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ArcGIS for GstarCAD

It integrates GIS into CAD workflows and provides customers self-service access to GIS content.



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 Compatible : GSTARCAD 2024

 User Guide

Function available in 2024.R01 and future release.


Category

Feature

GstarCAD
2024 R1.0

Future
Release

ArcGIS ribbon user interface

Project

Coordinate System -> Assign

Access Coordinate System Selector to assign an Esri coordinate system for the drawing.

Coordinate System -> List

List the existing Esri coordinate system definition for the drawing to the command line.

Coordinate System -> Convert

Converts drawing content to the specified coordinate system.

Coordinate System -> Remove

Clear the Esri coordinate system definition from the drawing.

Esri Maps

Add an Esri-curated map to the current drawing.

Locate

Display the Locate pane to navigate the drawing by address or place-name.

×

Project Area -> Set From View

Set the project area from the current CAD view extents.

Project Area -> Set From Area

Set the project area from a graphic rectangular selection.

Project Area -> Zoom

Change the CAD view extents to match the current project area.

Contents

Add Data by URL

Open the Add Data by URL user interface to specify a supported ArcGIS web service.

Contents

Open the Esri Contents pane.

Import Schema

Import document feature class definitions from existing DWG files.

×

Edit

Identify Features

View and edit attributes of selected features with the Attribute Editor user interface.

       

Esri Contents user interface

Quick Action buttons

Map and Imagery Layers

Visibility (Checkbox)

Sets map and image layers' visibility to either be on or off.

Dynamic

Change dynamic behavior between automatically filling the current ArcGIS for CAD view extent with the map or image layer or only redrawing to fill the view when requested.

Redraw Layer

Redraws map or image layer to fill the current ArcGIS for CAD view extent.

Transparency

Transparency shows the map or image layer transparency user interface.

Identify

Depending on the data capabilities of the publish map or image layer, will prompt for a rectangular area selection on the map and show the Map Identify user interface, which displays the attribute values of the selected features within a map or imagery layer.

×

Zoom to Layer Extents

Sets the ArcGIS for CAD view extents to the spatial extent of the published map or imagery layer.

Web Feature Layers & Document Fature Layers

Attribute Table

Attribute Table shows the attribute table user interface with the selected features of this feature layer.

Identify Features

Identify Features allows you to select ArcGIS for CAD entities that will be filtered to only display the attributes of features that belong to the current feature layer in the Attribute Editor user interface. Unlike the Identify Features tool on the ribbon, this tool filters the entities to only include those from the current feature layer.

All layers

Properties

Properties shows the Feature Layer Properties user interface for feature layers. Web feature layer properties are read-only. It opens the workstation's default web browser with a URL to the item properties or web service rest endpoint properties page of map and imagery layers.

Remove Layer

Remove Layer removes the selected layer from the current drawing.

       

Contents pane context menus

Map and Imagery Layers

Category header

Zoom to Layer Extents

Sets the ArcGIS for CAD view extents to include all of the published map or imagery layers' published geographic extents.

×

Redraw All

Redraws all of the map and image layers to fill the current ArcGIS for CAD view extent when layers are set to redraw on demand rather than dynamically.

Dynamic All

Sets all of the map and image layers in the drawing to refresh on demand or dynamically with the change in ArcGIS for CAD view extents.

Visibility All

Sets all of the map and image layers' visibility to either be on or off.

Transparency All

Extract All

Remove All

Removes all map and image layers definitions and images from the drawing.

Layer Item

Zoom to Layer Extents

Same as Quick Action buttons

Redraw Layer

Same as Quick Action buttons

Dynamic

Same as Quick Action buttons

Visibility

Same as Quick Action buttons

Transparency

Same as Quick Action buttons

Identify

Same as Quick Action buttons

×

Extract

Generates a image file saved to disk from the current map or image layer with the current view extent. The resulting image is properly positioned as a CAD image entity within the current drawing.

Remove Layer

Same as Quick Action buttons

Properties

Same as Quick Action buttons

Web Feature Layers

Category header

Zoom to All

Sets the ArcGIS for CAD view extents to include all entities included in any of the web feature layers.

×

Remove All

Removes all web feature layer definitions and their ArcGIS for CAD entities from the drawing.

Layer Item

Attribute Table

Same as Quick Action buttons

Select Features

Select entities in layer by various options

×

Identify

Same as Quick Action buttons

Zoom to All

Sets the ArcGIS for CAD view extents to include all entities of the web feature layer.

×

View Attachments

Shows the attachments user interface to view web feature attachments.

×

Remove Layer

Same as Quick Action buttons

Properties

Same as Quick Action buttons

×

Sublayaer Item

Attribute Table

×

Select Features

×

Identify

×

Zoom to All

×

View Attachments

×

 


UPDATE : 2024 MAY


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This add-in required GSTARCAD 2024.