Alright, I love the ability to push my DWG from AutoCAD Map 3D into MapGuide – I almost never need to open MapGuide/AIMS Studio.
So what is the issue?
AutoCAD Map 3D has had a great tool for creating custom properties for every object in your AutoCAD drawing: it’s called “Object Data”. For example, if you have a polyline, text or block that you want to add your own information to, such as diameter or data installed.
So what happens to this amazing custom Property called Object Data when you publish it to MapGuide aka Autodesk Infrastruture Map Server 2012?
Watch this video to find out:
So what’s the solution? We just installed AIMS (30 day trial), using the .NET option and see that it is using Fusion as the viewer, after publishing from AutoCAD map 3D. Are there options on the 3D side or the Studio side to make the objects selectable? Thanks.
Good Question,
Currently the best way to go is to export your map to SDF or SHP or some other FDO supported format.
If you want to do it automatically the only way would be to use Safe Software’s FME.
Roger that. Figured FDO was only alternative, until Autodesk takes the next step with ‘seamless’, instead of zipper integration. Thanks for the recommendations.
Was able to export the SHP files and added the basemap DWF as a layer in Web Layout Studio, with 100% transparancy. The selectable objects were thus overlayed on the DWF and worked that way.
Great example of using FDO based data (Shapefile) for Attributes and DWF as “dumb” background.
It would be great to get the attributes (i.e. Object Data, Link Template and Block Attributes) out of the DWG without resorting to SHP etc.
A ma working on a web project where we need to overlay DWG files over base layer in opensource mapguide. Can we directly overlay it or some changes need to do.
Looking for the solution.
no problem, as long as you don’t have Object Data or Link Template attributes that you want to see in MapGuide.
I’m deeply dissapointed. Honestly i thought that ADSK finally “opened” DWG as a readable format trough FDO provder. Instead of that, they converted DWG to DWF and showed as a base layer. My vote for disappointing of the year.
Ah, but I haven’t updated for AIMS 2013/MapGuide, there is now an FDO for DWG! And although it does not read Link Templates, it definitely reads Object Data directly from the DWG. AND it can be “unmanaged” meaning you can put the DWG on the network live and read it directly. So, things are actually looking up!