Small cities in Canada have two solitudes: CAD and GIS. Using FME, this chasm can be easily bridged. This session will explore how you can move AutoCAD DWG files to SQL Server Spatial for display within Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise. We'll focus on how FME's recent support for Object Data within DWG opens the doors for seamless migration between CAD and GIS.

1. Using FME to Move from 2010:
AutoCAD Map 3D to MapGuide An FME
Odyssey
Enterprise with SQL Server
Gordon Luckett
GIS Consultant

2. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Two Solitudes: CAD and GIS

3. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
About the Speaker:
 Gordon Luckett
 GIS Consultant for 14 years
 Arrow Geomatics Inc.
 Focus on Spatial Databases
 SQL Server 2008
 Oracle Spatial/Locator 8i and up to 11G
 Primary Focus: Government Web GIS

4. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Proof of Concept
 SQL Server 2008
City of Grande Prairie, Alberta
Task:
 Hundreds of DWG files
 Contain “Object Data”
 Move to SQL Server 2008 automatically
 Render in MapGuide Enterprise

5. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Why SQL Server 2008?
MapGuide
AutoCAD Civil 3D SQL
Server
AutoCAD Map 3D ArcMap
MapInfo

6. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
What is Object Data?
 Stored within DWG
 Custom property
 Text
 Integer
 Double
 Only in:
 AutoCAD Map 3D
 AutoCAD Civil 3D

7. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
How to get Object Data out of the DWG
traditionally:
 Export to SDF
 Export to SHP
 Export to …
 Manual process per layer
 Requires re-import into SQL Server

8. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Alternative solution FDO for Map 3D:

9. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Alternative solution FDO:
 Push all data into SQL Server
 Maintain SQL Server data directly from within
Map 3D and Civil 3D with FDO
 Directly Draw in Map 3D into SQL Server
 Directly enter attribute data into SQL Server

10. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Downside to FDO:
 Some Traditional CAD objects not supported
(i.e. Leaders, Dimensions, Wipeouts, etc)
 Object Data not available to share data once
brought back in
 New learning curve to technicians and
engineers.

11. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Obvious Solution: FME Desktop!

12. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Translator – Choose AUTOCAD_OD type
Supports Object Data in the DWG

13. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
 Translator – Choose SQL Server Spatial Type

14. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
 In – AutoCAD Map DWG with Object Data
 Out – SQL Server 2008

15. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
 Spatial Data now in SQL Server

16. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
 Generate a Batch to Repeat Nightly

17. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
 Use Windows Schedule Tasks run nightly

18. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
 Show SQL Server Parcels in MapGuide

19. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
 Demonstration

20. AutoCAD to SQL Server with FME
Final Note
No Longer Two Solitudes: CAD and GIS

21. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Gordon Luckett gordon.luckett@arrowgeo.com
 Arrow Geomatics Inc.
Other Resources
 fdo.osgeo.org
 www.mapguide.ca