Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
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Hi.
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I'm Goyo Grzeskow.
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I'm a Designated Support Specialist
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working for AutoDesk for more than three years.
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I would like to welcome you to this amazing topic--
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ArcGIS Data Connection to Autodesk Workflows.
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I'm based in Madrid, Spain.
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I like sci-fi movies, sports, and DIY projects.
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Let's get started.
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This is the Safe harbor statement.
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I would like you to please read it,
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and I would like to make a comment on it.
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The intention of this slide is to not
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make commercial decisions based on future roadmap
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comments I might make in this presentation.
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So please, have that in mind.
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In this session, we'll see the following learning objectives--
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importance of GIS data connection with the BIM
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mehodology, what Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
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is and what the Connector enables to do,
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Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS use/workflow
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in Autodesk InfraWorks, Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
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use/workflow in Autodesk Civil 3D.
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Before we start, I would like you to make some questions
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to you, sir, related to the use of the software
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and how you are interacting currently with the GIS data.
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Also, I would like to think if you have access to enterprises
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GIS portals or similar.
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For example, ArcGIS Online.
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The reason I'm telling you this is because we
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are going to use ArcGIS Online.
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To start, the Autodesk Esri alliance
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was announced at AU Vegas, 2017.
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This partnership gave us the opportunity
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to improve the way our customer work
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and reducing inefficiencies.
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This is a key driver in bringing out of this industry together.
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We are at a point now of moving beyond integration concept
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to begin realizing true benefits,
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making the industry out of its alliance real and not just
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something on a piece of paper.
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Both Esri and Autodesk use the first phase of our work
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on delivering product to product integration and product
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to cloud integrations.
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Beyond product to product and product
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to platform or cloud integration,
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which companies have also been researching and developing
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our platform to platform Integration.
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Moving forward, we will continue to work with Esri
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to develop workflows that take advantages
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of our major integrations to add value to asset management
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workflows and connect to what cities
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want to do on smart cities and digital [INAUDIBLE]
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initiatives.
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We believe that, together, we have the best solutions
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to solve customer challenges.
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As access to data and information has expanded,
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so it has interest in the whole concept of data at center,
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which holds the promise of driving better infrastructure
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project workflows.
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BIM and GIS are two important data sources
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supporting infrastructure project
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delivery and operations.
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However, current ways of working between BIM and GIS team
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is often disconnected on a highly fragmented.
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The way project teams work today with GIS and BIM
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is typically manual and only directional.
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For example, at the project handover, the guy a specialist
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would take CAD or BIM data from the design and engineering
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teams and manually [INAUDIBLE] to import it, then
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into the GIS system.
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This process is prone not to just inefficiencies,
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but critical to data loss.
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Plus, as soon as a data is manually
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exported in this one way fashion, it becomes outdated.
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This process is contrary to workflows driven by data
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at the center philosophy.
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SILOs of data should be history, but integrating
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Geographic Information Systems, GIS,
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with 3D model-based design, can be a real challenge.
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With the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS,
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in conjunction with InfraWorks, Civil 3D, and Map3D,
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you have the edge--
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the cloud-based ability to easily aggregate personal,
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organizational, and public data previously
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locked in GIS files or servers.
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For urban development, environment planning,
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or capital projects, this capacity
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can enhance the value of your GIS data
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to create rich 3D designs models for critical infrastructure
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projects.
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Leaving the data at the center and making the SILOs collapse,
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allowing full integration between GIS and BIM.
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This is the state of integration--
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starting with the focus on what out of this development teams
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have been focusing on since 2017,
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which is mainly new functionality in our hero
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products-- meaning Civil
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that connects our today's design solution to these two
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platforms--
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ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
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This functionality is referred to
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as Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS.
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Why should a BIM engineer be interested in GIS data?
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Well, first of all, it's data, so you could then
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reach your model.
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We know from experience that putting data
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at the center, leverage all this potential.
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If you are able to incorporate GIS data to digital design
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models, it will allow you to make better decisions
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and deliver more resilient infrastructure projects.
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Simply, because you have your piece of information integrated
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in the context of all the buildings, all
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the infrastructure, all the people
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interactions that make up the entire system work.
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GIS data relates to this set of files supporting
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Geographic Information Systems that
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are designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage,
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and present all the types of digitized geographical data.
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In other words, all type of globally-referenced digital
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files.
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And depending on a data set, we'll
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find Feature classes, Raster data sets, or Attribute Tables.
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And depending on the data flexibility,
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we'll find static read-only data or
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the dynamic re-writable data.
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Depending on the data ownership, you'll
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find public data such as national, State, County,
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University, your own company data, or private data--
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something you can purchase or you produce by your own.
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Depending on the storage format, you will have local files,
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you will have local databases, or you will
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have service-based databases.
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Only access it through a server.
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For example, WMS, Web Mapping Service, WFS for example too.
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Shapefiles are the most traditional,
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portable, simple, and non- topological format in GIS
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for storing spatial data.
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The geometric location an attribute information
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of [INAUDIBLE] features.
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It contains a number of files [INAUDIBLE] together.
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There are a number of files required within a Shapefile
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containing the geometry, indexing,
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and attribute information, plus, other ones that
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are not required an additional.
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The shp, shx, and dbf files are part of the Shapefiles,
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and those are the ones that are required.
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All filles for the Shapefile might
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be stored in the same location with the same name,
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or else, the Shapefile will not look correctly.
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A spatial database or geodatabase
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is designed to store, query, and manipulate
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geographic information and spatial data.
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An ESRI geodatabase is an ArcGIS proprietary container
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file that stores queries and edit a collection of data set
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or GIS data.
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Esri has about 90% of the GIS [INAUDIBLE] customer
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using data sources.
