[fdo-users] AutoCAD and FDO OGR for personal geodatbases

Fri Sep 14 14:41:49 PDT 2012

Good point.
I am hpin gthat someone successful with filegdb rings in here to help us
get that first and second step going.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Traian Stanev
<traian.stanev at autodesk.com>wrote:

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> One should not confuse "personal geodatabase" with "file geodatabase". The
> former is just an MDB file that OGR can read without extra SDKs installed.
> The extra SDKs would be necessary to read the latter, newer format (at
> least that's what I infer from reading the OGR docs - never tried file
> geodatabase myself).****
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> Traian****
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> *From:* fdo-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> fdo-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Brad Nesom
> *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2012 3:42 PM
> *To:* FDO Users Mail List
> *Subject:* Re: [fdo-users] AutoCAD and FDO OGR for personal geodatbases***
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> That is what I found on Autodesk FDO help.****
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> you would need to get licensing requirements from esri.****
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> I do know that you must download the filegdb sdk and agree to the terms
> there.****
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> If I am not mistaken at 2010 all the esri writers were disabled.****
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> now at 2012 I think you can save to esri though I have not been successful
> doing that. or even getting the ogr provider activated so I could try.****
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> brad****
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> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Bassler, Brian CTR NAVFAC MIDLANT, GIS <
> brian.bassler.ctr at navy.mil> wrote:****
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> What is the license requirement for, to have save functionality?  Because
> I'm able to open a personal and save to dwg without said license.
>
> Thanks for your reply,
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fdo-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> fdo-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Brad Nesom
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 13:17
> To: FDO Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [fdo-users] AutoCAD and FDO OGR for personal geodatbases
>
> To connect to personal and file-based Geodatabases, you must have the
> following:
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> *       A 32-bit operating system
> *       Access to Personal and File Geodatabases
> *       A valid license to either ArcGIS Desktop software or equivalent
> ArcEngine Runtime.
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>         ArcEngine is included with the ArcGIS Dektop products, such as
> ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo.
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> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bassler, Brian CTR NAVFAC MIDLANT, GIS <
> brian.bassler.ctr at navy.mil> wrote:
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>         Greetings,
>
>         I have been working with the OGR provider available for AutoCAD
> and I have a few questions.
>
>         First, is there a comprehensive guide to the use of the OGR
> provider?
>
>         I'm currently using the 3.4 version with AutoCAD Map 3D 2010.
>  I've not been able to save changes to a personal geodatabase regardless of
> the readonly setting when I connect or use of checkout/checkin from the
> ribbon.  I have found contradicting info that says features can and cannot
> be edited with this plugin.  Can I get a positive answer on this forum?
>
>         I'm also working with a demo version of AutoCAD Map 3D 2013.  I
> thought sure I had read somewhere that the OGR provider would be included
> in the install but it is not.  I'm not sure which version I should try, so
> far have installed the 3.7 beta but am getting connection errors which I
> believe are due to the ODBC drivers present on my test machine.  Said test
> machine is Win 7 64bit with 64bit AutoCAD 2013 and 32 bit Office 2007.
>  Note that MS Access was not included in that install so I've also
> installed the 32bit ODBC connectivity drivers from MS.  So far, this
> configuration DOES NOT work.
>
>         I'd like to be able to use AutoCAD Map 3D 2013 to read/edit
> features in an ESRI personal geodatabase.
>
>         Any recommendations? Many thanks for any help!!
>
>         Brian C. Bassler
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"I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, 'Scale: 1 mile
= 1 mile.' I spent last summer folding it. I hardly ever unroll it. People
ask me where I live, and I say, 'E6."
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