{"id":783091,"date":"2020-04-28T16:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T23:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=783091"},"modified":"2021-10-11T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T18:32:42","slug":"working-with-the-400-release-of-arcgis-for-autocad","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/autocad\/aec\/working-with-the-400-release-of-arcgis-for-autocad","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS for AutoCAD- Tutorial 400 Release"},"author":3611,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[615021,22841,37511],"tags":[310972,35121,35131,30371,32171],"industry":[],"product":[37051],"class_list":["post-783091","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aec","category-local-government","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-aec","tag-autocad","tag-autodesk","tag-bim","tag-cad","product-autocad"],"acf":{"short_description":"This article contains a simple tutorial for getting started using the 400 version of ArcGIS for AutoCAD including companion videos.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"User Interface Overview\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJWDnmY93Es?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a free plug-in application from Esri that works within Autodesk\u2019s AutoCAD application. The 400 Release of ArcGIS for AutoCAD is available for download.\u00a0 To read more about what is new you can check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&amp;p=783921&amp;preview=true\">previous blog article<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 This article provides you with a simple step by step tutorial to get you started with using the basics of the new ArcGIS for AutoCAD version 400.\u00a0\u00a0 Each section includes a companion video that provides an example of the steps included in each section. \u00a0You are encouraged to work through the steps below on your own computer, but the videos are also there for you to view anytime.\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 class=\"pagetitle-content pagetitle-content-basic\">1. Add a Coordinate System and Map Layer<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Add Coordinate System and maps\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aj2lcklpGmY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">With ArcGIS for AutoCAD installed, open a new AutoCAD drawing.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select the ArcGIS tab from the ribbon.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select the\u00a0[Coordinate System]\u00a0button from the Project\u00a0section of the ArcGIS ribbon (far left).\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">In the dialog, set coordinate system <em data-contrast=\"auto\">Units<\/em>\u00a0filter to &#8220;FOOT_US&#8221;\u00a0(units should match the units of your drawing)<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">In the dialog, set Coordinate System <em data-contrast=\"auto\">Category<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0State Plane.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Type in \u201cCalifornia\u201d in the search\u00a0box.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select:\u00a0NAD 1983 (2011)\u00a0StatePlane\u00a0California V FIPS 0405 (US Feet) WKID:6424<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select &#8220;Zoom&#8221; from the ArcGIS Ribbon under the &#8220;Navigate&#8221; section to zoom to the extent of the Project Area<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Notice: A blue box is displayed.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0default\u00a0<em>project area\u00a0<\/em>that covers the entire\u00a0extent of the coordinate system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select the\u00a0[Add Data]\u00a0button from the\u00a0Contents section of the ArcGIS ribbon tab.\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">If not already selected, set the Portal\u00a0to\u00a0ArcGIS Online with the\u00a0pull down\u00a0menu in the upper right hand corner of the browser pane.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">In Living Atlas category of thumbnails, browse to Esri World Imagery (or enter search \u201cESRI World Imagery\u201d).<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Add the map layer to your drawing by selecting the upper portion of the thumbnail image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"pagetitle-content pagetitle-content-basic\">2. Add attributed ArcGIS web feature layer<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Add Web Feature Layer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QjZ9nMXuCv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Use your AutoCAD tools, zoom\u00a0in\u00a0to a\u00a0tighter\u00a0view of\u00a0the\u00a0\u00a0Los\u00a0Angeles\u00a0Basin.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">From the\u00a0ArcGIS Ribbon, use the\u00a0[Project Area] menu button and choose the [Set From\u00a0View] option\u00a0. The Project Area defines a geographic extent to limit the number of features drawn from web feature layers.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Open the\u00a0<em>Esri Contents\u00a0Pane<\/em>\u00a0by choosing the [Contents] button from the ArcGIS ribbon.\u00a0 The Esri Contents Pane is\u00a0used to manage the\u00a0ArcGIS layers in your drawing.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select\u00a0the\u00a0[Add Data]\u00a0button to add a\u00a0web\u00a0feature\u00a0layer to the drawing.\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">In the Add Data window, select the\u00a0View\u00a0All\u00a0option at the bottom of the Living Atlas\u00a0column.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select the filter\u00a0button\u00a0and filter the content\u00a0for just\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">Feature Layers<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Enter &#8220;Freeways&#8221; in the Search box<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Add\u00a0the USA Freeway System\u00a0by selecting the\u00a0upper part of the item\u2019s thumbnail map.<br \/>\n<em>All\u00a0Freeway Features\u00a0will be added into the drawing that are\u00a0inside or crossing the blue project area rectangle\u00a0that we set in a previous step.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">\u00a0Select the\u00a0[Identify Features]\u00a0button, in the &#8220;Edit&#8221; section of the ArcGIS ribbon,\u00a0to\u00a0view the GIS attributes for your entities.