AutoCAD Map 3D 2015 Beginner to Advanced Training

Module 1: Outline

• Getting Started
• Introducing AutoCAD Map 3D
• Exploring AutoCAD Map 3D Work spaces
• Exploring the AutoCAD Map 3D Task Pane
• Understanding File Tabs

Module 2: Drawing Cleanup

• Understanding Drawing Cleanup
• Selecting Objects for Drawing Cleanup
• Explaining Cleanup Actions
• Selecting Cleanup Actions
• Selecting Cleanup Methods
• Selecting and Reviewing Error Markers

Module 3: Attribute Data

• Understanding Attribute Data Concepts
• Understanding Object Data
• Creating an Object Data Table
• Modifying an Object Data Table
• Attaching Object Data Records
• Viewing and Editing Object Data
• Generating Object Data Links
• Understanding External Database Links
• Attaching a Database
• Creating a Local DSN Connection
• Introducing Data View
• Creating a Link Template
• Generating Links to Enclosed Blocks
• Selecting Objects Linked to Enclosed Blocks
• Understanding Advanced Data View
• Choosing the Storage Method

Module 4: Coordinate Systems

• Understanding Coordinate Systems
• Using Coordinate Systems in AutoCAD Map 3D
• Assigning and Verifying Coordinate Systems
• Tracking Coordinates
• Calculating Geodetic Distance

Module 5: Importing GIS Data

• Understanding Importing GIS Data
• Importing GIS Lines
• Importing GIS Points
• Importing Data with Multiple Coordinate Systems
• Importing Attribute Data as Object Data
• Importing Attribute Data to Linked Database Data

Module 6: Exporting GIS Data

• Understanding Exporting GIS Data
• Exporting Lines to GIS
• Exporting Closed Polylines with Object Data
• Exporting Data to SDF

Module 7: Source Drawings

• Understanding Source Drawings
• Creating a Drive Alias
• Attaching Source Drawings
• Using Quick View for Source Drawings
• Deactivating and Detaching Source Drawings

Module 8: Queries

• Understanding Queries
• Introducing Queries
• Performing a Simple Location Query
• Performing a Simple Property Query
• Performing a Simple Data Query
• Performing a Simple SQL Query
• Performing a Compound Query
• Using the Query Library
• Creating a Report Query
• Creating an Alter Properties Query
• Using Coordinate Transformations
• Creating a New Drawing from Source Drawings

Module 9: Save-Back

• Understanding Save-Back
• Saving Edits Back to Source Drawings

Module 10: Raster Images

• Understanding Raster Images
• Inserting a Raster Image
• Working with Raster Images
• Manipulating the Display of Raster Images in a Drawing

Module 11: Object Classification

• Understanding Object Classification
• Creating an Object Classification Definition File
• Defining Object Classes
• Classifying Objects
• Creating an Object Class Object

Module 12: Annotation

• Understanding Annotation
• Defining an Annotation Template
• Inserting Annotations
• Editing and Updating an Annotation Template
• Creating Compound Annotations

Module 13: COGO

• Understanding COGO
• Utilizing the Inquiry Tools
• Entering Data Using the COGO Tools

Module 14: Survey

• Understanding Survey
• Creating a Survey Datastore and Project
• Importing Points

Module 15: Topologies

• Understanding Topologies
• Understanding Network Topology
• Creating a Network Topology
• Working with Topology Objects
• Understanding Topology Analysis
• Running a Shortest Path Trace
• Understanding the Effects of Flow Direction and Resistance
• Running a Best Route Analysis
• Running a Flood Trace Analysis
• Understanding Polygon Topology
• Creating a Polygon Topology
• Understanding Polygon Topology Analysis
• Creating a Topology Based on an Analysis
• Creating a Buffer
• Creating a Topology Overlay

Module 16: Connecting to Feature Sources

• Understanding Feature Source Connections
• Understanding Features
• Connecting to an SHP Data Store
• Connecting to an SDF Data Store
• Understanding Point Geometry
• Creating a System DSN
• Connecting to an ODBC Database
• Connecting to a Raster Image File
• Connecting to a DEM File
• Viewing Features

Module 17: Working with Feature Sources

• Setting the Feature Layer Draw Order
• Using the Data Table
• Creating a Filter
• Creating a Query
• Querying to Add Features

Module 18: Feature Styles

• Stylizing Polygon Features
• Stylizing Line Features
• Stylizing Point Features
• Labeling Features
• Adding Zoom Scales
• Creating a Thematic Map
• Stylizing a Raster-Based Surface

Module 19: Creating and Editing Features

• Understanding Connected Feature Source Editing
• Editing Feature Attributes
• Editing Feature Geometry
• Creating New Features
• Creating Features from Geometry
• Deleting Features

Module 20: Split and Merge Features

• Understanding Splitting and Merging Features
• Setting Split Rules
• Splitting Features
• Setting Merge Rules
• Merging Features

Module 21: Point Clouds

• Understanding Point Clouds
• Connecting to a Point Cloud
• Stylizing a Point Cloud
• Creating a Surface from a Point Cloud

Module 22: Sharing Maps with Others

• Understanding Map Books
• Understanding Map Books and Map Book Templates
• Generating a Map Book
• Navigating the Map Book
• Converting FDO Objects to Standard AutoCAD Objects
• Working with Autodesk 360