How do I bring an ArcGIS Online polygon layer into AutoCAD?

[DanielDuffee]

Hi,

I am trying to export a polygon layer from ArcGIS Online into AutoCAD 2017, however all the guides I can find seem to be fixated on ArcGIS Desktop and do not seem to apply to the online version. I've tried downloading the shapefile and importing that into a CAD drawing using the IMPORT command and finding the downloaded shapefile (.shp) and I also tried the .shx file, both to no avail. Clearly I'm missing some vital step(s) and getting this wrong, but there don't seem to be any current/relevant video guides or written guides that seem to even start with a process that I can see in ArcGIS Online. Would somebody please show me how I can get this right?

Thank you in advance.

[KarenHodge]

I have good news and not so good news for you.

First the good news.  The pending release of ArcGIS for AutoCAD will be able to add a polygon feature layer from ArcGIS Online to your CAD drawing.

The not-so-good news is that the current release of ArcGIS for AutoCAD can't access services hosted by ArcGIS Online, only those on enterprise servers.  

[ShruthyN]

In AutoCAD did you try using a data connection to the shapefile? From the Data Connect window click on add data connection, there should be an option in the list to add a shapefile. Since all the contents of your shapefile is in one file location you should be able to connect to the shapefile. You will then be asked to set the projection for the shapefile if there is no projection file present. If there is a .prj file it will automatically detect the projection, otherwise you will need to select the projection from the drop down list. After this click add to map to add the contents of the map to AutoCAD. If you want to save the contents of the shapefile in a DWG, you can select all the features, right click and click on check out data. Then right click and click extract geometry from features. This will extract geometry from all the features to line work in AutoCAD format. You can then right click and click check in features  to save the shapefile as it was. You can remove the data connection and your line work of the geometry will remain as is.