Exercise 5: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Map drawing properties to feature class properties

Exercise 4: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Map object data to feature class properties

Lesson 1: Converting Drawing Layers to Feature Classes

Exercise 6: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Set Export Options

 

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Exercise 5: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Map drawing properties to feature class properties

The Feature Class tab lets you map AutoCAD drawing properties to properties in the SDF feature classes as well. If you have used color, lineweight, or line type to represent object characteristics, you can map these properties to the characteristics they represent. In this drawing, color is mapped to a waterline size. You can map each waterline color to a feature property.

To map drawing properties to feature class properties

1. On the Feature Class tab of the Export dialog box, click in the Feature Class cell for Waterlines.
2. Click .
3. In the Feature Class Property Mapping - Waterlines dialog box, click Select Attributes.
4. Expand the Properties item at the top of the list.
5. Select COLOR and click OK.
6. In the Feature Class Property Mapping - Waterlines dialog box, in the Feature Class Properties cell for COLOR, enter Size.
7. Click the .COLOR cell to see the button.
8. Click .
9. In the New Property Data Type dialog box, change the Data Type to String and click OK.
10. In the Property Value Mapping dialog box, select the box for each color (on the left side of the dialog box).
11. Classify the waterline sizes as Small, Medium and Large. Use this table as a guideline:

    Color	Size
    Red	Large
    Green	Medium
    Blue	Small

12. Click OK twice to return to the Export dialog box.

    

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 6: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Set Export Options.