Mastering MicroStation DGN: How to Integrate CAD and GIS

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Mastering MicroStation
DGN: How to Integrate
CAD and GIS

Evie
Lapalme
Technical Support Specialist
Safe Software
Jovita
Chan
Technical Support Specialist
Safe Software
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Agenda
1 Introduction
2 Flash Demo
3 CAD to GIS
4 GIS to CAD
5 Conclusion
6 Resources
7 Q&A
Agenda

Poll: What is your biggest
challenge with CAD-GIS
integration?

1
Introduction

Discover how FME simpliﬁes
your path to integrating
Bentley MicroStation with
Esri ArcGIS and beyond.

With FME, overcome the barriers to
effective CAD-GIS integration.
● Overcome integration barriers
● Simplify MicroStation ...

Flash
Demo

Output: ArcGIS Pro - Geodatabase

Challenges you may relate to!
Common frustrations:
● Difficulty transferring data between Bentley MicroStation and GIS pla...

2
CAD to GIS
Integration

What is the difference between CAD and GIS?
Computer Aided Drafting
● A drawing to represent objects in the real world wit...

Demo 1:
DGN Roads
to Shapeﬁle

Goal Block Key Result
Enrich road lines
with road type
attribution from a
linestyle lookup
table as a key
DGN V7 Road Line...

Demo

DGN V7 to Shapeﬁle (and DGN V8)
● AttributeValueMapper
● Feature Type Fanout
● Creating attributes for item types
CAD to G...

Demo 2:
Topo Map
Parsing

Goal Block Key Result
Merging labels &
geometry to
work in GIS
Reading DGN drawing with labels → GDB
DGN <> GIS NeighborFi...

Data: MicroStation - DGN

Output: ArcGIS Pro - Geodatabase

NeighborFinder
● Great for ﬁnding & joining attributes from
nearby features.
AttributeFilter
● Similar transformers includ...

Demo 3:
Reading Item
Types from
Water Mains
Writing to
MapInfo

Goal Block Key Result
Reading DGN Item Types → MapInfo
Enabling the
reader
parameter and
understanding
what you’re
looking...

Demo

Recap
● Reading item types: item type name. Item time property
● Clean up topology for GIS
● Extract data for the purpose ...

CAD to GIS Key Ideas
● Get attributes onto geometry
● How to read item types / tags
● Fine tune your reader parameters:
○ ...

Break for
questions

3
GIS to CAD
Integration

GIS to CAD
Things to keep in mind:
● What elements will points, lines, and polygons be represented in?
● Do you have custo...

Demo 4:
Writing Tags
& Item Types

Slide Title
Writing GIS data
to DGN
Goal Block Key
Writing Tags and Item Types
Result
TAB <> DGN Using FME to
read the dat...

Data: MapInfo TAB

Output: Microstation V8 - DGN

● Microstation V8
Writer
● Make sure to set
Write tags to Yes
Writing Tags

Output: Microstation V8i - DGN

Item Types
● Require at minimum 3 attributes to be
created.
Tags
● Need to have the tags enabled on the
writer.
Takeaways
...

Poll: Are DGN tags still
relevant in your work?

Demo 5:
Writing Item
Types

Slide Title
Integrate data
from GIS formats
to create a DGN
ﬁle with a few
different
elements.
Goal Block Key
KML Roads an...

Demo

● DGNStyler
● Seed ﬁle
● Attribute transformers (or String
transformers)
● Ways to create elements and annotations
(Labell...

4
Wrap Up

Support for
Reading and
Writing with
DGN

5
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7
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