To Export to SHP Multiclass

The Shape Multiclass option lets you export multiple drawing objects to a set of SHP files in a folder you specify.

To export drawing objects to Shape Multiclass

  1. At the command line, enter MAPEXPORT and press <ENTER>.
  2. In the Export Location dialog box, select the Shape Multiclass file format and a location for the exported files. Click OK.
  3. In the Map Export dialog box, specify how to export objects. To use settings that you stored previously, click Load and select the profile containing the settings.
  4. On the Selection tab, specify the objects to export.
    • To select a subset of objects, click Select manually and choose either Select Objects or Quick Select.
    • To filter the selection to export only objects on specific layers or in specific classes, specify the layers and classes to include.
    • To export polygons from a polygon topology, select the topology.
    • To preview the objects that will be exported, click Preview Filtered Selection.
  5. On the Data tab, click Select Attributes and select the data to export with the objects.
    Tip: If you are exporting data from an external database, you can export the entire record from the database or just the key fields. Because the key field values are stored in the map, choosing the key field (listed under Link Templates) makes the export faster.
  6. On the Options tab, select the options you want.
    • To perform a coordinate conversion, you must have a coordinate system assigned to the map.
    • Check Treat closed polylines as polygons (if it is available) unless you want only polygon objects to be exported as polygons.
    • To create multiple classes, select Multiple Classes and specify what the feature classes will be based on (for example, layer).

      Your choices on the Options tab and on the Data tab work together to determine how attributes are assigned to the exported feature classes. See the Concept tab in this topic for more information.

    • Click Driver Options to select Two Dimension Shape Files or Three Dimension Shape Files.
  7. Click OK to begin the export process.

To create polygons when exporting to SHP Multiclass

  1. In the Map Export dialog box, on the Options tab, select the Treat Closed Polylines As Polygons option.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To export closed polylines as lines, select the Line object type.
    • To export closed polylines as polygons, select the Polygon object type and select Treat Closed Polylines As Polygons on the Options tab

To export to a single feature class that uses all the items you specified on the Data tab.

  1. In the Map Export dialog box, on the Options tab, select One class.
  2. Type a name for that class.

    You can export data to multiple classes at one time and combine the data organization in your drawing with your selections on the Data tab to determine the attributes for each exported feature class.