Working with Geodatabase Datasets - Learning ArcGIS Geodatabases - page 63

Importing the CAD files
Now, we will import the CAD data, which was provided by the client, to our geodatabase.
We need a special tool to do this. Perform the following steps to import a CAD file:
1. From the Geoprocessing menu, select ArcToolbox . This is a list of the rich tools
that are helpful in authoring and working with geodatabases.
2. From the ArcToolbox window, expand Conversion Tools and then expand To
Geodatabase .
3. Double-click on CAD to Geodatabase .
4. From the CAD to Geodatabase window, select Input CAD Datasets by browsing
to the CAD files available in the following path:
8648OT_02_Files\External_Data\CAD_files\Belize_CAD_Details.DWG .
5. Highlight Belize_CAD_Details.DWG by clicking on it once; then, click on
Add .
6. In the Output Geodatabase field, browse to the Bestaurants geodatabase, and
in the Dataset field, type the name of the new feature class as Bel-
ize_Boundary_CAD .
7. The spatial reference is already available in the CAD file and is imported, but in
case it is not available, you can always set it later as we learned in Chapter 1 ,
Authoring Geodatabases .
8. Click on OK , as shown in the following screenshot, to start the processing: