The Task Pane gives you quick access to frequently used features, and groups these features into task-related views. Use the Task Pane to create, manage, display, and publish maps.
The Task Pane
There are four tabs:
Each view of the Task Pane has its own menu area. You can also right-click any item in the Task Pane to see a customized menu for that item.
Use these techniques for the Task Pane
To minimize the Task Pane each time you move your cursor away from it, right-click the Task Pane title bar and turn on Auto-hide.
Once you have closed the Task Pane, you can redisplay it. In the Planning And Analysis workspace, click .
Use Map Explorer to manage the data sources included in your current map.
Use Map Explorer to manage the following:
To attach a drawing to the current map
To use a database in a drawing
Do one of the following:
If the Map Explorer tab does not immediately display the data source, right-click a blank space in the Map Explorer tab. Click Refresh.
AutoCAD Map 3D toolset automatically creates the required files for communicating with the database application. However, for some database types, you must configure these files yourself.
The Display Manager lets you create display maps. Each display map contains a set of styled layers. You can have more than one display map in a map file, and you can style the same data differently in each one.
Use Data Connect to add features to your map, or drag data sources into Display Manager to add them as layers. For example, drag an SDF file from File Explorer into the layer area to add it.
Use these techniques in the Display Manager
Selecting a layer also displays a contextual tab in the ribbon, with the available options for that layer. See Shortcut Menus
To use the Style Editor to style geospatial features
Use the Map Book tab to create printed maps, map books, and multi-page DWFs from styled maps. Map Book uses the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager, and provides a tree view of the tiles in the map book, like pages in an atlas. Use navigation arrows to move between tiles in your map.
To create a map book
Use the Survey tab to import and organize survey data points.
Use the Survey tab to import and organize survey data.
To work with survey data
To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D toolset, go to Properties Palette