Autodesk 15606-011408-9005 - MAP R6.3 NAMED-10U PK Operation instructions

AutoCAD®Map 3D 2010
Tutorials
April 2009

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Contents
Chapter 1 Tutorial: Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Lesson 1: Get Ready to Use the Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Exercise 1: Prepare your sample data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Exercise 2: Save your tutorial maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Exercise 3: Set up the tutorial window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Exercise 4: Choose a workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Lesson 2: Take a Quick Tour of AutoCAD Map 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Finding Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Task Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Properties Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Data Table and Data View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Status Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Layout Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dynamic Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lesson 3: Get Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Exercise 1: Create a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Exercise 2: Use Data Connect to add data to your map . . . . . . 32
Exercise 3: Style a feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Where you are now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Chapter 2 Tutorial: Building a Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
About the Building a Map Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lesson 1: Use Multiple Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Exercise 1: Drag and drop a source file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Exercise 2: Attach a drawing file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exercise 3: Query in data from the drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exercise 4: Use Data Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exercise 5: Add a raster image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Exercise 6: Display the raster image behind other features . . . . . 47
Lesson 2: Style Map Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Exercise 1: Create a theme for the parcels layer . . . . . . . . . . 49
Exercise 2: Define the theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exercise 3: Add labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lesson 3: Change the Display by Zoom Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exercise 1: Add roads to your map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Exercise 2: Create a composite road style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Exercise 3: View styles at different zoom levels . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Lesson 4: Create Map Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exercise 1: Draw a new parcel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exercise 2: Add information about the new parcel . . . . . . . . . 62
Lesson 5: Find Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exercise 1: Display the Data Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exercise 2: Filter the Data Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lesson 6: Edit Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Exercise 1: Check out and edit a feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Exercise 2: Update information for the edited feature . . . . . . . 66
Lesson 7: Create a Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exercise 1: Insert a legend object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exercise 2: Change the order of items in the legend . . . . . . . . 69
Lesson 8: Publish Your Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Exercise 1: Specify attributes to include . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Exercise 2: Publish to DWF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lesson 9: Branch Out - Find Data Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exercise 1: Explore the Data Portal - DigitalGlobe®. . . . . . . . 75
Exercise 2: Explore the Data Portal - NAVTEQ™. . . . . . . . . . 76
Exercise 3: Explore the Data Portal - Intermap™. . . . . . . . . . 76
Exercise 4: Try out the sample data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 3 Tutorial: Moving From AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D . . . . . . 83
About The AutoCAD/AutoCAD Map 3D Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lesson 1: Prepare Drawings for Use With AutoCAD Map 3D . . . . . . 83
Exercise 1: Set up a drive alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Exercise 2: Georeference source drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Lesson 2: Clean Up Your Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Exercise 1: Delete duplicates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Exercise 2: Extend undershoots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Exercise 3: Use cleanup profiles (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lesson 3: Add Drawing Objects to a Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Exercise 1: Attach source drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Exercise 2: Preview attached drawings with Quick View . . . . . 100
Exercise 3: Preview drawing objects with a property query . . . . 102
Exercise 4: Retrieve objects with a property and location
query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Exercise 5: Query object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Exercise 6: Create an object data index (optional) . . . . . . . . 111
Lesson 4: Add Raster Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Exercise 1: Insert a raster image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Exercise 2: View image information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Exercise 3: Change the display order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Lesson 5: Modify Raster Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Exercise 1: Adjust image brightness, contrast, and fade . . . . . . 120
Exercise 2: Clip the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Exercise 3: Add a raster image to a Display Manager layer . . . . 125
Lesson 6: Share Your Map with Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Exercise 1: Export a map to Autodesk SDF . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Exercise 2: Publish a map to a DWF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Chapter 4 Tutorial: Classifying Drawing Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