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That means, that
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use this wonderful thing called ArcGIS geodatabases.
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You have Personal geodatabase, you have File geodatabase,
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and Enterprise ArcSDE geodatabase.
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The Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS--
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it's a feature that gives you the ability to connect directly
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to GIS information that has been published to ArcGIS Online.
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This functionality enables BIM workflows
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to connect it's project design information,
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and letting our customers to design directly from GIS data.
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To start using Autodesk Connector for our GIS,
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you will need the following requirements.
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First of all, you will need to have the right stuff for you.
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So this means, the 2020 versions of either InfraWorks, Civil 3D,
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or Map3D, or a newer one.
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If you're going to use the InfraWorks,
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you need to make sure that you have
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entitlement to use InfraWorks.
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That means, a subscription or an entitlement
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given by your software coordinator.
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Also, in the case of Civil 3D and in the case of InfraWorks,
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if you are going to collaborate through BIM 360 platform,
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you will need to be granted edit permissions by the Project
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Admin of BIM 360 project you will work on.
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Additionally, if you are meant to use ArcGIS Online,
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you need to have the credentials.
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You need to be either a viewer user or an editor user.
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The difference is that the editor
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will be able to save back changes and publish,
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whereas, the viewer will only be able to integrate
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or aggregate data from the ArcGIS Online portal.
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As we've seen, the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
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is a powerful tool enabling live connection between Esri's
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ArcGIS geodatabases and InfraWorks,
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Civil 3D, or Map3D software.
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The goal is locating data at the center,
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allowing users to focus on what matters
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instead of looking for appropriate ways
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to bring GIS data.
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So having the right credentials, you will be enabled to access
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any ArcGIS organizational portal or ArcGIS Online [INAUDIBLE]
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straight away from InfraWorks, Civil 3D,
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or Map3D via a pop-up window--
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what we'll see now.
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Once in ArcGIS environment, you would
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be able to browse available data set and add the relevant ArcGIS
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data layers to your InfraWorks models or to your Civil 3D,
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Map3D projects as new features.
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When connecting layers from ArcGIS Online
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into InfraWorks or elements into Civil 3D,
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we are downloading a set of GIS data
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that will typically include feature classes,
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raster data set, and attribute tables.
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But what is exactly will I get into Civil 3D and InfraWorks?
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In Civil 3D, we'll get feature layers--
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geometry in the form of following Civil 3D objects--
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COGO points, feature lines, alignments, gravity pipes,
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gravity pipe structures, parcels, and all this.
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Attributes come in as property sets--
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rasters are now supported.
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InfraWorks will bring feature layers as data sources.
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Attributes come in as extended schema, rasters
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come in as terrain or imagery.
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InfraWorks can bring any feature layers as InfraWorks features.
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There is no major restriction.
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The way to access the functionality
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from different softwares is very easy.
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You would just need to click on the icon,
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and it will show the pop-up window.
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All the portals, uncredentialed pop-up windows
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are exactly the same except for the top left-hand side icon.
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That refers to the [INAUDIBLE] trying to access the ArcGIS
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Online platform.
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You also can add more portals apart of the ArcGIS Online one
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if, of course, you have access to them.
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Once the access is granted-- meaning,
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you have the right credential, the connector
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is linked to the ArcGIS Online Portal or the Portal
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you have connected to.
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You will find a similar window to this one
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with different icons on the top.
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Let's see how the connection works in a live demo.
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So this is the InfraWorks version 2022,
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and I have a model prepared that is called Mad A6.3.
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This model-- they appear with two proposal of this model,
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have only imagery and terrain elevation layers activated,
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so you won't see any roads coming from open street
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mapping this one.
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If you would like to start to import GIS data in your model,
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you should click in Manage, go to Data Sources.
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From Data Sources, you will see, on the top of it,
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to add ArcGIS data source icon.
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This is the ArcGIS Connector icon.
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You should click on it.
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And if you haven't log your credentials,
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you will be asked for your credentials.
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These blue box represents the limits of your model.
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So everything that is within the blue box is your model.
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And first thing you will notice is
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that you can reshape the map.
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So you can make it bigger, you can make it small,
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depending on the area you're interested in.
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Once we have selected the layers,
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and the items features we would like to bring in our InfraWorks
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model, the only items that will be sent through
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are the ones within the blue box.
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You do have several options--
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Public, My Content, My Groups, and Organizational information.
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The Public one is whatever is available on the Esri portal--
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[INAUDIBLE] it's called.
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And you can search here, for example, for traffic--
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you can search for several data sources.
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And depending on which one is available on within your area,
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you will find one or the other.
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There is one called World Traffic Service.
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These World Traffic Service is showing lots of data.
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What you need to make sure is that when
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you are activating it, and actually you
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do see data within your area--
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so this one, for example, is one specific for North America.
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There is no data for [INAUDIBLE] or Europe.
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This is our map that is in Madrid.
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So you should see one that is available for the area.
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So you can bring data from here.
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What I did is to create my own map, and you can do that.
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And that map will appear under My Content.
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Those are the maps I have created within My Content space
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in ArcGIS Online.
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I'm bringing out the browser--
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the Chrome browser, where you can
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see that I have some content, some folders, and some plans,
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and then feature layers I have created.
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So you can predefine things here.
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You can look through the public available sources,
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and you can build your own map, and then use the sources
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for your own map.
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So for example, if I'm selecting the Mad A6 one
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you will see that I have several sources within it,
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and I have several information.
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So by default, the information is not shown.
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So you need to click these eye in order
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to see the information.
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You will see that there are many dots here.
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This, in particular, is showing the kilometer markers--
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the kilometer markers for all the highways,
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and the main multiways we have within this space.
