topic DGN File moves when opened in ArcMap10 in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/dgn-file-moves-when-opened-in-arcmap10/m-p/358603#M20537 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I opened my DGN file in ArcMap 10 sp2.&nbsp; It does not have a Coordinate system defined.&nbsp; It seems to move the data a couple feet in both x and y.&nbsp; I only have the CAD files and survey points in the same custom projection opened in ArcMap.&nbsp; The attached pic shows the CAD and survey points I added to ArcMap.&nbsp; The triangles should overlay the circles that are numbered.&nbsp; With the Dataframe properties Coordinate System set to Unkown I would think that Arcmap would just display the CAD file without trying to project it.&nbsp; Any ideas??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>PS when I open it in Microstation it shows the points in the correct place.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:15:29 GMT BrianBolduc 2011-12-07T18:15:29Z DGN File moves when opened in ArcMap10 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/dgn-file-moves-when-opened-in-arcmap10/m-p/358603#M20537 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I opened my DGN file in ArcMap 10 sp2.&nbsp; It does not have a Coordinate system defined.&nbsp; It seems to move the data a couple feet in both x and y.&nbsp; I only have the CAD files and survey points in the same custom projection opened in ArcMap.&nbsp; The attached pic shows the CAD and survey points I added to ArcMap.&nbsp; The triangles should overlay the circles that are numbered.&nbsp; With the Dataframe properties Coordinate System set to Unkown I would think that Arcmap would just display the CAD file without trying to project it.&nbsp; Any ideas??</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>PS when I open it in Microstation it shows the points in the correct place.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:15:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/dgn-file-moves-when-opened-in-arcmap10/m-p/358603#M20537 BrianBolduc 2011-12-07T18:15:29Z