Create a Theme to Reveal Patterns in Your Data

AutoCAD Map 3D Workflow

 
Create a Theme to Reveal Patterns in Your Data
 
 
 

A theme can help you analyze map data and reveal patterns or trends in the data. Themes vary the display of your data based on properties or attributes of the data. For example, you can use different colors for different soil conditions or bigger dots for larger cities. The procedure varies, depending on whether you are theming features, drawing objects, or surfaces.

 
 
 

Add layers from features sources, drawings, or raster-based surfaces

   

Add any required properties (for example, population density or traffic rates)

   

Add attribute data for the new properties

   

Link attributes to objects using a link template, or store data in the drawing using object data

   

The theme is based on the values of the feature’s properties

   

The theme is based on the values of the object’s attribute data

   

The theme is based on the surface height (elevation), slope, or aspect (direction of slope)

   

Specify the label text, font, size, format, color, background style and color, alignment, and rotation

   

Display attribute text for drawing objects using annotation or as part of an import operation

   

List the theme’s conditions and explain its colors, symbols, line patterns, shadings, and annotation