Think of data at the scale of a city, county, state, country or even the world. By nature GIS data can be at a scale that most CAD users are not used to. When I talk to CAD users that are new to FDO and using GIS data one of the issues that often arises is bringing volumes of GIS data within their drawing environment at a scale that exceeds their needs.
For example, take an AutoCAD Civil 3D user that is working on a new subdivision. They might only be working in an area that comprises a .5 mile square area, but the soil information they are integrating is for the entire county. How can they reduce the soil data before they add it into their current drawing environment?
The answer is to add the GIS data using the query option, define a bounding area and add the data to your map. The result is that even before you integrate the GIS data FDO will use the boundary to clip the information to the user specified area. I have created a video that shows this workflow - sorry you don't get to hear my James Earl Jones voice narration this week ;)
FDO Optimization from neal niemiec on Vimeo.
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thanks. very, very helpful.
Doug K, wind farm project many acres, trying to cull down the IL state PLS section shp data
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