Bridging Between CAD & GIS: 6 Ways to Automate Your Data Integration
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Converting between CAD and GIS is a common requirement for projects involving infrastructure, buildings, city plans, and more. Unfortunately, the workflow presents many challenges, like translating geometry, attributes, annotations, symbology, geolocation, and other elements. So how do you allow data to flow freely between these disparate data types, without losing the precision offered by CAD and the spatial context offered by GIS? This webinar will explore the power of automated data integration workflows for CAD and GIS. First, we’ll discuss challenges and scenarios for CAD-to-GIS translations, and demo how to use FME to power a digital plan submission portal that validates CAD data and integrates it into the central GIS repository. Next, we’ll discuss challenges and scenarios for GIS-to-CAD conversions, and demo how to build an automated FME workflow for requesting CAD data from GIS. At the end of the webinar, you'll know how to achieve harmony between CAD & GIS by automating its integration.
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Bridging Between CAD & GIS: 6 Ways to Automate Your Data Integration
- 1. Bridging Between CAD & GIS: 6 Ways to Automate Your Data Integration
- 2. Evie Lapalme Technical Support Specialist, FME Form Sara Mak Technical Support Specialist, FME Form
- 3. Agenda 1 Overview 2 Migrating CAD drawings to GIS Challenges coordinate systems, labelling, schema drift Real-world solutions Demos Agenda
- 4. Agenda 3 Sharing GIS data with CAD users Challenges styling, data requests Real-world solutions Demos 4 Conclusion, Resources and Q&A Agenda
- 5. Welcome to Livestorm. A few ways to engage with us during the webinar: Audio issues? Click this for 4 simple troubleshooting steps.
- 6. Poll: What do you see as the biggest challenge in CAD to GIS (and vice versa) data integration?
- 8. Achieve seamless data integration between CAD & GIS. Introduction
- 9. CAD users have a drawing perspective: ● Layers & levels ● Styles & Symbology ● Dimensions & Labels CAD vs. GIS: Different Perspectives Introduction
- 10. GIS users have a feature perspective: ● Attributes and geometry ● Data structure, model ● Relational tables, domains ● Location (including Coordinate System) ● Connectivity and proximity ● Analysis CAD vs. GIS: Different Perspectives Introduction
- 11. 2 Safe & FME
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- 13. One platform, two technologies FME Form FME Flow Build and run data workflows Automate data workflows FME Flow Hosted Safe Software managed instance fme.safe.com/platform FME Enterprise Integration Platform Safe & FME
- 14. Number of supported data types in FME 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2023… 10 100 300 500 GIS CAD Database XML Raster 3D BIM Web Point Cloud Cloud Big Data IOT Gaming BI Indoor Mapping AR/VR Generative AI Cloud Native Tabular Unrivalled Data Support
- 16. Scenario 1: Building Areas Migrating CAD Drawings to GIS
- 17. Goal Block Key Result Convert Microstation drawn Forest Cover maps to be used in GIS analysis Scenario 1: Building Areas Forest Cover maps store boundary lines and interior points to represent areas. GIS wants areas with attributes. Use FME’s AreaBuilder and PointOnArea Overlayer to create the areas with correct attributes GIS ready data from a process easily automated and able to run over thousands of input files. Migrating CAD drawings to GIS
- 18. Input
- 19. Input
- 20. Flash Demo
- 22. Output
- 23. Solution
- 24. Recap: Building Areas for GIS The Task Build areas from CAD linework Tips for Success ● Discover the names FME assigns to CAD properties to filter/route data ● Feature Caches & Visual Preview Window ● Tester ● Use Geometric operations to convert representation to information ○ AreaBuilder ○ PointOnAreaOverlayer The Solution Use FMEʼs transformation capabilities to quickly convert CAD lines and points into GIS ready data
- 25. Migrating CAD Drawings to GIS Scenario 2: Coordinate Systems
- 26. Goal Block Key Result Read and set coordinate systems from original CAD files to be able to use in GIS. Scenario 2: Coordinate Systems DWG file does not always have coordinate systems set. Showcase available coordinate systems. The data now has coordinate systems assigned and is ready to use in GIS. Migrating CAD drawings to GIS
- 27. Austin Open Data Input Data:
- 28. Demo
- 29. Demo
- 30. Solution
- 31. Recap: Coordinate Systems The Task Assign Coordinate System Tips for Success ● Set the coordinate system in Reader ● Use CoordinateSystemSetter to set the coordinate system of your data ● Use Reprojector as well as other coordinate system transformers Writing with coordinate systems: Which AutoCAD format should I use? Getting started with AutoCAD The Solution Read in CAD file and assign coordinate system in reader or with Transformer
- 32. Migrating CAD Drawings to GIS Scenario 3: Moving From Labels To Attributes with Proximity
- 33. Goal Block Key Result Transfer label information to nearby lines. Scenario 3: Moving From Labels To Attributes with Proximity Containment is not an option. Proximity matching with the NeighborFinder. Label information is transferred to nearby lines. Migrating CAD drawings to GIS
- 34. Input:
- 35. Demo
- 37. Solution
- 38. Recap: Moving From Labels To Attributes with Proximity The Task Transfer label information to nearby lines. Tips for Success ● Use NeighborFinder to do proximity matching ● LineCombiner to join short lines into longer ones ● Consider automating QA using a Tester The Solution Proximity matching.
