shrug-l: RE: RE: CAD Annotation to ArcGIS 9.x shapefile

[Ivey, Kenneth]

Here is something that I found on ESRI's ArcScripts page that could be useful: http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12654

This tool will convert an annotation coverage to a shapefile while maintaining its integrity on the attributes.  The shapefile's geometry will be a polyline and the angular orientation of text is preserved.  The annotation coverage must be a selected layer in the table of contents, and the new shapefile is stored in your system's temp directory. 

> Ken Ivey
> GIS Analyst
> City of Tallahassee
> Underground Utilities Department
> Stormwater Planning
> Phone: 850.891.6857
> Fax: 850.891.6880
> 
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From: "Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin at keckwood.com>
To: <shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:39:49 -0400
Subject: RE: shrug-l: CAD Annotation to ArcGIS 9.x shapefile


Nathan,

If you have access to Autodesk Map 3D, it will export it to a shapefile like you want. I am guessing you don't have that though. Why do you want it as a polyline? I am going to guess it is so you can get the rotation angle and use labels. If this is the case, when you import the CAD annotation it should include a rotation field which you can use for labeling.

 

Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP
Vice President, GIS/IT
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc. <http://www.keckwood.com/>
(678) 417-4013
(678) 417-8785 fax



 
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I am trying to use Arc 9.x to import a CAD annotation and convert it to a polyline shapefile.  ArcGIS 9.1 wants to create this as a point layer, however I would like to have it in a polyline feature class.  ArcView 3.2 does this nicely, however when moving over to 9.1, a point layer seems to be my only option.  Does anyone have any experience in this that might be able to assist me?
<<Texts.dxf>> 
Thanks,

Nathan Nickerson 
Business Systems Analyst 
Information Systems Services 
City of Tallahassee 
(850) 891-8137



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