Exporting Contour Lines to Microstation

[LisaMacKenzie1]

Hi, I am trying to convert a contour line feature class to a microstation file with the elevation attributes attached.  I understand I have to create a seed file, which I think I did properly by following the 'preparing a DGN V8 seed file' instructions.  I then run the export to CAD with the seed file determined however, ArcMap keeps crashing. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[JuanLuera]

Hola Lisa,

I am including some documentation for you, along with a work flow which should give you the proper output. Please let us know if you have any further questions. Gracias, Lisa!


1] Add the following fields with the indicated definitions to the attribute table of the data to be converted.
cadType, Text field, length 32, populated with the word "Insert".
RefName, Text field, length 255, populated with the name of the BLOCK from the Autocad seed file.
2] Add fields to the attribute table, defined as Text fields, with appropriate lengths, with names that match the TAG names from the block in the seed file to be used when converting the data with export to cad. This name is case-sensitive. These field names must match exactly the names of the TAGs attached to the BLOCK definition in the Autocad seed file.
3] The attribute fields, such as HEIGHT, must then be populated with appropriate values, using the field calculator in ArcMap. If the field is left blank, the TAG will not be created for the block in the output Autocad file.
4] Running export to cad on the feature class, each feature became a block in the DWG and the values for each tag are editable in AutoCAD with the ATTEDIT command.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesk...001r000000.htm