topic Converting CAD polylines and points by CAD Layer in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/converting-cad-polylines-and-points-by-cad-layer/m-p/618139#M34912 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I've converted a CAD file and now I need to break down the points and polylines to shapefiles by the Layer attribute. Is there a way I can import the CAD layer by it's layer attribute?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Am I making sense? I'm not sure how to explain it. See the attachment.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In the attachement you can see my CAD file; each CAD file, as we know, has attributes and I want to import the CAD polyline and point layers by the layer attribute to shapefiles. My result would be a seperate shapefile for 0, CKY-4KV EAST ELECT, CKT1-4KV HWY 45-MILL ELECT, etc, etc.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm tired of doing these one at a time using Select By Attribute after I convert the CAD to shapefiles. I want to break them down further using a srcipt or tool. There's got to be a solution out there.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm still on 9.3 due to clients, I prefer help to be for 9.3 but I do have access to 10</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:28:24 GMT Kevin_Sieger 2011-03-23T13:28:24Z Converting CAD polylines and points by CAD Layer https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/converting-cad-polylines-and-points-by-cad-layer/m-p/618139#M34912 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I've converted a CAD file and now I need to break down the points and polylines to shapefiles by the Layer attribute. Is there a way I can import the CAD layer by it's layer attribute?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Am I making sense? I'm not sure how to explain it. See the attachment.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In the attachement you can see my CAD file; each CAD file, as we know, has attributes and I want to import the CAD polyline and point layers by the layer attribute to shapefiles. My result would be a seperate shapefile for 0, CKY-4KV EAST ELECT, CKT1-4KV HWY 45-MILL ELECT, etc, etc.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm tired of doing these one at a time using Select By Attribute after I convert the CAD to shapefiles. I want to break them down further using a srcipt or tool. There's got to be a solution out there.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm still on 9.3 due to clients, I prefer help to be for 9.3 but I do have access to 10</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:28:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/converting-cad-polylines-and-points-by-cad-layer/m-p/618139#M34912 Kevin_Sieger 2011-03-23T13:28:24Z