Create a new, empty folder to contain the SHP files. To convert and copy data to the SHP format, you must be connected to this folder. You use
Data Connect to establish connections to data stores, even when you do not add anything to the map from the data store.
To create and connect to the folder
- Use File Explorer to navigate to the location where you copied your sample tutorial files.
- Create a folder for the SHP files.
- In
AutoCAD Map 3D toolset, switch the
Task pane to
Display Manager.
- Click
DataConnect To Data.
- On the left side of the
Data Connect dialog box, click
Add SHP Connection.
- On the right side of the
Data Connect dialog box, click the folder icon (not the file icon). Select the folder you created and click
OK.
Click the folder icon next to
Source File Or Folder.
Click
Connect and close the
Data Connect window without adding anything to your map.
To continue this tutorial, go to
Exercise 2: Use Bulk Copy to move an SDF layer to SHP format.