AutoDesk Land Map 2004 question...

[mbu]

I'm new here so please forgive me if this question is asked in the wrong forum.

 

I have AutoDesk Land Map 2004 and I've been given a drawing that is supposed to be NAD83 SPC Colorado, feet. How do I set the coordinate system to reflect that and then how do I export the shapefiles to another projection? My final projection file should look like this: PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_13N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",

DATUM["D_North_American_1983",

SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],

UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],

PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],

PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-105.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],

PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

 

Thanks...

[sinc]

That's some old software, there... But if it's like newer versions, assign the Coordinate System in Map -> Tools. Then use Map -> Tools -> Export to create the shapefile.

 

I don't think you can create a shapefile in a different projection than you start with. However, shapefiles can be pulled into any projection, so much of the time, it doesn't matter what projection the shapefile is in.

 

If you absolutely must have the shapefile in UTM, then I think you need to transform the linework before creating the shapefile. For example, create a new drawing in UTM, and query all items from your State Plane drawing into the UTM drawing. Then create the shapefile from the UTM drawing. Or, create the shapefile from State Plane. Then create a UTM drawing, import the State Plane shapefile, and dump out a new UTM shapefile.