EXPORT PORTION OF SHAPEFILE TO CAD

ChrisBach1

I am trying to export a very large shapefile to CAD. The shapefile itself is almost 500mb and everytime I try to export, ArcMAP crashes. I only need a portion of the shapefile. Is there a way to select or only zoom in to only export what is on the screen? 

DanPatterson_Retired

whenever anything is selected, either manually or via a query, you can save that to a separate shapefile (right-click, data, export data).  I don't know if the cad tools support that directly, but you can certainly isolate a smaller portion of the shapefile then export it.  When you are done, you can simply get rid of the shapefile if you don't need it