The document outlines a presentation about integrating CAD and GIS systems. It discusses exporting data from ArcGIS to MicroStation CAD formats, including point, linear, and annotation features as separate files. Additional post-processing is needed to symbolize the features to CAD standards, including looking up line styles, colors, and offsets from tables. The result is a CAD file with point and linear features and text annotation processed according to the specific CAD requirements. The document also mentions Bentley products that can help with GIS/CAD integration and the ProjectWise Connector for integrating ArcGIS and Bentley software.

1. By Warren Newhauser
warren@millcreeksystems.com
@wanewhauser
Arlington Heights, IL
CAD / GIS
Integration
March 26, 2014
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
American Transmission
Company LLC
Waukehsa, WI

2. Presentation Outline
I. Arc GIS to MicroStation CAD export (gas
utility)
II. Example GPS/GIS/CAD environmental data
workflows
III. Bentley products for GIS/CAD

3. Arc GIS exported separate raw CAD files
1. Point features

4. Arc GIS exported separate raw CAD files
2. Linear features

5. Arc GIS exported separate raw CAD files
3. Annotation

6. Combine All Features
Point Features
+ Linear Features
+ Annotation
Post Process
Mill Creek
GIS2DGN.DLL
Color Tables
Cell Library
Seed File
Cell Offsets
Line Style Lookup

7. Result

8. Point Features Processing
-GIS symbols have different origins than CAD symbols
-Point features need to by symbolized to CAD Stds
Result: Need to do table look up for each symbol to
get offset
GIS origin
CAD origin

9. Linear Features Processing
-CAD requires custom line style that GIS is unaware of
-Linear features need to be symbolized
Result: Need to do table look up for each linear
feature to get custom line style, color, weight, level
Microstation Parameters
File Type Feature Type Custom Line Style Name Level Color Weight Line Style
Gas Foreign Pipeline FOREIGN_MAIN 17 240 4 0
Gas Abandoned Main ABD 39 248 4 0
Gas Customer Owned Fuel Line CUSTFL 18 241 3 0
Gas Casing CASING 42 246 1 0
Gas Insert INSERT
Lnd RailRoad RAIL ROAD 11 110 1 0
Tss Trans. Storage Field STORAGE_FIELD

10. Linear Features Processing
-Custom Line Style
-Proprietary – format not published
-Keeps file size small
-Requires a binary data linkage to linear CAD element
-Instructions for drawing custom line style in separate .rsc file
Solid “Rail Road”

11. Annotation Processing
-Text Rotation
-Symbolization

12. Basic Text Rotation

13. Basic Text Rotation

14. Basic Text Rotation – success!

15. ProjectWise Connector V8i for ArcGIS
Please see Craig Hansen
(craig.hansen@bentley.com) from Bentley for
details…