Autodesk 15606-011408-9005 Tutorial - Page 280

4 Close the Data Table. Where you are now You connected to the SDF file you created earlier and added a new property to its schema. You entered values for the new property in the Data Table. To continue this tutorial, go to Lesson 3: Move SDF Data to a Different Geospatial Format (page 272). Lesson 3: Move SDF Data to a Different Geospatial Format Use Bulk Copy to move the Roads data in your map from the SDF format it currently uses to ESRI SHP format. While SDF files can contain multiple feature classes, each SHP file can contain only a single feature class. The Bulk Copy operation creates a set of new SHP files in a folder that you create. NOTE You can use Bulk Copy to move data between geospatial formats, but you cannot use it to move data to or from DWG format. NOTE This exercise uses the map you created with the map2d.dwt template and modified in Lesson 2: Use the Resulting SDF Files (page 262). Exercise 1: Connect to a new SHP file folder Create a new, empty folder to contain the SHP files. To convert and copy data to the SHP format, you must be connected to this folder. You use Data Connect to establish connections to data stores, even when you do not add anything to the map from the data store. NOTE This exercise uses the map you created with the map2d.dwt template and modified in Lesson 2: Use the Resulting SDF Files (page 262). To create and connect to the folder 1 Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the location where you copied your sample tutorial files. 2 Create a folder for the SHP files. 272 | Chapter 7 Tutorial: Managing Data From Different Sources