An original point of view
PDF documents are very popular. They can include various content from text through simple drawings to detailed maps of some areas. Storing drawings, plans, or maps in PDF files is very convenient because this format is platform-independent. It means, that any kind of map, plan, or sketch can be viewed, shared, and printed in various … Read more
The previous post explained to you the simplest way of migrating the AutoCAD drawing to ArcGIS Online. It included the important bits like the AutoCAD layer extraction as well as its further import to QGIS. In fact, this is the section, that doesn’t change, so if you are not familiar with it jump to the … Read more
This is the two-piece article, which aims to show you how to successfully add the AutoCAD LT drawing to the ArcGIS Online platform. In part 1 the superficial layer will be chosen, whereas the second bit will be more advanced. There is an instruction on how to load any GIS layer correctly to your ArcGIS … Read more
After browsing the internet and trying my own approaches finally, I can come out with a nice method, that allows you to pass the attribute table data from your QGIS project to AutoCAD LT. Basically, the QGIS project can export to the AutoCAD environment easily. It’s just going to the Project -> Import/Export -> Export … Read more
I would like to show you a nice feature in this short article. You can use it in your AutoCAD software and the LT version. It applies to searching (or zooming) the object by coordinates. When can it be useful? Usually, in the case of validation of your projects, you have thrown some coordinates. Usually, … Read more
The AutoCAD LT version is restricted to many fields. It impacts also the option of total calculation of the lines and polylines comprised of the given layer. Since our layer is not big, we can handle it manually by for instance the sum of separate calculations in the table or just simply by applying the … Read more
In this post, I would like to bring you some knowledge about the geolocation of drawing in the AutoCAD LT version. At some point, you can find here some repeatable stuff showing you the relevant steps for making this task successful. However, I wouldn’t have decided to post this article if I had seen the … Read more
This article is about the migration tool palette from a newer to an older version of AutoCAD LT. Despite a vast majority of cases, where the tool palette, as well as other settings, are moved from an older to a newer version of AutoCAD sometimes, although very rarely the situation in another direction might occur. … Read more
AutoCAD LT version is quite poor when compared to the full AutoCAD 3D software. It means in practice, that some options aren’t available or require a bigger workaround in order to get to the desired point. One of the issues is the lack of a direct option of exporting attribute data from our drawing directly … Read more
Today I would like to demonstrate how to georeference the AutoCad .dwg file in QGIS. The .dwg extension keeps layers, colours, line thickness etc. in other words all information included in the drawing file. This is the biggest advantage of drawing files over another AutoCad extension – the .dxf. This format, on the other hand, … Read more
The Magicplan is an Android application, by which we can quickly draw the floorplan of any building i.e. camera scanning or corner defining. The spectrum of options looks wide, even in the free bundle because we can add some internal objects and furniture. This is the stuff, which is mostly needed for common work projects. … Read more