Exercise 4: Trying Out the Sample Data

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Exercise 4: Trying Out the Sample Data

Sample data from each of these providers is included with AutoCAD Map 3D. In this exercise, you’ll add some of this data to a map of the city of Munich, Germany

To work with the sample data

1. Create a new map.
   • Click File menu New.
   • In the Open dialog box, select the map2d.dwt template.
   • In Map Explorer, right-click Current Drawing and click Coordinate System.
   • In the Assign Global Coordinate System dialog box, for Code, set the coordinate system to LL84 and click OK.
2. Connect to a surface graphic.
   • In Display Manager, click Data Connect To Data.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, under Data Connections By Provider, click Add Raster Image or Surface Connection.
   • Click the file icon next to Source File Or Folder.
   • In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Intermap Munich_dtm.dem raster file.
   • Select the file and click Open.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, click Connect.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, select the image and click Add To Map.
3. Style the surface image.
   • In Display Manager, select the surface layer.
   • On the status bar at the bottom of the application window, click the down arrow next to Vertical Exaggeration.
   • Increase the vertical exaggeration to 25x.
   • In Display Manager, with the surface layer still selected, click Style.
   • In the Style Editor, click the down arrow in the Style cell and select Theme.
   • In the Theme dialog box, select Palette and select the Contour Palette.
   • Click OK, then click Apply and close the Style Editor.
4. Connect to a satellite image of Munich.
   • If the Data Connect window isn’t displayed, in Display Manager, click Data Connect To Data.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, under Data Connections By Provider, click Add Raster Image or Surface Connection.
   • Click the file icon next to Source File Or Folder.
   • In the Open dialog box, navigate to the DigitalGlobe munich.ecw raster file.
   • Select the file and click Open.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, click Connect.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, select the image and click Add To Map.
5. Style the satellite image.
   • In Display Manager, right-click the image layer and click Zoom To Extents.
   • In Display Manager, with the image layer still selected, click Style.
   • In the Style Editor, click Transparent.
   • Click Select and select a dark gray color in the raster image to be transparent.
6. Connect to a Navteq SHP file to add points representing restaurants.
   • In Display Manager, click Data Connect To Data.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, under Data Connections By Provider, click Add SHP Connection.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, click the file icon next to Source File Or Folder.
   • In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Navteq Restrnts.shp file.
   • Select the file and click Open.
   • In the Data Connect dialog box, click Connect.
   • Select Restrnts and click Add To Map.
7. Style the points to use symbols.
   • In Display Manager, select the Restrnts layer and click Style.
   • In the Style Editor, click in the Style cell.
   • In the Style Point dialog box, click next to Symbol.
   • In the Select A Symbol dialog box, click next to Symbol Library and open the Map - Points of Interest.dwg file.
   • Select the Restaurant symbol.
   • If you want, in the Style Editor, change the Fill Color and Edge Color of the points so you can see them better.
   • Click OK and close the Style Editor.