This procedure assumes that you have one or more SDF 2 or SDF 3 files that you want to load. To load an SDF file, you drag one or more source files to the Site Explorer. Autodesk Infrastructure Studio converts SDF 2 files to SDF 3 format and automatically creates a new layer for each file as well as a new feature source.
To load an SDF file
- Drag the SDF file or files you want to load into a folder in the Site Explorer.
A new load procedure is displayed to the right of the Site Explorer. It contains a list of the files to load. You can drag other files into this load procedure.
- For How Do You Want To Transform The Data, select the coordinate system you want to use.
The coordinate system you select here will be used only if there is no coordinate system already defined for the source file or files.
- 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.
- Under Duplicate Records, select Auto-Generate Unique Keys unless you know that the SDF 2 file already has links to an external database table that you want to preserve, in which case, select Merge Duplicates or Discard Duplicates.
- For Where Do You Want To Load The Resources, select the destination folder for the resources that will be created by this load. (You can also move the resources later in the Site Explorer.)
- Click Load Resources.
Autodesk Infrastructure Studio creates a new feature source and a new layer for each SDF file.
- Double-click one of the new layers to open it.
The Layer Editor is displayed to the right of the Site Explorer. (For more information about the Layer Editor, see Working with Feature Source Layers).
- On the Autodesk Infrastructure Studio toolbar, click Save to save the load procedure in the repository.
You can rename the new feature sources and the layers in the Site Explorer.