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If I would like to bring this points,
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the only thing I need to know is how
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to map them within InfraWorks.
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I need to select the feature type that will represent them
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within InfraWorks.
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In this case, I will mark Point of Interest.
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Because I don't want to bring everything, I will deselect,
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and I will just select the kilometer markers or puntos
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kilometricos in Spanish.
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And you see that I have one layer selected
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that I could add to my project.
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Let's bring something else about of the Points of Interest.
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So I would like to go to the-- this is
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part of the layer of the World Traffic information.
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And I would like to see the Europe ones,
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and the ones that are related to data of traffic incidents
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and incidents intermittent.
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And you see that they are are populating some other points
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that might be interesting for me in order
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to assess my design with the information that actually
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is live.
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So I also do need to select a type of feature.
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I would like to map it too when it comes to InfraWorks.
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Now, as you see, I have four layers, instead of
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just the first one.
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It works the same way for lines--
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you could map them as roads, you could map them as railways.
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OK, we'll check that later.
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So if I'm adding this to my design project, what happens
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is that data is connecting, and we will see the layers
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in the data source's space.
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We can see now that the kilometer markers were added,
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and all the traffic related information was added as well.
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We do need to configure this to be displayed on the screen.
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So first thing we need to do is to configure.
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We'll give you the name.
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We will [INAUDIBLE] for the Kilometer marker.
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For example, we have ID by kilometer marker.
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We have a description.
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There is a description already within the data--
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our intelligence broad from ArcGIS Online.
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Now, what we're going to do is to make sure
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we are draping the points to the surface.
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Let's select Close and Refresh.
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And here we have the point.
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Let's have a closer look.
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You can see there are points of interest markers
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all over the place.
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Those are the kilometer markers for these points.
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If I select one [INAUDIBLE] intelligence,
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the information department on the feature
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comes with the description.
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All these parameters are also there-- will be in ArcGIS.
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Now, if you see, these are editable fields.
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Think this, if you have the [INAUDIBLE] rights to edit
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the source map, you will be able to change this.
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For example, instead of putting this date as 2017 as
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March 17, if I would like to change that and say, 2021
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May 6, you'll see that this point is shaded.
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This is changing within your model.
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It is not changing within ArcGIS.
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There is an option that if you're right-click
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on the layer--
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on the source layer, you'll see Save back option.
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This option will allow you to Save back the changes
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into ArcGIS if you do have the right to edit
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that map or that source.
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If I am clicking Save back, you will
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see that operation has failed.
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And the reason it has failed is because you do not have
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rights to edit that source.
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The source you're trying to edit doesn't have something--
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edit options.
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It's not a source that you will be able to edit.
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You cannot access that source that source belongs to.
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Either administration or a user that doesn't give you
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edit right on his maps.
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So if I would go on the browser, again, Chrome browser,
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and I will select the same point on that
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map I have created from Public Sources.
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And I will zoom in, I select the same point
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I'm selecting on my InfraWorks model.
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Just for reference, it's this one.
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OK, so this is the junction you see here, and I select it.
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This information is [INAUDIBLE] for all the whole information
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that point it contains.
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This is just the one I want to show in this pop-up window
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in ArcGIS Online.
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But I have the [INAUDIBLE],, selecting
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the layer we deployed, at least, to see
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this whole table and the objects within the table.
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I can show the selected record table.
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And I'll see that if I selected all columns, I'll have,
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on one of the columns, the date--
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I couldn't change.
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So you see, it really failed to be loaded in here.
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Now, we do want to see this change of date,
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and actually, we would like to see this changes as well
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on our ArcGIS Online model or a map.
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So what we're going to do is to publish a new feature
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within a map where we do have edit rights.
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And I will show you first how it looks
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like within ArcGIS Online.
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Within ArcGIS Online, you will notice
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that, here, between Add and Basemap,
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you do not have an Edit option.
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But if we go to the Content and to a map
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you have created by your own--
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for example these feature template map.
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I'll access to the map, and you do see there the difference.
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You do have the added option.
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That means, [INAUDIBLE] thinks you are an editor,
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so you have rights to edit in ArcGIS Online.
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You have enough permissions, and you
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can add information, Safe back, publish new information
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into these map.
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So this one hasn't got the Edit option, this one, it has.
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This is a very good tip.
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So let's publish that new feature
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we are creating in this ArcGIS Online map.
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What I'm going to do is to go to the pride of Present and Share.
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And you will notice here that I have Publish to ArcGIS.
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If I click Publish to ArcGIS, it will ask me credentials.
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Once looked, it will tell me what I would like
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to publish in ArcGIS Online.
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And I will tell him to scan the entire model,
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and to look for all features or types or specific ones we
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will go for kilometer markers.
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We want to copy this layer into one of our maps and publish it.
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So it will be bring another window
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where we need to fulfill all the options.
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It's happening the same when bringing information
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from ArcGIS Online.
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It's going to map the source attributes
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with ArcGIS attributes.
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In this case, it's very easy because the source attributes
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were coming from ArcGIS.
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But if you see there is a little warning icon there,
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and we need to erase or to modify the data so that these
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warning icon is not there, because otherwise,
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we cannot go next.
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So we'll scroll down there.
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We'll to see the icon and we see that what information
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is corrupting.
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And in this case, we have Object ID data.
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So what ArcGIS category is not liking is this name.
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So if we add an x, for example, this will disappear
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and we will be able to go next.
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There is no more warning signs, we can go next.
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And then, later, showing on the ArcGIS map will be this one.
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But we can change info--
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Kilometer marker.
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Now, it didn't like it.
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So this can do, and leave it what it was.
