{"id":2109302,"date":"2023-10-23T13:44:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T20:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2109302"},"modified":"2023-10-23T18:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T01:49:36","slug":"arcgis-for-autocad-cad-and-gis-working-together","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/autocad\/aec\/arcgis-for-autocad-cad-and-gis-working-together","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS for AutoCAD: CAD and GIS working together"},"author":9432,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[615021],"tags":[310972,35121,759052,33561,769882],"industry":[],"product":[37051],"class_list":["post-2109302","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aec","tag-aec","tag-autocad","tag-autodesk-civil-3d","tag-cad-interoperability","tag-design-and-planning","product-autocad"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":9432,"user_firstname":"Christian","user_lastname":"Tait","nickname":"Christian Tait","user_nicename":"ctait","display_name":"Christian Tait","user_email":"CTait@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2019-04-08 20:17:21","user_description":"Christian is the Product Marketing Manager for ArcGIS Utility Network and ArcGIS Parcel Fabric. 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Esri\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-for-autocad\">ArcGIS for AutoCAD<\/a> bridges CAD and GIS to enable them to work better together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>Challenges associated with CAD and GIS integration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Although GIS managers want the CAD team to take advantage of their organization\u2019s GIS platform, they are unsure of how to facilitate information sharing, direct editing, and data creation tasks. 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Access GIS data by selecting layers from ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online, or by adding a URL to an ArcGIS Server connection. 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ArcGIS Living Atlas is the foremost collection of global geographic information. Curated by Esri with contributions from its partners and user communities, ArcGIS Living Atlas contains maps, data layers, tools, services, and apps for geographic analysis. For design professionals using ArcGIS for AutoCAD, this provides access to high-quality, authoritative datasets such as survey monuments, geology, and terrain that can add further context to CAD drawings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>Bring GIS to CAD workflows <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Esri&#8217;s ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a free plug-in that integrates GIS and CAD by enabling collaboration, creation, and managed editing of ArcGIS data within Autodesk AutoCAD and Autodesk Civil 3D. It allows CAD professionals to access ArcGIS content and participate in GIS workflows, providing valuable context and enriching designs. 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