[postgis-users] Massive CAD load to Postgis

[Gabriel Messner]

Thanks to all;

The workflow you all mentioned it´s similar to that I´ve imagined. I´ll try
both, load them with ogr2ogr and MFE demo version. I´ll post results in the
list.

see you.

2009/1/23 Chris Hermansen <chris.hermansen at timberline.ca>

> In principle loading 1.000 is the same as loading 1.  As Ivan stated, you
> need to analyze your CAD data to figure out what layers go into which
> tables.
>
> You can use ogr2ogr to load the data directly.
>
> You should pick a few files out of your data set to test your ogr2ogr
> conversion (or FME as Ivan stated).  Then you can write a script that loops
> through all your files and converts them.
>
> Presumably your files are something like map sheets.  Therefore, you would
> want to use the append option of ogr2ogr to, for example, append the roads
> from each cad file into one "roads table".
>
> CAD files often have weird 'CAD stuff' that doesn't convert well to a GIS -
> think of cartographic as opposed to representational stuff like cells in
> Microstation.
>
> Have you considered paying a contractor to convert these files?
>
> Gabriel Messner wrote:
>
>> I have to load one thousand CAD files to Postgis, but I don´t know how to
>> deal with this issue.
>>
>> Any help will be appreciated....
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