\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select one or more of the freeway\u00a0feature-entities\u00a0added to\u00a0the\u00a0drawing.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">If your selected entities belong to more than one sub-layer, you can filter your choices using the layer list on the left side of the dialog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">These features are simple AutoCAD entities.\u00a0 Each feature layer and sub-layer is associated with a unique AutoCAD layer.\u00a0 The symbology is controlled using AutoCAD entity and layer properties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"pagetitle-content pagetitle-content-basic\">3. Add ArcGIS Online Subscription content (requires named user)<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Add Subscription Content\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j1R5VCBIs_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In this exercise you can take advantage of your ArcGIS named user subscription to access subscription or\u00a0premium content available from\u00a0Esri\u2019s\u00a0rich collection of curated data in the Living Atlas\u00a0and\/or your own organizations content.<\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select the [ Add Data] button\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Search for the \u201cLive Traffic\u201d layer from the Living Atlas section<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">When you\u00a0attempt\u00a0 to\u00a0 add it to your drawing you\u2019ll be prompted for your\u00a0 named user credentials<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">If you don\u2019t have an\u00a0ArcGIS\u00a0 online\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0named user\u00a0subscription\u00a0sign up for\u00a0<u data-contrast=\"none\">Esri ArcGIS Online Free Trial<\/u><\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Using your new,\u00a0or existing Esri named\u00a0user,\u00a0sign into ArcGIS Online\u00a0by selecting the [Sign in] button located at the upper\u00a0right-hand\u00a0corner of the Add Data browser window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"1\">Select the [Contents] button from the\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">content<\/em>\u00a0section of the ArcGIS Ribbon.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"14\">From the Contents Pane right-click on the Live Traffic Layer and Select the\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">Identify Layer<\/em>\u00a0Option from the\u00a0context menu and then select one or more of the Live Traffic\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">Incident Symbols<\/em>\u00a0in the Live Traffic Map to view the incident reports.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"14\">You are strongly encouraged to browse the Living atlas and the greater ArcGIS Online community for more, Free, subscription and premium content in the form\u00a0of\u00a0 Feature, Maps and Imagery.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Soils, Wetlands, Survey Control and many more Global, National, Regional and local data sets\u2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"pagetitle-content pagetitle-content-basic\">4. Edit an ArcGIS web feature layer and use the locate tool<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Edit Web Feature Layers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpZ_NpojyFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This exercise will step through the process of editing GIS features accessed through an ArcGIS web feature layer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open a new AutoCAD drawing<\/li>\n<li>Select the List Coordinate System option from the pull-down menu of the [Coordinate System] button on the ArcGIS Ribbon. \u00a0<em>Notice: there is currently no coordinate system defined in this drawing<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Select the [Add Data By URL] option from the pull-down menu of the [Add Data] button on the ArcGIS Ribbon<\/li>\n<li>Supply this URL\u00a0 to the command prompt:\u00a0\u00a0<code>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/services.arcgis.com\/FQD0rKU8X5sAQfh8\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/AFABeta400Buildings\/FeatureServer\/0\">https:\/\/services.arcgis.com\/FQD0rKU8X5sAQfh8\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/AFABeta400Buildings\/FeatureServer\/0<\/a><\/code><\/li>\n<li>Alternately you can search for \u201cAFABeta400Buildings\u201d feature layer in the Add Data Browser dialog in the All Items section of the browsing dialog,\u00a0\u00a0and add the layer.\u00a0\u00a0 You may have to scroll to the right to see the All Items section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note: Once added to your drawing you may notice a message is displayed that describes any limitations of the feature layer you\u00a0 are adding to your drawing.\u00a0 Many ArcGIS feature layers support true curves, splines and 3D features, but some like this hosted feature layer will tesselate curves and omit z values upon storage in the ArcGIS Layer as configured by the GIS administrator.\u00a0\u00a0 Layers that support curves and 3D entities will generate and store true 3D curves and likewise create 3D curved entities.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the [List Coordinate System] button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note: The drawing\u2019s coordinate system has been set to the coordinate system of the Layer that we added.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To provide more context, add the World Imagery map layer to the drawing using the [Add Data] button.<\/li>\n<li>Use the AutoCAD Layer command or any other AutoCAD method to change the current AutoCAD drafting layer to:\u00a0\u00a0<code>ESRI_AFA400Beta_Office <\/code><em>Note: (any closed linear object drawn on this layer will be considered a new building feature with an Office sub-type).<\/em><\/li>\n<li>To draw your own building feature, first Select the LOCATE tool from the ArcGIS Ribbon to zoom to the location of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>Enter an\u00a0address or favorite place\u00a0and select one of the candidates returned in the Location pane to zoom to that location.<\/li>\n<li>Reset the Project Area to include your address or place by selection the [Set Project Button] from the ribbon.<\/li>\n<li>Use AutoCAD to draw a closed polygon on the\u00a0<code>Esri_AFA400Beta_Office <\/code>AutoCAD layer.\u00a0 You can use AutoCAD tools to draw a circle,\u00a0 rectangle, or the\u00a0<code>PLINE <\/code>command, be sure to use the \u00a0close option if drawing a polyline.