About the Classifying Drawing Objects Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lesson 1: Set Up For Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Exercise 1: Set up your work environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Exercise 2: Set up your user privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Lesson 2: Define Object Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Exercise 1: Create the object class definition file . . . . . . . . . 139
Exercise 2: Define an object class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Exercise 3: Add object classes to the definition file . . . . . . . . 147
Lesson 3: Classify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Exercise 1: Classify the signal objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Exercise 2: Classify roads and parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lesson 4: Create a Map Using Object Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exercise 1: Create a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Exercise 2: Assign a coordinate system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Exercise 3: Query in objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Lesson 5: Create and Edit Objects Using Object Classes . . . . . . . . 159
Exercise 1: Create objects using object classes . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Exercise 2: Edit classified objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Lesson 6: Generate Metadata for a Classified Drawing . . . . . . . . . 165
Exercise 1: View metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Exercise 2: Share metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Lesson 7: Use Object Classes When Exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Exercise 1: Export object classes to SDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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Exercise 2: Connect to the resulting SDF file . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Exercise 3: Style the new feature classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Object Classification: Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Chapter 5 Tutorial: Creating a Map Book With an Inset . . . . . . . . . . 175
About the Map Book Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Lesson 1: Prepare the Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Exercise 1: Create a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Exercise 2: Add data to your map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Lesson 2: Customize a Map Book Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Exercise 1: Change the printer/plotter for the template . . . . . 178
Exercise 2: Resize the main viewport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Exercise 3: Modify the title block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Exercise 4: Replace the north arrow block . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Lesson 3: Create A Map Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Exercise 1: Create a key map view and a legend . . . . . . . . . . 186
Exercise 2: Specify the map book settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Exercise 3: Preview and generate the map book . . . . . . . . . . 189
Lesson 4: Create an Inset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Exercise 1: Draw a viewport for the inset . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Exercise 2: Change the information displayed in the
viewport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Lesson 5: Publish The Map Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Exercise 1: Set DWF publishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Exercise 2: Set background publishing options . . . . . . . . . . 197
Exercise 3: Publish the map book to DWF format . . . . . . . . . 198
Chapter 6 Tutorial: Analyzing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
About the Analyzing Data Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Lesson 1: Analyze Data Visually, Using Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Exercise 1: Prepare your map file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Exercise 2: Add a surface to view elevation data . . . . . . . . . 204
Exercise 3: Add a layer on top of the surface . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Exercise 4: Drape a parcel layer on top of the surface . . . . . . . 212
Lesson 2: Analyze Data With External Information Using Joins . . . . 214
Exercise 1: Set up an ODBC connection for an Access database
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Exercise 2: Connect to the Access database . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Exercise 3: Join the data from the ODBC source to the layer
containing the parcels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Exercise 4: Use the joined data for calculated fields and
styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Lesson 3: Analyze Data by Proximity Using Buffers . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Exercise 1: Create a buffer representing a construction
zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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Exercise 2: Select the parcels within the construction-zone
buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Exercise 3: Export the construction-zone parcels to an SDF
file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Exercise 4: Compare the two parcel layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Exercise 5: Export the data to CSV for use in a report . . . . . . . 228
Lesson 4: Perform a Flood Analysis with Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Exercise 1: Add the layers to compare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Exercise 2: Use an overlay to compare two layers . . . . . . . . . 231
Exercise 3: Add and style a road layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Exercise 4: Add emergency response points . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a hospital . . . . . . . . 237
Lesson 5: Automate an Overlay Operation with a Workflow . . . . . . 239
Exercise 1: Edit a workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Exercise 2: Complete the workflow definition . . . . . . . . . . 243
Exercise 3: Run the workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Chapter 7 Tutorial: Managing Data From Different Sources . . . . . . . . 247
About the Managing Data Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Lesson 1: Convert Drawing Layers to Feature Classes . . . . . . . . . . 250
Exercise 1: Examine the original drawing layers . . . . . . . . . 251
Exercise 2: Examine the object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Exercise 3: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Select the
layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Exercise 4: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Map object data
to feature class properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Exercise 5: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Map drawing
properties to feature class properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Exercise 6: Export the drawing layers to SDF - Set export
options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Lesson 2: Use the Resulting SDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Exercise 1: Create a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Exercise 2: Connect to the new SDF data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Exercise 3: Edit the schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Exercise 4: Add a property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Exercise 5: Populate the new property with values . . . . . . . . 271
Lesson 3: Move SDF Data to a Different Geospatial Format . . . . . . . 272
Exercise 1: Connect to a new SHP file folder . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Exercise 2: Use Bulk Copy to move an SDF layer to SHP
format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Lesson 4: Import SDF Files as DWG Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Exercise 1: Create a template for the imported material . . . . . 276
Exercise 2: Import the SDF layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Exercise 3: Use display layers to assign object properties . . . . . 279
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Chapter 8 Tutorial: Working with Polygon Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
About the Polygon Features Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Lesson 1: Connect to Parcel Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Exercise 1: Create a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Exercise 2: Bring in the parcel data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Lesson 2: Split a Polygon Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Exercise 1: Define split/merge rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Exercise 2: Find the parcel to split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Exercise 3: Split the parcel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Exercise 4: Examine the results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Lesson 3: Use Joined Data to Create Calculated Properties . . . . . . . 292
Exercise 1: Set up an ODBC connection for a Microsoft Access
database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Exercise 2: Connect to the Microsoft Access database . . . . . . 294
Exercise 3: Join the ODBC data to the Parcels layer . . . . . . . . 295
Exercise 4: Save the properties to a new data store . . . . . . . . 296
Exercise 5: Create a calculated property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Lesson 4: Theme Polygon Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Exercise 1: Create a theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Exercise 2: Add labels that use an expression . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Lesson 5: Publish Your Styled Map to MapGuide . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Exercise 1: Publish to MapGuide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Chapter 9 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
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Tutorial: Introducing
AutoCAD Map 3D 2010
■These tutorials provide an overview of the product and hands-on exercises to help you
learn many aspects of AutoCAD Map 3D.
Lesson 1: Get Ready to Use the Tutorials
These AutoCAD Map 3D tutorials cover the following:
■Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 (page 1): Take a quick tour of the
application. Create a map file, assign a coordinate system, connect to data,
style features, and save your work.
■Building a map (page 37): Learn all the basics of creating a map from start
to finish. Use multiple sources, design themes and composite styles to change
the appearance of objects, create new features and edit them, and publish
your finished map.
■Moving from AutoCAD to AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 (page 83): Prepare
drawings for use with AutoCAD Map 3D, clean up drawing data, add drawing
objects to a map, add and edit raster images, and share maps with others.
■Classifying Drawing Objects (page 135): Define object classes, assign drawing
objects to different classes, and then use the object classes to create, edit,
and export drawing objects. To be part of the object class, drawing objects
must meet certain rules when they are classified. Object classes help to ensure
that drawing objects are standardized.
■Creating a Map Book With an Inset (page 175): Customize a map book
template, create a map book, create an inset, and publish to DWF.
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■Analyzing Data (page 201): Add a surface and style it using a theme and
contour lines to show elevation. Join an external database to a feature and
create a style using both sets of data. Create a buffer zone that highlights
areas within 1000 feet of a river and identify parcels that lie within that
zone. Export comma-separated data to use in a report to the owners of
those parcels. Overlay two geospatial layers and save the resulting
comparison layer as a separate data store. Automate the overlay process
with a workflow.
■Managing Data From Different Sources (page 247): Export drawing objects
to Autodesk SDF format, and then connect to the resulting SDF file to add
it as a layer in another map. Use Bulk Copy to copy the SDF data to SHP
format. Import the SDF data to convert it back to drawing layers.
■Working With Polygon Features (page 283): Connect to geospatial data for
parcel polygons. Join a data source to the parcels to add assessor data. Add
a new calculated property that uses native and joined properties. Split a
parcel into two uneven pieces using the Split command and assign
attributes to each resulting parcel using split/merge rules.
Exercise 1: Prepare your sample data
When you installed AutoCAD Map 3D, the tutorial sample data was installed
on your computer in the \Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D 2010\Help\Map 3D
Tutorials folder. You need that sample data to use the tutorials.
Copy the Map 3D Tutorials folder to My Documents. That way, if you change
the sample files, the original versions remain unchanged and can be used
again and again.
To make a copy of the sample data
1In Windows Explorer, navigate to the\Program Files\AutoCAD Map 3D
2010\Help folder.
2Right-click the Map 3D Tutorials folder and click Copy.
