December 31, 1997 ArcInfo Librarian Coverage Layer of COGO parcel polygons converted to AutoCAD and maintain true curves

BillFox — Fri, 06 May 2022 17:32:05 GMT

December 31, 1997

Here's the procedures we used with ArcInfo Librarian Layer of parcels converted to AutoCAD and maintain true curves.

This used ArcInfo Workstation v6.1.1/6.1.2/7 running on IBM's AIX v3.5 unix operating system, FTP, and AutoCAD Map 2.0 and AutoCAD R13 on Windows NT.

Reference:

topic 2.10.0 Arc/Info - Library prcl layer to Autocad program (maintain continuous curve)

Double-click on Exceed icon

Open a terminal window

Change directories to /specialdata/public/dwg

Delete any existing homeprcl.dxf or homebase.dxf files

rm homeprcl.dxf homebase.dxf

Start Arc/Info & extract prcl layer

arc: workspace /specialdata/public/dwg

arc: librarian clovis-pdmanytile

librarian: settiles all

librarian: setlayers prcl

librarian: extract topological

librarian: quit

arc: copy prcl prcl.safe

Use Tables to add fields and populate FAT fields for: true curves, valid dxf values and street outlines

arc: tables

additem prcl.aat radius3 8 8 C #

SELECT PRCL.AAT

MOVE ‘PRCL’ TO DXF-LAYER

MOVE ‘CONTINUOUS’ TO DXF-TYPE

CALC DXF-COLOR = 7

MOVE RADIUS TO RADIUS3

RESELECT FOR RADIUS3 NC '[]'

CALC DXF-CURVE = 1

QUIT

arc: &station 9999

arc: arcedit

arcedit: cogoenv prcl

arcedit: editfeature tic

arcedit: select all

arcedit: delete

arcedit: editfeature arc

arcedit: build

arcedit: save

arcedit: ASELECT FOR LPOLY# EQ 1 OR RPOLY# EQ 1

arcedit: PUT HOMEBASE

arcedit: unselect all

arcedit: quit

Convert coverage to exchange file

arc: arcdxf homeprcl.dxf prcl

arc: arcdxf homebase.dxf homebase

arc: kill prcl all

arc: kill homebase all

arc: kill prcl-safe all

arc: quit

Transfer to NT workstation for import to Autocad.

use exceed to ftp in binary from UNIX to NT workstation

use autocad map 2.0 file pulldown > open > type dxf

zoom extents, use units command to change to decimal, 4, surveyor, etc. and regen

save as R13 version for compatibility with existing network version of autocad program

Network File Server for public access

copy to citypub\basemap directory

Re: December 31, 1997 ArcInfo Librarian Coverage Layer of COGO parcel polygons converted to AutoCAD and maintain true curves

BillFox — Fri, 06 May 2022 18:29:57 GMT

Screen shot of an early ArcEdit COGO user experience in IBM's AIX CDE Desktop

Re: December 31, 1997 ArcInfo Librarian Coverage Layer of COGO parcel polygons converted to AutoCAD and maintain true curves

BillFox — Fri, 06 May 2022 18:46:32 GMT

@AmirBar-Maor

Re: December 31, 1997 ArcInfo Librarian Coverage Layer of COGO parcel polygons converted to AutoCAD and maintain true curves

AmirBar-Maor — Sun, 08 May 2022 19:12:25 GMT

Really old stuff.

Some might say nostalgia, some ...

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