Small cities in Canada have two solitudes: CAD and GIS. Using FME, this chasm can be easily bridged. This session will explore how you can move AutoCAD DWG files to SQL Server Spatial for display within Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise. We'll focus on how FME's recent support for Object Data within DWG opens the doors for seamless migration between CAD and GIS.
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Using FME to move from AutoCAD Map 3D to MapGuide Enterprise with SQL Server
1. Using FME to Move from 2010:
AutoCAD Map 3D to MapGuide An FME
Odyssey
Enterprise with SQL Server
Gordon Luckett
GIS Consultant
2. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Two Solitudes: CAD and GIS
3. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
About the Speaker:
Gordon Luckett
GIS Consultant for 14 years
Arrow Geomatics Inc.
Focus on Spatial Databases
SQL Server 2008
Oracle Spatial/Locator 8i and up to 11G
Primary Focus: Government Web GIS
4. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Proof of Concept
SQL Server 2008
City of Grande Prairie, Alberta
Task:
Hundreds of DWG files
Contain “Object Data”
Move to SQL Server 2008 automatically
Render in MapGuide Enterprise
5. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Why SQL Server 2008?
MapGuide
AutoCAD Civil 3D SQL
Server
AutoCAD Map 3D ArcMap
MapInfo
6. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
What is Object Data?
Stored within DWG
Custom property
Text
Integer
Double
Only in:
AutoCAD Map 3D
AutoCAD Civil 3D
7. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
How to get Object Data out of the DWG
traditionally:
Export to SDF
Export to SHP
Export to …
Manual process per layer
Requires re-import into SQL Server
8. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Alternative solution FDO for Map 3D:
9. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Alternative solution FDO:
Push all data into SQL Server
Maintain SQL Server data directly from within
Map 3D and Civil 3D with FDO
Directly Draw in Map 3D into SQL Server
Directly enter attribute data into SQL Server
10. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Downside to FDO:
Some Traditional CAD objects not supported
(i.e. Leaders, Dimensions, Wipeouts, etc)
Object Data not available to share data once
brought back in
New learning curve to technicians and
engineers.
11. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Obvious Solution: FME Desktop!
12. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Translator – Choose AUTOCAD_OD type
Supports Object Data in the DWG
13. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Translator – Choose SQL Server Spatial Type
14. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
In – AutoCAD Map DWG with Object Data
Out – SQL Server 2008
15. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Spatial Data now in SQL Server
16. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Generate a Batch to Repeat Nightly
17. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Use Windows Schedule Tasks run nightly
18. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Show SQL Server Parcels in MapGuide
20. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Final Note
No Longer Two Solitudes: CAD and GIS
21. Thank You!
Questions?
For more information:
Gordon Luckett gordon.luckett@arrowgeo.com
Arrow Geomatics Inc.
Other Resources
fdo.osgeo.org
www.mapguide.ca