topic Re: Layout from Cad to ArcMap in ArcGIS for AutoCAD Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-autocad-questions/layout-from-cad-to-arcmap/m-p/760673#M11 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Anders,</P><P></P><P>ArcGIS Desktop only reads the CAD entities from the Model Space of CAD drawings. The entities in the Paper Space layouts in the CAD file are ignored. The thought being they are not necessarily geospatial content, but there are situations where the entire document as created has useful content that could be displayed on the map. If possible you might want to move some of that content into Model Space if you want ArcGIS desktop to see it.</P><P></P><P>-Don</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:07:45 GMT DonKuehne 2018-12-11T19:07:45Z Layout from Cad to ArcMap https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-autocad-questions/layout-from-cad-to-arcmap/m-p/760671#M9 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How do I import a layout from AutoCAD to ArcMap?<BR />When I try importing a .dwg it ends up (and gets stuck) in the map and not in the layout.</P><P>What am&nbsp;I doing wrong?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:45:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-autocad-questions/layout-from-cad-to-arcmap/m-p/760671#M9 AndersMansfeldt 2018-12-10T16:45:50Z Re: Layout from Cad to ArcMap https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-autocad-questions/layout-from-cad-to-arcmap/m-p/760672#M10 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Check this out. I found it in the "Related Content" below your message after reading it.</P><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/58896">https://community.esri.com/thread/58896</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:21:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-autocad-questions/layout-from-cad-to-arcmap/m-p/760672#M10 EricStigall 2018-12-11T13:21:20Z Re: Layout from Cad to ArcMap https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-autocad-questions/layout-from-cad-to-arcmap/m-p/760673#M11 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Anders,</P><P></P><P>ArcGIS Desktop only reads the CAD entities from the Model Space of CAD drawings. The entities in the Paper Space layouts in the CAD file are ignored. The thought being they are not necessarily geospatial content, but there are situations where the entire document as created has useful content that could be displayed on the map. If possible you might want to move some of that content into Model Space if you want ArcGIS desktop to see it.</P><P></P><P>-Don</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:07:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-autocad-questions/layout-from-cad-to-arcmap/m-p/760673#M11 DonKuehne 2018-12-11T19:07:45Z