT INTO DB¶

4. Create zip file of the shapefile
5. Upload into the GISAF Shapefiles Basket
6. Import the shapefile into DB
7. Delete the shapefile from Local Machine

FEATURES EDITING¶

8. Open the table in QGis
9. Save as a shapefile (b) in TM AUSPOS CRS
10. In AutoCAD, open a new drawing and assign TM-AUSPOS CRS
11. Import the shapefile (b) (MapImport) with all Object Data
12. Edit features
13. Export shapefile (a) from AutoCAD (Output > DWG to SDF) with ONLY the id selected (Data Tab > Select Attributes > Object Data > Filename > id) (Convert to LL84 – 3D)

FEATURES IMPORT INTO DB¶

14. Create zip file of the shapefile
15. Upload into the GISAF Shapefiles Basket
16. Import the shapefile into DB
17. Delete the shapefile from Local Machine