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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">Here is something that I found on ESRI's ArcScripts page that could be useful: <A HREF="http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12654">http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12654</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">Ken Ivey</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">GIS Analyst</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">City of Tallahassee</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">Underground Utilities Department</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">Stormwater Planning</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">Phone: 850.891.6857</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Century Gothic">Fax: 850.891.6880</FONT>
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From: "Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com><BR>
To: <shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us><BR>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:39:49 -0400<BR>
Subject: RE: shrug-l: CAD Annotation to ArcGIS 9.x shapefile<BR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Nathan,</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">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.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP<BR>
Vice President, GIS/IT<BR>
<I>ESRI Authorized Instructor</I><BR>
<B>Keck & Wood, Inc. <<A HREF="http://www.keckwood.com/">http://www.keckwood.com/</A>></B><BR>
(678) 417-4013<BR>
(678) 417-8785 fax<BR>
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">From:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> <U><WBR></U><U></U> shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us <<A HREF="mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A>> [mailto:<U><WBR></U><U></U> shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us <<A HREF="mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A>>] </FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial">On Behalf Of</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">Nickerson, Nathan<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial">Sent:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> Monday, October 13, 2008 10:36 AM<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial">To:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><U> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us <<A HREF="mailto:shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us</A>></FONT></U><BR>
<B><FONT FACE="Arial">Subject:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> shrug-l: CAD Annotation to ArcGIS 9.x shapefile</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">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?<BR>
<<Texts.dxf>> <BR>
Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Nathan Nickerson</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Business Systems Analyst</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial">Information Systems Services</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial">City of Tallahassee</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Arial"> <BR>
</FONT><I><FONT FACE="Arial">(850) 891-8137</FONT></I>
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