MapImport?????

[pumplady]

Received some files from a client (.dbf, .prj, .sbn, .sbx, .shp, .shx, .idx) tried using mapimport, but having never used this command before I am not sure I received all the files needed. Am I missing anything, and what do I need to do in order to see everything. All I see now when I use Mapimport are points?

 

Using 2009 AutoCAD Civil 3D

 

Thanks

[Murph_map]

Ok a short lesson on ESRI Shape files. First a set of shape files contain multiple files with the same name but different extensions. For example ABC.shp, ABC.shx, ABC.dbf, ABC.prj. The ABC.idx and ABC.sbx are not needed.

Now each set of shape files is of one of 4 types of objects, Lines, Polygons, Points or Annotations that are points type with an extra.

So if all you have are points then you must of had a point type shp file. If there is data attached to the points then you need to create Object Data when you import the shp. This blog post gives a little info on it.

 

Then again you can forget about mapimport and use dataconnect but that's a whole different horse to ride.