Exchange Data with ESRI ArcGIS

You can use the Autodesk Connector for ESRI ArcGIS to bring ArcGIS datasets into your InfraWorks models, save back edited content, and publish and export InfraWorks data for use in ArcGIS.

Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS

Bring ArcGIS data into your InfraWorks models using the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS. Sign in to ArcGIS and then specify an area of interest, a dataset to use, and the InfraWorks feature types to create from the ArcGIS data. For more information, see To add data from ArcGIS.

Note: Bringing ArcGIS data into your model 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 organization and your groups, as well as data that you have created.

Data Source panel

Save edited InfraWorks features back to ArcGIS and remove datasets. For more information, see To manage ArcGIS datasets.Saving datasets back to ArcGIS requires an ArcGIS account with editing privileges. For more information, see About ArcGIS Roles and Privileges.

Publish to ArcGIS

Publish InfraWorks features to ArcGIS. Sign in to ArcGIS and then specify the InfraWorks features 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 InfraWorks features to ArcGIS. Publishing requires an ArcGIS account with publishing privileges. For more information, see About ArcGIS Roles and Privileges. After you publish content, it is available from your My Content location in ArcGIS after you sign in.

Export to FGDB

Export InfraWorks features to a file geodatabase (FGDB) that can be used in ArcGIS. Specify the InfraWorks features to export and then specify the name and location for the file geodatabase. For more information, see To export to FDGB. The Export to FGDB tool saves the file geodatabase to a specified folder and does not require an ArcGIS account or publishing privileges.

Working with coordinate systems

Before bringing ArcGIS data into a model with the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS, install the ArcGIS Projection Engine Data. The Projection Engine Data prevents a coordinate offset from occurring when you bring ArcGIS data into a model. To prevent a coordinate offset issue from occurring when you save back to ArcGIS, use a coordinate system that has an EPSG code. To publish to ArcGIS and to export objects to a file geodatabase (FGDB), the model must use a supported coordinate system.

Note: Some coordinate systems are not supported when publishing to ArcGIS or exporting to FGDB. If a model is assigned an unsupported coordinate system, publishing to ArcGIS or exporting to FGDB will not proceed.

In addition, there are three categories of coordinate systems which are not supported:

Obsolete Coordinate Systems
Arbitrary X-Y Coordinate Systems
Test Only Coordinate Systems

See Coordinate Systems Not Supported When Exchanging Data with ArcGIS in the Autodesk Civil 3D help for more information.