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Next, we'll do a minor change in [INAUDIBLE] here.
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The screen is still making the warning disappear.
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You do need to add some tags.
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So let's, for example, add traffic tag.
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And on the Advanced settings, you'll
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actually need to add update and delete features for whoever
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is accessing it, and to make it available for groups,
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organization, or public--
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meaning, data will be able to be found by public.
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If you remember, when we were accessing the information--
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the first window we saw, it has a Public tab
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on the left-hand side.
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We could select that information.
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So this will allow the public to enter it,
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but we will allow them, in that case, only to add features.
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So update features attribute, instead of deleting
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or modifying the layer.
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So, we're going to publish this information in this folder.
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I want this [INAUDIBLE] Test 2022 folder.
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Once I fully uploaded and fully published the information,
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I will have this message, which is great--
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publish succeeded.
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And I'll check in my lab.
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Before I see this information-- the map, I need to add it.
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So what I'll do is just to add the layers within My Content.
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And if you see, I do have here the feature layer.
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If I will go to Content, I will see that within that Test 22
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folder, I will find this A63 feature
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layer I have just created.
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So let's select this one with a plus,
29:38
and incorporate this to this map called Feature Template Map.
29:42
And you'll see, already, there are points there,
29:47
and that these points are the ones I want.
29:55
This is The point we have modify before.
29:58
And you see, the changes are there.
30:05
So I have published the information.
30:09
I had them modified and new information
30:14
went through to ArcGIS.
30:17
Now, if I modify something from within ArcGIS--
30:25
for example, nombre carretera, the name of the road.
30:29
And I will start to put here
30:36
I'll close this, and the information
30:39
will be edited there.
30:41
See, it's there.
30:43
And I will then save the layer.
30:47
OK, so this layer-- this Mad A63 is saved here.
30:55
We go to InfraWorks and we go to layer, and we refresh it.
31:02
You see, this is the one we are looking now,
31:06
that this one changes.
31:09
So refreshing, and surprise, surprise--
31:16
what happens is that this layer is the original one--
31:20
the one of the public source we cannot edit.
31:24
So what we are telling InfraWorks
31:26
is just upload the layer it came before--
31:31
that's what InfraWorks is doing.
31:34
So it doesn't matter if I have published
31:38
new content into ArcGIS.
31:42
It is not still linked--
31:44
that new content, that editable content
31:46
is not linked back into InfraWorks.
31:49
So that is a three-step process to do what I'm doing.
31:52
I'm doing this with points, you can do with areas
31:56
with polylines, with all the features
31:58
you will find within InfraWorks, and that you can match in Esri.
32:02
So if I'm refreshing again, here, the data,
32:05
you will see that the point I have just move there,
32:07
will go back.
32:10
So in order to have that editable points
32:13
within InfraWorks, we need to delete these source,
32:18
connect to ArcGIS, and select the A63 layer from My Content.
32:28
The A63 layer is available.
32:31
I'll just select it.
32:33
It will give me the points I have in there.
32:36
I will have to select the Points of Interest,
32:40
and I'll add it to my design project.
32:43
So let's configure the new layer.
32:49
Let's put the name with the name we have it before.
32:54
Let's put the description-- the one
32:56
available within the source.
32:60
Let's make sure we are draping the feature to the layer.
33:07
Let's close and refresh now.
33:10
And we see now that there is some information imported.
33:15
But differences-- that we do have
33:21
the changes we have made there, and this is fully
33:26
connected now.
33:27
This is how layer will be connected.
33:29
And this is how layer will going to save back
33:32
into ArcGIS Online.
33:35
Just to make a test, I will just put here a dummy information.
33:43
I will change this to 1, and I would leave this one as gggg.
33:56
You can see here that the change from ArcGIS
33:58
is then came through.
34:01
Now if I'm saving back, I'll press on the data source
34:06
later where this point belong to.
34:09
I'll Save back.
34:11
And this will show me that I had succeed
34:16
in saving this layer back, which is fantastic.
34:19
So now if, I'm going to my feature layer
34:24
back in ArcGIS Online, I'll update it.
34:30
And I can see that if I'm selecting the point, that I
34:37
do have the changes applied.
34:41
If I will edit them now from here,
34:46
and I will edit them by putting here--
34:50
instead of gggg, of aaa's.
34:52
And instead of 222's, I'll put a lot of 9999's.
34:58
OK, and this, I will return this to the original A6 stage.
35:03
I will close it.
35:04
I will save the map.
35:07
And once it's saved, I will be able to go back to InfraWorks.
35:10
I will be able to refresh this content.
35:14
The content will be refreshed.
35:16
The connection will be refreshed,
35:17
and all the information would be back there--
35:27
Also, if I'm moving this object, physically or I'm modifying it,
35:32
it will modify in Esri as well.
35:36
So if I'm putting this object [INAUDIBLE],,
35:38
in that secondary road there, and I'm saving back,
35:45
you will see you succeed.
35:47
So I'm going back here.
35:49
We will see how this point has moved there.
35:56
It is the same point--
36:00
This logic works in the same way in Civil 3D.
36:05
Let's talk now about Autodesk Connector
36:07
for ArcGIS in Civil 3D.
36:09
So as you know, Civil 3D is a complex AutoCAD evolution.
36:16
In AutoCad, the area of entities,
36:18
such as lines, polylines, circles, arcs, text, 3D solids,
36:22
dimension, polygons, and blocks, the evolution
36:25
is Map3D with map features, such as object data, typologies,
36:29
connected features, et cetera.
36:31
And then on top of that, you have Civil 3D objects,
36:33
which include parcels, profiles, pipe networks, alignments,
36:37
corridors, et cetera.
