[Mapguide_users] Import DWG fails

[BradM]

Andy and Jim: Many municipalities use Autocad and will want to connect
Mapguide to DWG files directly so there is no duplication.  Is there any
plan to rectify this problem?  Feature attributes are critical such as
property id, address etc.
thanks



Andy Morsell wrote:
> 
> There seems to be some major, and known, issues with DETE.  The main
> problem
> I have run into is if you try to load a DWG while having it automatically
> creates feature classes on the fly.  This is where it will often consume
> all
> of your memory until it blows up.  One solution is to create feature
> definitions in the DWG prior, in which case it works very well, but this
> is
> not going to always be feasible.  If you have it create drawing sources
> instead (DWF based layers), it works very well but then you lose the
> intelligence of having features and their related attribute data. 
> 
> 
> Andy Morsell, P.E.
> Spatial Integrators, Inc.
> http://www.SpatialGIS.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jim O'Leary
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:51 PM
> To: Mapguide_users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [Mapguide_users] Import DWG fails
> 
> 
> The Autodesk MapGuide site at
> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=7176643
> indicates
> that you can import DWG files. However, when i try to do this with Studio
> I
> soon get the error:
> 
> Found when opening C:\Program
> Files\MapGuideOpenSource\Server\cmn\squamish\cadastral.dwg ...
> 
> An error occured.
> 
> If I continue, the DETE.exe process eventually uses up all memory and I
> must
> reboot. I'm using MGOS 1.1.0, and am dragging the DWG file into Studio. I
> am
> reluctant to try the same with our MGE server, as it would likely bring it
> down.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
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