Latest Contributions by DonKuehne

Updated release date at the time of writing this looks more like late fall 2019.   ... View more

The implementation detail regarding "runtime" is probably an unnecessary detail to  share.  The next release does not include file based access.   ArcGIS for  AutoCAD is  an  AutoCAD plug-in application so it already supports CAD. ... View more

The map layers in ArcGIS for AutoCAD are optimized for performance at the current view scale.  To get higher resolution map images for things like printing you might consider making multiple references to the same map image and create a mosaic of the same map layer or image layers each with their display option setting set to on-demand rather than dynamic. Using the EXTRACT capability of the map or image service can be used to create similar static images.  I have created a bonus tool that can lay down a map mosaic useful for plotting, I have also created video on the subject using these bonus tools.  ArcGIS for AutoCAD Bonus tools for Release 365/370 Map/Image Service Bonus tools Video ... View more

The new target is summer 2019 which is probably Aug/Sept...   ... View more

To be clear we are talking about two different meanings of the word attributes in this thread.  One is the AutoCAD attributes only found on a block insert entity when there  is a ATTRIBUTE entity on the block.  With ArcGIS desktop' EXPORT TO CAD geoprocessing tool (ArcMap/ArcCatalog/ArcGIS Pro) you can generate AutoCAD blocks with attributes by including a seed file with a block definition that includes the block and any block attributes.  If the tagname of the block definition matches the ArcGIS feature layer field name then when the Point feature class is added to the AutoCAD drawing it will use the block specified in the feature class field name REFNAME and then populate the blocks.   REFNAME needs to be the field name and whatever value that point feature class feature has in that field will drive the blockname.  You also have to have a feature layer field in that data called CADType and the value of those records need to be INSERT, which denotes that  you will overrided the default POINT  entity for exported feature class content and instead create block INSERT  entity.  Now all of this is very useful,  but even more important is that if you are talking about ATTRIBUTES as the generic term for GIS attributes on points, lines, multipatch, annotation and polygons all of those attributes are always created on all the data you export to AutoCAD automatically by default.  You don't have to do anything.  You don't need shapefiles or anything else other than the free plug-in ArcGIS for AutoCAD to read your attributed feature classes that are exported into the DWG.   ArcGIS for AutoCAD exposes all of that information that is  already there in the DWG file exported from ArcGIS desktop, and has been there for over a decade.  ArcGIS desktop also reads thisattributed feature class data within the DWG created from  ArcGIS desktop or ArcGIS for AutoCAD.  For example as a test you can just look at the DWG file you created with EXPORT TO CAD back in ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro and see that all the rich content is already in the AutoCAD DWG file.  And of course you see it with ArcGIS for AutoCAD loaded in AutoCAD. ... View more

No, AutoCAD LT does not support the necessary API's required by ArcGIS for AutoCAD.  ... View more

The application was created before AutoCAD 2020 existed.  If you have a previous version of AutoCAD like AutoCAD 2018 you can install it on that machine, be sure to run that version of AutoCAD before attempting to install the download.  Then you can simply copy the files in the directory that gets created.  In AutoCAD you would want to set your PREFERENCES to include that directory as a SUPPORT directory and also a TRUSTED directory.  Then you should be able to use the launcher or use the AutoCAD command NETLOAD.  The launcher will use the last version of AutoCAD that was active.  NETLOAD will then prompt you to select a .DLL.  You would browse to the ArcGISforAutoCAD.dll when using netload.  The next release available this summer will include an installer for AutoCAD 2020. ... View more

In addition to the standard ArcGIS Desktop support for .DGN, you might  also  find some value in a  workflow that includes the export of data to shapefile or other Esri supported formats (DGN/DWG) and perhaps,  also I-Model converted through Safe Software’s FME:  https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_ReadersWriters/imodel/imodel.htm    For Architectural data workflows including  .IFC through the ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension or FME are also possibilities.   -Don ... View more

Zachary, If its not to big you could just email it to me. Or a file sharing link of your choice. -Don ... View more

I am not sure there is any reason other than that is what it does. Why do you want/need them as LWPolyLines? Perhaps we should change it? You might consider a chunk of AutoLISP that changes the LINE to LWPolyLine and will first copy your attributes using the ArcGIS for AutoCAD AutoLISP tools and then reapply them to the new entity, it will still be a delete and add as far as the feature service is concerned though. -Don ... View more

Zach, I would be interested to take a look at your file if you are willing to share. -Don ... View more

Might also have to do with your Preferences and Trusted Directories for Loading the AutoLISP ? ... View more

I have a video on my YouTube channel where I showed what I did with the Manage Tab to build the menus manually…. I start to talk about installation at around 6:17 of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vV2LscXtVQ&list=PLHTg8zWG0OunfoXfgWWSTvU0UTCFs6ebl&index=1 -Don ... View more

I haven’t tried loading specifically on AutoCAD 2019. When I updated my AutoCAD 2019 and even the new 2020 Qubit Beta, the upgrade tool of the AutoCAD installer just added the menus for me. I will look into it when I get time. You might try loading on earlier version and upgrading in the meantime? -Don ... View more

Helen, I want to be more precise. ArcGIS for AutoCAD 370 does support secure services federated with Portal. To access this information the “secure” service must be made available to everyone in the organization to access it. Which for most situations is defeats the secure nature of the services. But technically the secure services are supported. ArcGIS for AutoCAD 400 which will fully support identity in portal and online will be available summer of 2019. -Don ... View more