Autodesk 15606-011408-9005 Tutorial - Page 245

Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a hospital

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To add the points representing emergency response centers 1 Click Home tab ➤ Data panel ➤ Connect 2 In the Data Connect window, under Data Connections By Provider, select Add SDF Connection. 3 Click next to the Source File field and navigate to the folder where you copied the sample files. 4 In the Open dialog box, select HOSPITAL.SDF and click Open. 5 In the Data Connect window, click Connect. 6 In the Data Connect window, click Add To Map. To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a hospital (page 237). Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a hospital Use a buffer to find areas of the enterprise zone that are within the flood zone and are also more than 5 miles from a hospital. Use the hospital points as the buffer origin and set the buffer distance to 5 miles. NOTE This exercise uses the AnalyzeMapOverlay.dwg map you created and modified in Exercise 4: Add emergency response points (page 236). To use a buffer to see which streets are far from a hospital 1 Click Analyze tab ➤ Feature panel ➤ Feature Buffer. 2 In the Create Buffer dialog box, click Select Features. 3 In your map, click each of the squares representing the two hospitals. Press Enter when both are selected. You return to the Create Buffer dialog box, which now indicates that two features are selected. 4 In the Create Buffer dialog box, set Distance to 5 and Units to Miles. Click OK. Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a hospital | 237

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To add the points representing emergency response centers
1
Click Home tab
Data panel
Connect
2
In the Data Connect window, under Data Connections By Provider, select
Add SDF Connection.
3
Click
next to the Source File field and navigate to the folder where
you copied the sample files.
4
In the Open dialog box, select
HOSPITAL.SDF
and click Open.
5
In the Data Connect window, click Connect.
6
In the Data Connect window, click Add To Map.
To continue this tutorial, go to
Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a
hospital
(page 237).
Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a hospital
Use a buffer to find areas of the enterprise zone that are within the flood zone
and are also more than 5 miles from a hospital. Use the hospital points as the
buffer origin and set the buffer distance to 5 miles.
NOTE
This exercise uses the
AnalyzeMapOverlay.dwg
map you created and modified
in
Exercise 4: Add emergency response points
(page 236).
To use a buffer to see which streets are far from a hospital
1
Click Analyze tab
Feature panel
Feature Buffer.
2
In the Create Buffer dialog box, click Select Features.
3
In your map, click each of the squares representing the two hospitals.
Press Enter when both are selected.
You return to the Create Buffer dialog box, which now indicates that two
features are selected.
4
In the Create Buffer dialog box, set Distance to 5 and Units to Miles. Click
OK.
Exercise 5: Find streets that are far from a hospital |
237