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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm relatively new to GIS type files, though a
decent perl/C programmer. Anyway I have a DXF file that I'd like to
convert to a shape file. I have ArcView 3.2 (please no blasphemous
remarks) and can convert the .dxf to the .shp but the generated .dbf file looks
like junk, I was kind of hoping to see all the attributes within the .dxf layers
neatly plugged into the .dbf file (as a normal .shp and .dbf would
have).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I work with land parcel tables for municipalities,
generally I receive a shape file, open up the dbf find the attributes I need,
then write the map files to query the data I need. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The dxf file has many layers, but I don't seem to
see them in ArcView(or necessarily no how to get to that data). Is there a
good way to convert these files to pull out the attribute information of the
lower dxf layers and put them into a decent .dbf file? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The shape file looks good as far as visual
appearance, I just need help building the parsing the lower layers into a
decent .dbf</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks very much for your help and
experiences.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Lehr</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>