topic Re: ArcGIS and CAD....Data Relationship in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcgis-and-cad-data-relationship/m-p/56798#M3280 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>you would need an id to join on. I did a quick test and grabbed a DWG from Autodesk</P><P><A href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autocad-sample-files.html" title="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autocad-sample-files.html">AutoCAD Sample Files | AutoCAD | Autodesk Knowledge Network</A></P><P></P><P>I get this in GIS</P><P><IMG alt="cad2.JPG" class="jive-image image-1" height="186" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/34472_cad2.JPG" style="width: 302px; height: 185.542483660131px;" width="302" /> </P><P>the properties are</P><P><IMG alt="cad1.JPG" class="jive-image image-2" height="446" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/34473_cad1.JPG" style="width: 325px; height: 445.904436860068px;" width="325" /></P><P>If you can use refname (on the lights the property is Flourescent Fixture - dont know how to set it in CAD) you wold be good.</P><P></P><P>Otherwise, you would have to do something crazy like put each segment on its own layer or make it a unique color.</P><P></P><P>You could convert the CAD to a shapefile and add a field to join on.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:18:49 GMT PaulCrickard1 2014-11-25T21:18:49Z ArcGIS and CAD....Data Relationship https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcgis-and-cad-data-relationship/m-p/56797#M3279 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We have a database containing pipeline asset data and a series of .dwg file containing visual data.&nbsp; we would like a system where the all the data can be viewed and interrogated in Arc.......Is there any way of relating the two? </P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Can poly lines in a .dwg be assigned to a row in a table?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:08:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcgis-and-cad-data-relationship/m-p/56797#M3279 jonathanholden-remick 2014-11-25T16:08:40Z Re: ArcGIS and CAD....Data Relationship https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcgis-and-cad-data-relationship/m-p/56798#M3280 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>you would need an id to join on. I did a quick test and grabbed a DWG from Autodesk</P><P><A href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autocad-sample-files.html" title="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autocad-sample-files.html">AutoCAD Sample Files | AutoCAD | Autodesk Knowledge Network</A></P><P></P><P>I get this in GIS</P><P><IMG alt="cad2.JPG" class="jive-image image-1" height="186" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/34472_cad2.JPG" style="width: 302px; height: 185.542483660131px;" width="302" /> </P><P>the properties are</P><P><IMG alt="cad1.JPG" class="jive-image image-2" height="446" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/34473_cad1.JPG" style="width: 325px; height: 445.904436860068px;" width="325" /></P><P>If you can use refname (on the lights the property is Flourescent Fixture - dont know how to set it in CAD) you wold be good.</P><P></P><P>Otherwise, you would have to do something crazy like put each segment on its own layer or make it a unique color.</P><P></P><P>You could convert the CAD to a shapefile and add a field to join on.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:18:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/arcgis-and-cad-data-relationship/m-p/56798#M3280 PaulCrickard1 2014-11-25T21:18:49Z