- 39. Canʼt Remember 500+ Transformers? Find your perfect transformer safe.com/transformers You donʼt need to! Use the FME Transformer Gallery. ● Filter by category ● Access it in Workbench (View > Windows > Transformer Gallery) ● Quick Add in Workbench
- 40. Canʼt Remember 500+ Transformers? You donʼt need to! Use the FME Transformer Gallery. ● Filter by category ● Access it in Workbench (View > Windows > Transformer Gallery) ● Quick Add in Workbench
- 41. Migrating CAD Drawings to GIS Scenario 4: Schema Drift Using RegEx & AI
- 42. What is Schema Drift? Solve more schema drift: safe.com/webinars A change in the source or target data definition. Usually accompanied by frustration and time loss. “Theyʼve added yet another column to my excel spreadsheet – this schema drift has got to stop!”
- 43. Goal Block Key Result Extract attributes encoded in CAD layer names for use in GIS Schema Drift: Decode Attribute-rich Layer Names A comprehensive specification embedded attributes in parts of the layer’s name, making it very hard to understand or otherwise use the data. Split attributes to pick out the parts, then apply lookups to decode to useful values. Understandable, GIS-ready dataset. Migrating CAD drawings to GIS
- 44. Layer Name: xxxYYYYMMDDzz xxx = 3 character code for road type YYYYMMDD = 8 digits for date of last update zz = 2 characters to represent collection method
- 45. Demo
- 48. Recap: Decode Attribute-rich Layer Names The Task Extract attributes encoded in CAD layer names for use in GIS Tips for Success ● AttributeSplitter to break apart the layer name ● OR use a StringSearcher to extract values using RegEx ● Decode the parts using a AttributeValueMapper ● Route to an attribute-rich GIS dataset The Solution Split layer names into parts, apply lookups to create understandable attribute values
- 49. Migrating CAD Drawings to GIS Scenario 5: Digital Plan Submission
- 50. City of Henderson Project Digital Plan Submission Solution FME provides self-serve CAD data upload, validation, and integration into GIS. Results ● Reduced data integration time by 75%. ● Eliminated the risk of manual error. ● Removed duplicate work. ● Faster processing of submissions. ● Ensured CAD data validation. “We chose FME for this project because the interface is easy to use and allows us to provide an adaptable solution to enhance interaction with the City’s partners.” - Erika Provost, City of Henderson
- 51. Goal Block Key Result Create a digital plan submission to automatically check and upload CAD drawings to ArcGIS Online. Scenario 5: Digital Plan Submission It takes time and manual effort to process development plans (clean up geometry, and extract data), to combine into GIS data. Use FME to validate CAD submissions before automatically uploading to ArcGIS Online. Submissions that meet requirements are uploaded to ArcGIS Online, and ones that don’t are sent back for fixing. Migrating CAD drawings to GIS
- 52. Recap: Digital Plan Submission The Task Create a digital plan submission from DWG to AGOL. Tips for Success The Solution Use FME to check CAD submissions for criteria before automatically uploading to ArcGIS Online. ● Preserve labels and attribution from text, blocks or dimensions ● Interpret layers, styles or symbols as attributes ● Improve geometry: ○ Creating connectivity ■ Snapper ■ Intersector ○ Forming areas from lines ■ AreaBuilder ● Combine geometry and attributes using proximity ○ PointOnAreaOverlay ○ NeighborFinder
- 53. 4 Sharing GIS data with CAD users
- 54. GIS to CAD Challenges ● Creating visually appealing CAD drawings ● Represent GIS intelligence ● Meeting CAD standards Sharing GIS data with CAD users
- 55. Sharing GIS Data with CAD Users Scenario 6: Applying Styling
- 56. Goal Block Key Result Sharing GIS data with CAD users Produce output conforming to the provided CAD styling specification. GIS data doesn’t have explicit styling information, but a CAD styling specification is available. Use the DWGStyler or DGNStyler to prepare data for output to CAD. An effortless flow of data between GIS and CAD users Scenario 6: Applying Styling
- 57. Input:
- 58. Demo
- 60. Solution:
- 61. Output:
- 62. Recap: Applying Styling The Task Produce output conforming to the provided CAD styling specification. Tips for Success ● Use a Template CAD file to provide symbol and layer definitions ● Use multiple DWGStylers to set appropropriate styling format attributes ● Clean-up data prior to styling by filtering or labelling ● Use the DGNStyler for Microstation The Solution Use a template file and several DWGStylers to apply symbology to different features.
- 63. Sharing GIS Data with CAD Users Scenario 7: Self-Serve Data Requests
- 64. Project Automated “One Call” (Call Before You Dig) system Solution FME automatically extracts information from GIS and asset management systems to fulfill underground information packages. Results ● Reduced package turnaround time from 3 days to 3 minutes. ● Re-allocated dedicated staff resource to other high-value services. ● Removed the risk of manual errors. “Because of FME we were able to process tickets 24/7 - anytime, anywhere.” - Herman Louie, GIS Analyst, City of Burnaby City of Burnaby
- 65. 6 Conclusion
- 66. Achieve harmony between CAD & GIS by automating its integration.
- 67. 7 Resources
- 68. Tutorials in the FME Community ● GIS to CAD: Convert Parcel Polygons and Lines from Geodatabase to DGN ● How to Convert DGN to Shapefile (CAD Levels to GIS Attributes) ● Getting Started with AutoCAD ● Using the Geometry Parameter Resources
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- 71. 8 Next Steps
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