36:38
If you're wondering what's the difference between Map3D
36:41
and Civil 3D--
36:42
it's that 2% of functionalities.
36:45
Almost the whole Map
36:47
are included within Civil
36:51
So Map3D is a very specific GIS tool.
36:55
Whereas, Civil 3D can be used both by Civil engineers
36:58
or Infrastructure technicians and GIS professionals.
37:03
If we think in our traditional way of working,
37:06
we were importing the data through an FDO Connection
37:11
through the MAPCONNECT command with multiple providers,
37:15
or we could also do the MAPIMPORT with the Shapefile,
37:19
as we have already discussed-- so shp, shx, and dbf.
37:24
Then, with the new workflow, we can create Surface
37:28
from GIS data import.
37:31
We can import the GIS data, such as pipe networks.
37:36
And ArcGIS for AutoCAD plugin Connection can be also used.
37:40
It's an ArcGIS add-on to AutoCAD.
37:43
It's not working as well as the connector
37:46
because it doesn't have that bidirectional connection where
37:50
you can save back information.
37:52
And then you have the Geolocation and Bing Maps
37:55
Connection as well.
37:56
So let's have a look in Civil 3D.
37:59
Now, as mentioned, within Civil
38:05
It's just instead of importing layers, we will import objects.
38:09
And we will map Civil 3D objects rather than layers
38:13
and features we find in InfraWorks.
38:16
So let me do the same exercise we did for InfraWorks
38:20
a little bit quicker because now, we understand
38:23
how it works properly.
38:26
Now if we are approaching to Madrid--
38:29
this is Madrid, the same area.
38:33
You can see that we are within the same area we were before.
38:40
And this will connect to ArcGIS information,
38:42
and I will do import the same point,
38:44
and perhaps aline just to let you see how [INAUDIBLE]..
38:49
I will have an Insert button here,
38:52
and I can connect to Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS.
38:56
If I click on a date, we will see
38:58
that we can select an area because we don't have
39:03
our limited model in Civil
39:07
any limitations [INAUDIBLE].
39:09
So what I will do is just approach the same area--
39:15
just limited.
39:17
OK, so what I will do is just to bring this box,
39:20
and I will try to approach the same area we had in InfraWorks.
39:28
I will select My Content, and I will see there
39:31
that I do have Mad A63 layer, already.
39:35
This layer contains only point.
39:38
Let's select the feature templates, which contains
39:41
this layer and others--
39:44
just select couple of features.
39:46
So first of all, the Kilometer marker--
39:49
I would like to select the same points if you
39:53
remember this one was moved.
39:57
So I will select it, and you will
39:60
notice that in this drop-down menu list,
40:02
I do not have the same options that I had in InfraWorks.
40:06
I had COGO points and Structures.
40:09
So I would use COGO points for this one.
40:12
And if I would like to also introduce some lines,
40:24
I will be able to push them through alignments,
40:28
feature lines or gravity pipes.
40:30
I'll do Alignments in this case.
40:33
I will add the two features at [INAUDIBLE] now
40:40
into my project.
40:41
So add into the design project.
40:46
And now, you can see that I do have these objects in here.
40:51
And they are [INAUDIBLE],, the [INAUDIBLE],,
40:53
the data style, you have by default. This is an alignment.
40:57
You can modify it.
41:00
It has the information you had in Map3D,
41:09
so there is some exchange data there
41:11
that is coming from within ArcGIS Online.
41:17
This maximum speed, average annual traffic count,
41:21
and number of lanes are features you will be
41:25
able to find in here as well.
41:29
Here you go-- number of lanes, maximum speed,
41:32
average annual traffic count-- these are some
41:35
of the things you can edit.
41:37
If we are modifying the annual traffic count--
41:44
closing, saving, and going back to our Civil 3D drawing.
41:54
If you saw, I did select this one here.
41:58
So right now, on ArcGIS map, we do have the information.
42:02
In order to push that information through Civil 3D,
42:06
we need to go to the Insert tab.
42:09
We need to go Data Source Manager,
42:11
and we need to understand which layers we
42:13
would like to refresh.
42:15
And in this case, we would like to refresh the lane layer.
42:18
We are refreshing-- refresh, it will get to refresh.
42:25
And once it's refreshed, we will see that this layer has
42:31
the information we need there.
42:33
Ok, same for the points--
42:36
if we are creating a new layer or a new alignment,
42:43
we can push publish it via the Collaborate tab.
42:52
OK, with the Collaborate tab here, you
42:55
can have the option to publish to ArcGIS.
42:58
So right now, we will push the same information
43:04
we saw in InfraWorks.
43:05
Now, it's asking you what kind of information
43:07
you want to push through.
43:09
It's an empty map.
43:10
It only has information that came from ArcGIS map.
43:13
But if we will start to do alignment,
43:15
it would be the same process.
43:17
OK, so in case of alignments or all the features
43:20
you would like to push and to have available for your GIS
43:26
colleagues in ArcGIS Online.
43:30
Likewise, if we're making changes to these alignments,
43:34
if I will make an exaggerated change to this alignment here,
43:41
and I'll bring this alignment--
43:44
doing something crazy, you will be
43:50
able to save back those changes.
43:54
I'll do it in ArcGIS one.
43:58
So in order to save it back, we need
44:02
to go to Insert, Data Source Manager,
44:05
again, selecting the lines, and save
44:10
the information we have just modify back to ArcGIS Online.
44:19
Once it's saved, we are checking if the information
44:23
has been properly saved.
44:26
And even I'm not refreshing, you can
44:28
see that the changes made on Civil 3D
44:32
are changing also the information from ArcGIS Online.
44:37
As you see, the logics are the same.
