topic Converting DGN files to geodatabase in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/converting-dgn-files-to-geodatabase/m-p/460655#M15512 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have been given a large amount of data (mainly DGNs and TABs) to convert into files compatible with ArcMap 10.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>I started by converting DGN to TAB with Mapinfo then converting them to ESRI Shape files, which works but is a very long, fiddly process especially with the large amount of data. </P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>I also attempted to convert DGN to geo database via Arc's CAD to geo database tool but this causes Arc to crash.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone know of a more efficient way to go about this task? </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:36:44 GMT gavynkemp 2015-01-29T00:36:44Z Converting DGN files to geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/converting-dgn-files-to-geodatabase/m-p/460655#M15512 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have been given a large amount of data (mainly DGNs and TABs) to convert into files compatible with ArcMap 10.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>I started by converting DGN to TAB with Mapinfo then converting them to ESRI Shape files, which works but is a very long, fiddly process especially with the large amount of data. </P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>I also attempted to convert DGN to geo database via Arc's CAD to geo database tool but this causes Arc to crash.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Does anyone know of a more efficient way to go about this task? </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:36:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/converting-dgn-files-to-geodatabase/m-p/460655#M15512 gavynkemp 2015-01-29T00:36:44Z