You can bring ArcGIS datasets into your Civil 3D drawings using the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS, save back edited content and publish and export Civil 3D data for use in ArcGIS.
Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS: Bring ArcGIS data into your Civil 3D drawings using the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS. Sign in to ArcGIS and then specify an area of interest, a dataset to use and the Civil 3D object types to create from the ArcGIS data. For more information, see To Bring ArcGIS Data into Civil 3D.
Bringing ArcGIS data into your drawing does not require an ArcGIS account. If you don't have an ArcGIS account, you can access public data. If you have an ArcGIS account, you can also access data from your organisation and your groups, as well as data that you have created.
Data Source Manager: Save edited Civil 3D objects back to ArcGIS and remove datasets. For more information, see To Manage ArcGIS Datasets in a Drawing.
Saving datasets back to ArcGIS requires an ArcGIS account with editing privileges. For more information, see About Roles and Privileges Required to Exchange Data with ArcGIS.
Publish to ArcGIS: Publish Civil 3D objects to ArcGIS. Sign in to ArcGIS and then specify the Civil 3D objects to publish, define layers, add tags and specify the publishing location. You can also specify whether to share the published content with your ArcGIS groups and whether it is editable. For more information, see To Publish Civil 3D Objects to ArcGIS.
Publishing requires an ArcGIS account with publishing privileges. For more information, see About Roles and Privileges Required to Exchange Data with ArcGIS.
After you publish content, it is available from your Content location in ArcGIS after you sign in.
Export to FGDB: Export Civil 3D objects to a file geodatabase (FGDB) that can be used in ArcGIS. Specify the Civil 3D objects to export and then specify the name and location for the file geodatabase. For more information, see To Export Civil 3D Objects to File Geodatabase (FGDB) Format.
The Export to FGDB command saves the file geodatabase to a specified folder and it does not require an ArcGIS account or publishing privileges.
Working with co-ordinate systems
- To work with ArcGIS command in a drawing, the drawing needs to have a co-ordinate system assigned to it. If a co-ordinate system is required and the drawing does not have one assigned to it, you will be prompted to assign one.
- Before bringing ArcGIS data into a drawing with the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS, install the ArcGIS Projection Engine Data. The Projection Engine Data prevents a co-ordinate offset from occurring when you bring ArcGIS data into a drawing.
- To prevent a co-ordinate offset issue from occurring when you save back to ArcGIS, use a co-ordinate system that has an EPSG code.
- To publish to ArcGIS and to export objects to a file geodatabase (FGDB), the drawing must use a supported co-ordinate system. For information about co-ordinate systems that are not supported by these commands, see Co-ordinate Systems Not Supported when Exchanging Data with ArcGIS.