3Navigate to your My Documents folder.
NOTE The location of My Documents varies, depending on your operating
system. For Microsoft Windows XP, it is usually C:\MyDocuments. For Microsoft
Vista, it might be C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Map
3D Tutorials.
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4Paste the Map 3D Tutorials folder into My Documents.
A new folder is displayed in My Documents, for example C:\My
Documents\Map 3D Tutorials.
5Add the location to the Favorites list in Windows Explorer, or make a
note of it.
Exercise 2: Save your tutorial maps
You can create a folder for any map files you create or change as you use the
tutorials.
To create a folder for your tutorial map files
1Open Windows Explorer.
2Navigate to the C:\My Documents folder.
NOTE The location of My Documents varies, depending on your operating
system. For Microsoft Windows XP, it is usually C:\MyDocuments. For Microsoft
Vista, it might be C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Map
3D Tutorials.
3Click File ➤New Folder.
4Change the name of the new folder to My AutoCAD Map 3D Tutorial Data.
Exercise 3: Set up the tutorial window
Resize the window that displays the tutorial instructions so you can see it
while you work.
To resize the tutorial window
1In AutoCAD Map 3D, display the tutorials. In the Tool-based Ribbon
Workspace, click Help ➤Learning Resources ➤Tutorials.
2In the tutorials window, click to hide the pane that contains the
Contents, Index, and Search tabs.
Use to go to either the next or previous pages in the exercises.
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Exercise 4: Choose a workspace
The tutorials assume that you are using the Tool-based Ribbon workspace (the
default) unless otherwise noted.
To switch to the Tool-based Ribbon workspace
1Click the workspace entry in the status bar.
2Click Tool-based Ribbon Workspace.
Lesson 2: Take a Quick Tour of AutoCAD Map 3D
Start by becoming familiar with the AutoCAD Map 3D window:
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The AutoCAD Map 3D window
To tour the AutoCAD Map 3D application window
1Before you begin the tutorial, see Lesson 1: Get Ready to Use the Tutorials
(page 1).
2From the desktop or the Start menu, start AutoCAD Map 3D.
3Click .
4Navigate to the folder in My Documents where you copied the sample
files.
5Open SampleMap.dwg.
An alert may tell you that an undefined drive alias (page 311) is referenced.
If so, click Define and use the following procedure. If not, proceed to
“The Ribbon (page 6).”
To define a drive alias
■The alias you need is already selected. Click in the Actual Path field
and click Browse.
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■Navigate to the folder where you copied the sample files. Open that
folder and click OK. (Be careful to select the Map 3D Tutorials subfolder,
not the parent My Documents folder.)
■Click Add, and then click Close.
The sample data location is now mapped to your drive alias. In future,
you can open the sample data without defining any further aliases.
The Ribbon
In AutoCAD Map 3D, the tabs across the top of the application window are
called a ribbon.
Tabs are like horizontal menus. Click a tab to see the commands associated
with it. Sets of related commands are grouped in panels. Click a command
icon within a panel to select that command. Panel titles that display a down
arrow contain more options. Panel titles that display an arrow in the lower
right corner have a dialog box associated with them.
Use the following techniques when working with the ribbon
■To see more options for a panel, click the down arrow on the panel title
bar. Click the pushpin icon to keep the expanded portion displayed.
For example, on the Home tab, click the down arrow on the Data panel.
■To see the dialog box associated with a panel, click the arrow in the lower
right corner of the panel.
For example, click the arrow on the Data panel to see the AutoCAD Map
3D Options dialog box.
■To see the keyboard shortcuts for displaying ribbon elements, press the
Alt key. Press it again to hide the shortcuts.
■To make a panel into a floating panel, drag its title bar away from the
ribbon. To reinsert it into the ribbon, drag it by its title bar to the desired
location.
■To change the order of the tabs, drag a tab to a new position in the ribbon.
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■To see commands for a particular Display Manager layer or Map Explorer
entry, select that item. The ribbon expands to include a new tab for the
selected item.
By default, the ribbon switches to the new tab. To keep the ribbon from
switching, at the Command prompt, type ribboncontextselect.