44:41
And this flows--
44:43
[INAUDIBLE] through Civil 3D are,
44:46
allowing you to communicate very well to teams,
44:49
and to have a more assessed decision-making process
44:54
on design stages.
44:56
Having all these aggregated information
44:58
and all the possibilities of connecting data to your design
45:02
flows will definitely allow you to be more efficient
45:06
and invest time in what matters for you.
45:09
To summarize, Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
45:12
will bring to your teams advantages, such as smoother
45:16
workflow due to the non-file based connection.
45:20
This means working in a smarter way,
45:23
in a quicker way, and a better way
45:26
in a more connected way than the file-based connections.
45:29
It will improve your project in a real time context,
45:33
leading to better designs.
45:35
It will be able to connect to ArcGIS geodatabases
45:39
and Portals.
45:40
Before, the users had to export, import, download,
45:45
send, shape files in order to use that information
45:49
without this products.
45:51
Your whole organization is based in one real time source map,
45:55
live and updated robust data source
45:57
for GIS information, which is crucial for decision-making.
46:01
You will have a robust data source for GIS information,
46:05
broader Civil 3D and InfraWorks as narrative elements
46:09
or objects.
46:10
You will be able to add GIS data many time
46:14
as you required for the whole project lifecycle.
46:18
And last, but not least, you will
46:20
be able to have multiple data sets that represent real life
46:25
environments more closely.
46:27
There are some frequently asked questions
46:29
I would like to share with you.
46:32
If you're wondering what ArcGIS Online permission do
46:36
you need to use the Autodesk Connector,
46:39
I'll suggest to contact our Esri colleagues.
46:43
There is an ArcGIS Online license
46:46
that will enable your Connector within Autodesk.
46:48
If you have the permissions to InfraWorks
46:50
or Civil 3D and entitlement, but not the credentials to ArcGIS
46:55
Online, this won't prevent you to work in a traditional way,
46:59
bringing Shapefile.
47:00
It will just prevent you to accessing the ArcGIS Online
47:04
platform.
47:04
Sometimes, AGOL is used.
47:07
And this is the short acronym for ArcGIS Online.
47:11
The InfraWorks model is available on devices
47:14
if used through the BIM 360 app.
47:17
Models from InfraWorks and Civil 3D projects
47:21
can be collaborated in BIM 360, and this
47:24
will enable to check them from mobile devices.
47:29
If the Save back option to ArcGIS Online is failing--
47:32
this happens because we do not have
47:35
edit permissions on the source file in ArcGIS Online.
47:40
Once we have the edit permissions granted,
47:43
we will be able to make the Save back.
47:46
The default coordinate system in ArcGIS case
47:49
is WGS84 or Lat-Long.
47:52
However, you can create custom projections
47:54
using ArcGIS desktop apps.
47:57
If you're wondering if there is a possibility
47:59
to use ArcGIS Connector without having login credential,
48:02
that's not possible at the moment.
48:05
And if you're wondering what's the difference between saving
48:08
back and publishing, you need to understand that saving back
48:12
is modifying an existing feature that exists in the ArcGIS
48:17
Online Portal.
48:18
Whereas, publishing is creating a new feature within Civil 3D,
48:24
InfraWorks at the Autodesk software
48:26
that we are saving back for the first time
48:30
into ArcGIS Online Portal and into your maps
48:34
in ArcGIS Online.
48:35
For more help, please visit the Customer Success Hub.
48:39
That's it from my side.
48:40
I hope you found it useful-- this session.
48:43
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
48:46
We would be delighted to help you.
Video transcript
00:00
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:08
Hi.
00:09
I'm Goyo Grzeskow.
00:11
I'm a Designated Support Specialist
00:13
working for AutoDesk for more than three years.
00:15
I would like to welcome you to this amazing topic--
00:20
ArcGIS Data Connection to Autodesk Workflows.
00:24
I'm based in Madrid, Spain.
00:26
I like sci-fi movies, sports, and DIY projects.
00:30
Let's get started.
00:32
This is the Safe harbor statement.
00:34
I would like you to please read it,
00:36
and I would like to make a comment on it.
00:38
The intention of this slide is to not
00:41
make commercial decisions based on future roadmap
00:45
comments I might make in this presentation.
00:48
So please, have that in mind.
00:51
In this session, we'll see the following learning objectives--
00:55
importance of GIS data connection with the BIM
00:57
mehodology, what Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
01:01
is and what the Connector enables to do,
01:05
Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS use/workflow
01:07
in Autodesk InfraWorks, Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
01:12
use/workflow in Autodesk Civil 3D.
01:15
Before we start, I would like you to make some questions
01:18
to you, sir, related to the use of the software
01:21
and how you are interacting currently with the GIS data.
01:25
Also, I would like to think if you have access to enterprises
01:28
GIS portals or similar.
01:31
For example, ArcGIS Online.
01:34
The reason I'm telling you this is because we
01:36
are going to use ArcGIS Online.
01:42
To start, the Autodesk Esri alliance
01:45
was announced at AU Vegas, 2017.
01:48
This partnership gave us the opportunity
01:50
to improve the way our customer work
01:53
and reducing inefficiencies.
01:55
This is a key driver in bringing out of this industry together.
01:58
We are at a point now of moving beyond integration concept
02:01
to begin realizing true benefits,
02:03
making the industry out of its alliance real and not just
02:06
something on a piece of paper.
02:08
Both Esri and Autodesk use the first phase of our work
02:12
on delivering product to product integration and product
02:15
to cloud integrations.
02:16
Beyond product to product and product
02:18
to platform or cloud integration,
02:21
which companies have also been researching and developing
02:24
our platform to platform Integration.
