
The spatial reference of the exported feature data will be written to the output CAD files.ĬAD seed files can be used to prepopulate the output CAD drawings with blocks, cells, layers, and layer symbology according to your CAD standards. dxf files that are supported by both ArcGIS desktop and the ArcGIS for AutoCAD plug-in to AutoCAD. However, if the output features have a field named CADType with field values of POINT, CAD point entities will be generated in the CAD file rather than the TEXT field.īy default, output AutoCAD DWG or DXF formatted files will generate attributed ArcGIS feature classes in the. For example, the default entity type for exporting feature annotation is TEXT entities. This is the case unless the geometries are overridden by valid values in a field named or aliased CADType in the feature attributes of the output feature. This is the case unless the CAD layer information is overridden by feature attribute values in a field named or aliased Layer or Level in the feature attributes.īy default, the tool generates CAD entity geometries most analogous to the output feature geometry. This tool will accept any ArcGIS supported point, polyline, polygon, annotation, or multipatch feature classes or their feature layers including those from BIM or CAD feature classes.īy default, the tool creates a CAD layer in the CAD file using the feature layer name as the new CAD layer name for each input feature class or feature layer. Point, polyline, polygon, annotation, and multipatch feature classes and feature layers are valid inputs to this tool. This tool creates, or appends to existing, DWG, DXF, or DGN CAD files.
