ArcGIS for AutoCAD

Interoperability between AutoCAD and ArcGIS

Overview

ArcGIS for AutoCAD is a free, downloadable tool that provides AutoCAD and ArcGIS interoperability. Within the AutoCAD environment, you gain easy access to enterprise GIS basemaps published by ArcGIS Server.
In addition, ArcGIS for AutoCAD gives you the ability to prepare CAD data for use with the ArcGIS platform while leveraging your existing CAD standards.
Use ArcGIS for AutoCAD to

• Streamline information sharing between GIS and CAD groups.
• View live GIS maps and display GIS symbology of underlying GIS data inside AutoCAD.
• Include the results of GIS analysis in AutoCAD designs.
• Create, manipulate, and define how CAD data is organized and attributed as GIS content so it can be used in ArcGIS Desktop or AutoCAD.

Key Features

ArcGIS Server Map Services

• View one or more georeferenced ArcGIS Server map services in AutoCAD without data management, transformation, or conversion.
• Access free and premium map service content from ArcGIS Online Services.
• Project map services on the fly using the current specification in the CAD drawing.
• Identify features in the map service by picking locations on the map service image.
• Dynamically refresh the map service when the AutoCAD view changes.
• Control map draw order of overlapping map services.
• Control visibility of individual map layers in a map service.
• Convert map services to AutoCAD image entities.
• Store and connect to favorite map services with the map service palette.
• Get support for ArcGIS Server map services version 9.2 and above on secure servers.
• Get support for ArcGIS Server cached map services version 9.3 and above.
• Customize mapping applications with the included AutoLISP tools.
• Use mapping specification tools to
  • Create and edit GIS data in standard .dwg files.
  • Create and edit GIS feature classes in standard AutoCAD files.
  • Add attributes to any AutoCAD entity.
• ESRI coordinate system definition files (.prj) are included.