02:26
Moving forward, we will continue to work with Esri
02:28
to develop workflows that take advantages
02:30
of our major integrations to add value to asset management
02:34
workflows and connect to what cities
02:36
want to do on smart cities and digital [INAUDIBLE]
02:39
initiatives.
02:41
We believe that, together, we have the best solutions
02:43
to solve customer challenges.
02:46
As access to data and information has expanded,
02:49
so it has interest in the whole concept of data at center,
02:54
which holds the promise of driving better infrastructure
02:57
project workflows.
02:58
BIM and GIS are two important data sources
03:02
supporting infrastructure project
03:03
delivery and operations.
03:06
However, current ways of working between BIM and GIS team
03:10
is often disconnected on a highly fragmented.
03:13
The way project teams work today with GIS and BIM
03:17
is typically manual and only directional.
03:20
For example, at the project handover, the guy a specialist
03:23
would take CAD or BIM data from the design and engineering
03:27
teams and manually [INAUDIBLE] to import it, then
03:31
into the GIS system.
03:33
This process is prone not to just inefficiencies,
03:37
but critical to data loss.
03:39
Plus, as soon as a data is manually
03:42
exported in this one way fashion, it becomes outdated.
03:46
This process is contrary to workflows driven by data
03:50
at the center philosophy.
03:53
SILOs of data should be history, but integrating
03:56
Geographic Information Systems, GIS,
03:58
with 3D model-based design, can be a real challenge.
04:02
With the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS,
04:05
in conjunction with InfraWorks, Civil 3D, and Map3D,
04:09
you have the edge--
04:11
the cloud-based ability to easily aggregate personal,
04:15
organizational, and public data previously
04:18
locked in GIS files or servers.
04:21
For urban development, environment planning,
04:24
or capital projects, this capacity
04:27
can enhance the value of your GIS data
04:30
to create rich 3D designs models for critical infrastructure
04:34
projects.
04:38
Leaving the data at the center and making the SILOs collapse,
04:44
allowing full integration between GIS and BIM.
04:49
This is the state of integration--
04:51
starting with the focus on what out of this development teams
04:54
have been focusing on since 2017,
04:57
which is mainly new functionality in our hero
04:59
products-- meaning Civil
05:04
that connects our today's design solution to these two
05:06
platforms--
05:07
ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
05:10
This functionality is referred to
05:12
as Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS.
05:15
Why should a BIM engineer be interested in GIS data?
05:19
Well, first of all, it's data, so you could then
05:23
reach your model.
05:25
We know from experience that putting data
05:27
at the center, leverage all this potential.
05:30
If you are able to incorporate GIS data to digital design
05:33
models, it will allow you to make better decisions
05:36
and deliver more resilient infrastructure projects.
05:39
Simply, because you have your piece of information integrated
05:43
in the context of all the buildings, all
05:46
the infrastructure, all the people
05:48
interactions that make up the entire system work.
05:51
GIS data relates to this set of files supporting
05:54
Geographic Information Systems that
05:56
are designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage,
06:01
and present all the types of digitized geographical data.
06:05
In other words, all type of globally-referenced digital
06:08
files.
06:09
And depending on a data set, we'll
06:12
find Feature classes, Raster data sets, or Attribute Tables.
06:19
And depending on the data flexibility,
06:22
we'll find static read-only data or
06:24
the dynamic re-writable data.
06:27
Depending on the data ownership, you'll
06:29
find public data such as national, State, County,
06:34
University, your own company data, or private data--
06:38
something you can purchase or you produce by your own.
06:41
Depending on the storage format, you will have local files,
06:45
you will have local databases, or you will
06:48
have service-based databases.
06:51
Only access it through a server.
06:53
For example, WMS, Web Mapping Service, WFS for example too.
07:03
Shapefiles are the most traditional,
07:05
portable, simple, and non- topological format in GIS
07:10
for storing spatial data.
07:12
The geometric location an attribute information
07:15
of [INAUDIBLE] features.
07:16
It contains a number of files [INAUDIBLE] together.
07:20
There are a number of files required within a Shapefile
07:23
containing the geometry, indexing,
07:25
and attribute information, plus, other ones that
07:29
are not required an additional.
07:31
The shp, shx, and dbf files are part of the Shapefiles,
07:37
and those are the ones that are required.
07:40
All filles for the Shapefile might
07:42
be stored in the same location with the same name,
07:45
or else, the Shapefile will not look correctly.
07:49
A spatial database or geodatabase
07:52
is designed to store, query, and manipulate
07:54
geographic information and spatial data.
07:57
An ESRI geodatabase is an ArcGIS proprietary container
08:02
file that stores queries and edit a collection of data set
08:06
or GIS data.
08:09
Esri has about 90% of the GIS [INAUDIBLE] customer
08:13
using data sources.
08:15
That means, that
08:18
use this wonderful thing called ArcGIS geodatabases.
08:22
You have Personal geodatabase, you have File geodatabase,
08:25
and Enterprise ArcSDE geodatabase.
08:29
The Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS--
08:32
it's a feature that gives you the ability to connect directly
08:36
to GIS information that has been published to ArcGIS Online.
08:41
This functionality enables BIM workflows
08:46
to connect it's project design information,
08:49
and letting our customers to design directly from GIS data.
08:54
To start using Autodesk Connector for our GIS,
08:57
you will need the following requirements.
08:60
First of all, you will need to have the right stuff for you.
09:03
So this means, the 2020 versions of either InfraWorks, Civil 3D,
09:08
or Map3D, or a newer one.
09:11
If you're going to use the InfraWorks,
09:12
you need to make sure that you have
09:14
entitlement to use InfraWorks.
