Use Surfaces, Rasters, and Contour Lines

AutoCAD Map 3D Workflow

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Create a Theme to Reveal Patterns in Your Data

Create Themed Maps and Analyze Data

Find and Select Features Within a Buffer Zone

AutoCAD Map 3D Workflow Guide > Workflow Guide > Create Themed Maps and Analyze Data >

Use Surfaces, Rasters, and Contour Lines

Style a raster-based surface using hillshading, vertical exaggeration, and contour lines to show elevation. View the map in 3D, which realistically drapes any 2D data on the surface. Use AutoCAD visualization tools to display different views in 3D, so you can analyze the surface from different perspectives. Theme on height, slope, or aspect.


Add a raster-based surface		Connect to a DEM (Digital Elevation Model), ESRI Grid, or DTED (Digital Terrain Elevation Data)

Specify hillshading and vertical exaggeration		Cast sunlight across a surface from a direction and angle, and control the display of extreme elevation changes

Add contour lines		Each contour line connects points of equal elevation on the surface

Switch between 2D and 3D		Get a realistic view of all the data in 3D

Use AutoCAD visualization tools		Use 3D orbit, 3D pan and zoom, and 3D swivel. Walk or fly through and record motion path animations

Resample/re-query the image		If you are zooming in, use the Query To View option to improve the display

Theme the surface layer		Theme on height, slope, or aspect to analyze the surface

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