Autodesk MAP3D®

Course Description:

Autodesk Map is the premier solution for creating, maintaining, analyzing, exchanging, and presenting mapping information in a CAD environment. Autodesk Map incorporates powerful new data-management functionality, specialized mapping tools, and essential Geographic Information System functionality. With Autodesk Map, you will be able to digitize, maintain, Analyze, and plot your own maps and map sets, and create thematic maps and legends. You can work with multiple drawings and use information from external data sources for all you mapping tasks.
Course Length - 2 days.

Introduction To Autodesk MAP3D®

  • Key terminology used in this course
  • Advantages of digital mapping
  • Overview of Autodesk Map as a Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Organize your data intelligently for use with mapping and GIS software
  • Customize Autodesk Map
  • Identify the new features of Autodesk Map

Import Data into Autodesk Map

  • The Workspace Palette
  • The Civil Toolspace
  • Menus
  • Toolbars
  • Setting Map Options
  • Installing Sample Data

Tracking Coordinates

  • Displaying, Tracking, and Using Coordinates

Performing Drawing Cleanup and Editing

  • Understanding Drawing Cleanup
  • Cleaning Up a Street Map

Linking and Managing Attribute Data

  • Working with Object Data
  • Understanding Object Data
  • Object Data and External Databases
  • Defining an Object Data Table and Enter Values
  • Editing Object Data Tables and Fields

Working with Annotation

  • Adding Annotations to Objects

Working with External Databases

  • Database Concepts
  • Supported Database Types
  • Connecting to a Database
  • Viewing Data
  • Setting Database and Data View Options
  • Sorting
  • Editing Records
  • Linking Objects to Database Records
  • Viewing Linked Records and Drawing Objects
  • Generating Links

Importing Data into Autodesk Map

  • Importing ArcView Shapefiles

Working with Source Drawings

  • Understanding Source Drawings
  • Creating a New Current Drawing

Working with Coordinate Systems

  • Working with Coordinate Systems
  • Determining the Coordinate Systems
  • Assigning the Coordinate Systems

Querying Data from Source Drawing

  • Introduction to Queries
  • Creating Text Objects
  • Property Alteration

Editing Multiple Source Drawings

  • Editing Source Drawings
  • Object Locking and Drawing File Locking
  • The Editing Process
  • Sharing Drawings with Other Users
  • Editing Options
  • Canceling Edits
  • Saving Back

Brief Review of Introduction Course

  • The Workspace Palette
  • The Civil Toolspace
  • Menus
  • Toolbars Setting Map Options
  • Installing Sample Data

Tracking Coordinates

  • Displaying, Tracking, and Using Coordinates

Working with Coordinate Geometry

  • Input Commands
  • Inquiry Commands
  • Display the Input and Inquiry Geometry Toolbar
  • Use the Inquiry Commands
  • Displaying Coordinate Geometry for Lines and Arcs
  • Displaying Angles on Intersecting Lines
  • Displaying the Distance between One Point and a Number of Points
  • Calculate Separate Distances

Performing Drawing Cleanup and Editing

  • Saving Profiles
  • Use the Mapping Polygon

Using Feature Classification

  • Understanding Feature Classification
  • Creating a Feature Definition File
  • Defining a Feature Class
  • Creating New Street Centerlines
  • Classify and Unclassify Objects
  • Selecting Objects by Using Feature Class Data

Working with Raster Images

  • Understanding Raster Images
  • Key Terms
  • When not to Use Raster Images
  • Supported Formats
  • Managing Raster Images

Working with Object Data

  • Understanding Object Data
  • Object Data and External Databases

Edit Multiple Source Drawings

  • Using Save Back feature to edit data and save it to specific source drawings.
  • Advantages of editing in a multi-user environment

Working with External Databases

  • Converting Object Data to External Database Data
  • Database Examples and Applications

Exporting Data

  • Exporting to ArcView Shapefiles

Querying Data from Source Drawing

  • Compound Queries
  • Using Range Tables
  • Creating Expressions
  • Saving Queries
  • Using External Queries
  • Using the Query Library to Store Queries
  • Save and Execute External Queries
  • Using Groups

Using the Display Manager

  • Using the Display Library
  • Working with Display Map Scales
  • Creating Thematic Maps
  • Adding a Legend to a Map

Display Drawing Information

  • Creating a Key View
  • View Source Drawing Statistics
  • Drawing Maintenance

Editing Raster Images

  • RubberSheeting
  • Tracing Polylines
  • Tracing Countours

Using Topology and Spatial Analysis

  • Creating a Network Topology
  • Calculating Best Route
  • Viewing Topology Data Properties
  • Querying Topology Data
  • Overlay, Dissolve, and Buffer Analysis

Data Entry

  • Digitize Objects effciently
  • Customizing the User Interface

Associate Objects and Documents

  • Create a Hyperlink
  • View Associated Documents

Working with Coordinate Systems

  • Creating Coordinate Systems

Working with Oracle Spatial

  • Connect to an Oracle Spatial Database
  • Export Data to Oracle Spatial
  • Query Oracle Spatial Records
  • Edit Objects and Update an Oracle Spatial Table
  • Exploring Feature Data Objects Concepts

Working with External Data

  • Using data outside of Autodesk Map
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