Loading A DWG

This procedure assumes that you have one or more DWG files that you want to load. To load a DWG file, you drag one or more source files to the Site Explorer.

Before you start loading files, you may want to create a folder in the Site Explorer to store the resources produced by the load. To find out how to create the recommended folder structure, see Organizing and Sorting Your Resources.

To load a DWG

1. Drag a DWG file from Windows Explorer to the Site Explorer.

   The Load Procedure Editor is displayed to the right of the Site Explorer. The path to, and name of, the DWG source file is displayed at the top. The DWG, with its path information, is displayed under Specify The Source DWG File(s).

2. For Which Components Do You Want To Extract, click Select CAD Layers.
3. In the Select Individual Components dialog box, select the layers you want to load. Then click OK.
4. For How Do You Want To Transform The Data, select the coordinate system you want to use.

   Autodesk Infrastructure Studio cannot detect any coordinate system applied to the DWG. You must assign a coordinate system to apply to all DWGs in this load procedure.

5. Optional: for Generalize The Data By This Percentage, enter a percentage to reduce the number of vertices in the polylines or polygons in the source data.
6. Optional: select Transform Closed Polylines To Polygons to create polygon objects, for example, for parcels that have been drawn with polylines.
7. For Where Do You Want To Load The Resources, accept the defaults or specify a destination folder for the map resource that will be created by this load procedure. (You can also move the map resource later in the Site Explorer.)
8. Click Load Resources.

   Autodesk Infrastructure Studio converts each AutoCAD layer into a feature class within a single SDF. You can view the results by double-clicking the SDF or the map in the Site Explorer.