topic Re: Autocad DWG conversion to file geodatabase Using Python in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Autocad DWG conversion to file geodatabase Using Python

DavidNjenga — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:51:15 GMT

Hello,

I have some drawings which i would like to convert to shapefiles which i will in turn store in a file geodatabase. The drawings which I want to convert come in form of point, polyline and polygon, and the workflow involves extracting different layers from the Autocad DWG files (as they appear in Autocad), and exporting them to shapefile (feature classes) in ArcGIS Pro. Does anyone have a way of automating this process in ArcGIS Pro so as to save on time and possibly reduce redundancy?

Thanks

Re: Autocad DWG conversion to file geodatabase Using Python

merotda — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:49:51 GMT

Not to disparage Autodesk, but AutoLISP is not a recent integration, it's been baked in for a long time and they haven't had much need to innovate. There's a huge ecosystem of scripts and addons that use it. Visual Lisp provides an object-oriented layer on top of AutoLISP. The reverse question to your statement: Why would Autodesk spend time and money developing a new interface when they have customers paying them to recycle the same old language https://vidmate.bid/ ?

Re: Autocad DWG conversion to file geodatabase Using Python

DanPatterson — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:34:38 GMT

CAD To Geodatabase (Conversion)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

you didn't want to use this? See the python example in the link which suggest

arcpy.conversion.CADToGeodatabase(input_cad_datasets, out_gdb_path, out_dataset_name, reference_scale, {spatial_reference})