RONK79 Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 i have a customer that is wanting a drawing file to be exported to a shape file... no idea why.. or what for... i am not sure how to do this... tried what "help" recommended.. and ended up making a copy of the dwg file and changing the extension to .shp and sent it... apparently it is now "missing parts" asking now for other file extensions we are not familiar with... can anyone explain the how, what, and why of this matter thanks jr Quote
RONK79 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 well thats the thing.. we havent asked why they need a shp file... let me do that.. lol.. thanks Quote
RONK79 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 arc view... arc gis is what they are using... needing to overlay lines and info over our dwg Quote
ReMark Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 RONK79 said: arc view... arc gis is what they are using... needing to overlay lines and info over our dwg Shape files can be created with AutoCAD Map 3D. Quote
RONK79 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 we are running autocad 2009.. is there anyother way to create a shape file Quote
ReMark Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Express Tools has a MKSHAPE command but I assume you tried that already. Mostly people use it when they are creating custom linetypes along with the MKLTYPE command. I'm not sure if it will do what you and the customer want. Maybe rkent can answer that one. It's beyond my scope of experience. Quote
RONK79 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 .prj .sbn .sbx .shx these are the requested file extensions they are requesting... any ideas what they are and how to accomplish the conversion Quote
BIGAL Posted January 4, 2011 Posted January 4, 2011 A shp file has two different meanings in autocad its exactly that a shape, in ARC GIS etc its like a dwg with attached information on the entities the two are chalk and cheese. Dont use mkshape. To quote help AutoCAD Map 3D supports up to ArcView version 3.2 and 8.x. ESRI SHP files store both geometry and attributes (data) for features. A single shape can have as many as five physical files with the same filename, but different file extensions: [list] [*][i].shp[/i]— Geometric data. Data for multiple points, polylines, and polygons can be stored in one SHP file, but each SHP file can store only one type of geometry. For example, a line SHP file can contain data for rivers, roads, and pipes. [*][i].shx [/i]— A geometric index to the map features, which can be used by some applications to find features in disparate sections of a large map. [*][i].dbf[/i]— Attribute data associated with the map features. [*][i].prj[/i]—Projection and coordinate system data. This file is created only if your map has an assigned coordinate system. [*][i].idx[/i]—Identifies the index field for the related SHP file, which is the unique identifier for each entity in the SHP file. [/list] Check if they can import a DXF Quote
RONK79 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Posted January 4, 2011 thank you very much bigal...i will check it out... can i just save a copy of the dwg and change the extension.. or is there more to it than that if i dont have acad map 3d Quote
ReMark Posted January 4, 2011 Posted January 4, 2011 Changing the file extension is a waste of time and will not solve your problem. Quote
BIGAL Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 Ask nicely here and someone may be able to do it for you if its just a open up and save shp out. Sorry I haven't done it. Quote
awoehl Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Does anyone know how to go from a Shp file in ArcMap to somthing that can me used in Autocad? Quote
ReMark Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 The topic isn't covered in the ArcMap Help files? Maybe under Export or Save As? Quote
Taisha Posted May 3, 2011 Posted May 3, 2011 Hey! Not sure if you have solved this by now, but considering you have access to AutoCAD, then all you need to do is save it as a DXF and download this freeware (which is a DXF to SHP converter): http://www.brothersoft.com/dxf-to-shapefile-converter-165891.html This mostly works for me. Quote
Taisha Posted May 3, 2011 Posted May 3, 2011 @Awoel: Not sure what programs you are using but if you have access to AutoCAD Map 3D or Civil 3D, then you can very easily open a SHP in CAD and even save it as a DWG or DXF. Quote
awoehl Posted May 3, 2011 Posted May 3, 2011 We use Civil 3D 2010 yet because 2011 won't work with Eagle Point anymore. Quote
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