The industry model has a fixed schema that probably will not match your existing data exactly. During the import process, you map your feature classes and attributes to those in the model. In the case of DWG data, you indicate which objects will become part of the existing feature classes, and how the attributes for those objects are stored and defined.
Before you go through the import process, you must make sure that the existing data is consistent and clean. Without this step, the import process will result in incomplete and inaccurate data.
Once the data is clean, examine the industry model schema against your existing data to determine which feature classes and attributes are needed.
Print a Data Model Description report to get a complete overview about topics, feature classes, and attributes in the industry model.
Explanations of the different feature classes are available in the module documentation.
| Module | Data Model Description |
|---|---|
| Water |
Refer to the Water Data Model topic in the AutoCAD Map 3D Users Guide |
| Wastewater |
Refer to the Wastewater Data Model topic in the AutoCAD Map 3D Users Guide |
| Electric North America |
Refer to the Electric NA Data Model topic in the AutoCAD Map 3D Users Guide |
| Electric Central Europe |
Refer to the Electric CE Data Model topic in the AutoCAD Map 3D Users Guide |
| Gas (available for SQL Server and file-based industry models only |
Refer to the Gas Data Model topic in the AutoCAD Map 3D Users Guide |
Create a data mapping that compares your original data with the data model description. Determine whether you need to create new feature classes and whether any existing feature classes will require custom attributes. For example, your original data may include pipes. The enterprise industry model has matching pipe feature classes. However, your original data may specify information about pipes that does not match any of the attributes in the target pipe feature classes. To ensure that the information stored in your original data migrates properly to the enterprise industry model, you must add the missing attributes to the appropriate feature classes.
Steps in this workflow: