AutoCAD MAP DBF file

[SiPaul]

We have a GIS system that has SHP and DBF files associated with various features. I can import the topology for various features (utilities, buildings, etc) but the files are large. Is there a way to import only the areas you want by doing a query from the DBF file. Essentially I would be trying to build a topology from the DBF file.

Thanks

 

[daddymem]

To answer your question...sort of. When we want topo for example, of a small area and not an entire USGS Quad, we use our GIS program to export only the area we want into a shape file and import that with Map instead. Hope that helps.

 

[SiPaul]

Thanks. But let's say that you want to import something from the DBF file. Say you have a database with coordinates and a label (just 3 fields). Could you import a the label field at the coordinates designated by the other two fields