The application menu
The application menu includes the Search Field (page 10) and file-related
commands. Options displays the AutoCAD Options dialog box, which controls
such things as the background color for maps.
To use the application menu
1Click to see the application menu.
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2Do any of the following:
■Click a command or submenu item on the left side of the application
menu.
■To issue a different command, type its name into the Search field. See
Finding Commands (page 9).
■To switch between viewing recent documents and open documents,
click the icons above the list of commands on the left.
You can view recent documents as an ordered list, or by size, type, or
access date. You can display large or small icons or images for either
list.
■To change AutoCAD settings, click Options. See Options (page 29).
Quick Access Toolbar
Put the commands you use most often on the Quick Access Toolbar. You can
display the toolbar at the top of the application window or just below the
ribbon.
To customize the Quick Access Toolbar
1Click the down arrow next to the current Quick Access Toolbar.
2Do any of the following:
■To add a command to the Quick Access Toolbar, select any command
that is listed.
■To remove a selected command from the Quick Access Toolbar, click
it to clear its check mark.
■To move the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon area, select Show
Below The Ribbon.
To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Finding Commands (page
9)
See also:
■Customizing Your Work Environment
■Workspaces (page 11)
■Finding Commands (page 9)
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Finding Commands
If you know the command you want but cannot locate it in the ribbon, use
these tools to find it.
Ribbon Command Locator
The Ribbon Command Locator displays the current ribbon location for menu
commands you used in previous releases of AutoCAD Map 3D. If the command
is not on the ribbon, the Ribbon Command Locator tells you how to access
it.
To locate a command on the ribbon
1In the InfoCenter field, type the name of the command.
2In the list that displays, choose Find A Command On The Ribbon.
NOTE You can also click Tools tab ➤Customization panel ➤Ribbon
Command Locator.
3In the Ribbon Command Locator window, specify the workspace you
used in the previous release.
4Select the command from a menu to see its current ribbon location (or
an alternative way to access it).
Choose the command from the menu you used in the previous release of AutoCAD
Map 3D. Its current location appears in the Location In Ribbon field.
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Search Field
Type a command name into the application menu Search field to issue that
command or display its dialog box.
The Search field is at the top of the application menu.
To use the Search field
1Click to see the application menu.
2In the field at the top of the menu, type all or part of the command name.
For example, type define. Commands beginning with the word “define”
are displayed.
3In the list that displays, click the appropriate entry.
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For example, if you typed define, click Define Query to display the Define
Query Of Attached Drawing(s) dialog box.
NOTE If you customized the ribbon, the command might not be in the
indicated location. To find its current location, use the Ribbon Command
Locator instead.
To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to Workspaces (page 11)
Workspaces
AutoCAD Map 3D comes with predefined workspaces. Each workspace
organizes and displays commands and toolbars differently. You can switch
between the following workspaces:
■Tool-based ribbon workspace —customized for those who are already
familiar with the AutoCAD ribbon
■Task-based ribbon workspace —customized for AutoCAD Map 3D
commands
■Map Classic —the menu-driven interface from earlier versions of the
product. Many new commands are unavailable from this workspace.
You can customize any workspace, specifying the contents of the ribbon tabs,
keyboard shortcuts, and how the mouse buttons behave.
To select a workspace
1Click the workspace entry in the status bar.
2Select the workspace most appropriate for your work.
■If you are familiar with the AutoCAD ribbon interface, select
Tool-based Ribbon Workspace.
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The tutorials assume that you use the Tool-based Ribbon workspace
unless otherwise noted.
■If you work mainly with AutoCAD Map 3D, select Task-based Ribbon
Workspace.
■Those familiar with older versions of AutoCAD Map 3D might prefer
Map Classic. However, commands added in recent releases are not
available from the menus in this workspace.
To continue this tour of AutoCAD Map 3D, go to The Task Pane (page 12)
See also:
■Customizing Your Work Environment
■Finding Commands (page 9)
■The Ribbon (page 6)
The Task Pane
The Task pane gives you quick access to frequently used features, and groups
these features into task-related views. Use the Task pane to create, manage,
display, and publish maps.
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