<\/li>\n<li>Select the Identify Features button and pick the feature to edit the attributes of that feature.\u00a0\u00a0 Change the type value to School.\u00a0\u00a0 This changes the subtype of the feature and also the AutoCAD layer since subtypes are designated by separate layers in order to maintain separate symbology.<\/li>\n<li>Changing the layer property of the feature, in turn updates the subtype.<\/li>\n<li>After creating\u00a0 your polygon feature, you can synchronize the single web feature layer from the contents pane or, \u00a0Select the [Synchronize All] button from the edit section of the ArcGIS Ribbon<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019d like to see what other beta participants may be doing, Zoom out to the extent of the world.<\/li>\n<li>To zoom out, Right-click on the World Imagery Layer and select the Zoom to Layer\u00a0 option.<\/li>\n<li>Reset the Project Area to be the entire by selecting the Project Area button on the Ribbon<\/li>\n<li>Select the [Discard All Edits] button on the\u00a0 Edit section of the Ribbon.\u00a0 This will both ignore any edits, but also redraw all the features from\u00a0 the web feature layers in the drawing within the new Project Area.<br \/>\n<em>Note: Yo<\/em><em>u will only see features in your drawing that are inside your selected project area.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In the Esri Contents Pane right-click and select the Table View tool from the task buttons under the\u00a0<code>AFA400Beta <\/code>Layer<\/li>\n<li>View the current records in this feature layer that you\u2019ve added into your drawing based on your current project area.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to explore\u00a0 this same beta data set in another way, open this same data set in Esri&#8217;s map viewer on ArcGIS Online.\n<ul>\n<li>Right click on the AFA400Beta layer in the Esri\u00a0 Contents pane, and select the properties option.<\/li>\n<li>In the upper right hand corner of the\u00a0 Properties dialog select the View Service properties text link.<\/li>\n<li>On the resulting web page that is displayed you can select the [Open In Map Viewer] button on the upper right hand portion of the page which should be the default action.<\/li>\n<li>From this map\u00a0 you can also\u00a0 view and edit this same feature layer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To see changes made in the map viewer back in ArcGIS for AutoCAD re-select the [Synchronize] or [Discard All Edits] buttons on the ArcGIS\u00a0 Ribbon back in AutoCAD.\u00a0 \u00a0You can also refresh individual layers using these same options on the Esri Contents pane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"pagetitle-content pagetitle-content-basic\">5. Browse for content in your ArcGIS Enterprise Portal (<em>requires Enterprise login<\/em>)<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"How to browse your ArcGIS Enterprise Portal\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ag6grPfzShQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This exercise is essentially an invitation for you to add a connection to your\u00a0 existing\u00a0 Enterprise Portal if you have one and explore\u2026<\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"17\">Open a new AutoCAD Drawing<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"17\">Select the\u00a0[Add Data]\u00a0button\u00a0from the\u00a0ArcGIS Ribbon<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"17\">In the upper\u00a0right-hand\u00a0corner of the add data browser\u00a0pull down the ArcGIS Online\/ArcGIS Enterprise selection box next to the Sign-in \/ Sign-out button and select the\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">Add Portal<\/em>\u00a0Option.\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"17\">Enter the URL to your Enterprise Portal (https:\/\/(myportal).com\/portal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"17\">Browse for content when signed in vs signed out<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"17\">When signed in you will see\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">My Content<\/em>,\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">Favorites<\/em>,\u00a0<em data-contrast=\"auto\">Groups<\/em>\u00a0based on your named user\u00a0identity, similar\u00a0to\u00a0what\u00a0you would see with and ArcGIS Online subscription.<\/li>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-leveltext=\"o\" data-listid=\"17\">You can move back and forth between any saved portal organizations using the pull-down menu in the upper-right-hand corner of the <em>Add Data<\/em> browser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"pagetitle-content pagetitle-content-basic\">6. Create ArcGIS data inside an AutoCAD drawing<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Document Feature Layers\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TzKb0SyEFAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>One of the primary uses of ArcGIS for AutoCAD is to create ArcGIS attributed feature classes using just standard AutoCAD and the free ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-in.\u00a0 Using ArcGIS for AutoCAD can eliminate the need to use shapefiles or other intermediate files when sharing GIS data between AutoCAD and ArcGIS Desktop.\u00a0 ArcGIS Desktop also EXPORTS ArcGIS data into AutoCAD files using this same attributed feature class data encoding format by default.<\/p>\n<p>This exercise will start with a simple AutoCAD file shared on ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a web browser navigate to this CAD Drawing File Item on ArcGIS\u00a0 Online:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pm.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=637f28e4d1134d48b53410f6d13ac83e\">https:\/\/pm.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=637f28e4d1134d48b53410f6d13ac83e<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use the Download Option and unzip\u00a0the file on your file system<br \/>\n<em>Note:<\/em> Some operating systems may require that you unblock the resulting file from the zipped directory before you\u00a0 can access the file.\u00a0 Right-click to access the properties of the file and un-checking the block option.<\/li>\n<li>Use AutoCAD to open the included AutoCAD drawing file: \u00a0<code>AFA400Beta.dwg<\/code><\/li>\n<li>From the ArcGIS Ribbon, Select the [Block to Feature Layer] option under the [New Feature Layer] button .\u00a0 This will create ArcGIS feature layers from each unique AutoCAD block name in the 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