09:16
That means, a subscription or an entitlement
09:18
given by your software coordinator.
09:21
Also, in the case of Civil 3D and in the case of InfraWorks,
09:25
if you are going to collaborate through BIM 360 platform,
09:29
you will need to be granted edit permissions by the Project
09:32
Admin of BIM 360 project you will work on.
09:36
Additionally, if you are meant to use ArcGIS Online,
09:40
you need to have the credentials.
09:43
You need to be either a viewer user or an editor user.
09:48
The difference is that the editor
09:50
will be able to save back changes and publish,
09:54
whereas, the viewer will only be able to integrate
09:58
or aggregate data from the ArcGIS Online portal.
10:04
As we've seen, the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
10:07
is a powerful tool enabling live connection between Esri's
10:11
ArcGIS geodatabases and InfraWorks,
10:14
Civil 3D, or Map3D software.
10:16
The goal is locating data at the center,
10:19
allowing users to focus on what matters
10:22
instead of looking for appropriate ways
10:24
to bring GIS data.
10:26
So having the right credentials, you will be enabled to access
10:30
any ArcGIS organizational portal or ArcGIS Online [INAUDIBLE]
10:34
straight away from InfraWorks, Civil 3D,
10:36
or Map3D via a pop-up window--
10:40
what we'll see now.
10:41
Once in ArcGIS environment, you would
10:43
be able to browse available data set and add the relevant ArcGIS
10:47
data layers to your InfraWorks models or to your Civil 3D,
10:51
Map3D projects as new features.
10:54
When connecting layers from ArcGIS Online
10:57
into InfraWorks or elements into Civil 3D,
11:01
we are downloading a set of GIS data
11:04
that will typically include feature classes,
11:07
raster data set, and attribute tables.
11:10
But what is exactly will I get into Civil 3D and InfraWorks?
11:14
In Civil 3D, we'll get feature layers--
11:17
geometry in the form of following Civil 3D objects--
11:21
COGO points, feature lines, alignments, gravity pipes,
11:26
gravity pipe structures, parcels, and all this.
11:30
Attributes come in as property sets--
11:33
rasters are now supported.
11:36
InfraWorks will bring feature layers as data sources.
11:40
Attributes come in as extended schema, rasters
11:44
come in as terrain or imagery.
11:47
InfraWorks can bring any feature layers as InfraWorks features.
11:53
There is no major restriction.
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The way to access the functionality
11:57
from different softwares is very easy.
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You would just need to click on the icon,
12:03
and it will show the pop-up window.
12:08
All the portals, uncredentialed pop-up windows
12:11
are exactly the same except for the top left-hand side icon.
12:15
That refers to the [INAUDIBLE] trying to access the ArcGIS
12:19
Online platform.
12:20
You also can add more portals apart of the ArcGIS Online one
12:24
if, of course, you have access to them.
12:27
Once the access is granted-- meaning,
12:30
you have the right credential, the connector
12:32
is linked to the ArcGIS Online Portal or the Portal
12:37
you have connected to.
12:38
You will find a similar window to this one
12:41
with different icons on the top.
12:45
Let's see how the connection works in a live demo.
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So this is the InfraWorks version 2022,
12:54
and I have a model prepared that is called Mad A6.3.
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This model-- they appear with two proposal of this model,
13:04
have only imagery and terrain elevation layers activated,
13:10
so you won't see any roads coming from open street
13:15
mapping this one.
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If you would like to start to import GIS data in your model,
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you should click in Manage, go to Data Sources.
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From Data Sources, you will see, on the top of it,
13:31
to add ArcGIS data source icon.
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This is the ArcGIS Connector icon.
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You should click on it.
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And if you haven't log your credentials,
13:42
you will be asked for your credentials.
13:43
These blue box represents the limits of your model.
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So everything that is within the blue box is your model.
13:50
And first thing you will notice is
13:52
that you can reshape the map.
13:55
So you can make it bigger, you can make it small,
13:57
depending on the area you're interested in.
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Once we have selected the layers,
14:03
and the items features we would like to bring in our InfraWorks
14:08
model, the only items that will be sent through
14:13
are the ones within the blue box.
14:15
You do have several options--
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Public, My Content, My Groups, and Organizational information.
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The Public one is whatever is available on the Esri portal--
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[INAUDIBLE] it's called.
14:28
And you can search here, for example, for traffic--
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you can search for several data sources.
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And depending on which one is available on within your area,
14:39
you will find one or the other.
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There is one called World Traffic Service.
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These World Traffic Service is showing lots of data.
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What you need to make sure is that when
14:58
you are activating it, and actually you
15:01
do see data within your area--
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so this one, for example, is one specific for North America.
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There is no data for [INAUDIBLE] or Europe.
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This is our map that is in Madrid.
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So you should see one that is available for the area.
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So you can bring data from here.
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What I did is to create my own map, and you can do that.
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And that map will appear under My Content.
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Those are the maps I have created within My Content space
15:40
in ArcGIS Online.
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I'm bringing out the browser--
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the Chrome browser, where you can
15:46
see that I have some content, some folders, and some plans,
15:54
and then feature layers I have created.
15:57
So you can predefine things here.
15:59
You can look through the public available sources,
16:03
and you can build your own map, and then use the sources
16:06
for your own map.
16:08
So for example, if I'm selecting the Mad A6 one
16:13
you will see that I have several sources within it,
16:16
and I have several information.
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So by default, the information is not shown.
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So you need to click these eye in order
16:23
to see the information.
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You will see that there are many dots here.
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This, in particular, is showing the kilometer markers--
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the kilometer markers for all the highways,
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and the main multiways we have within this space.
16:38
If I would like to bring this points,
16:41
the only thing I need to know is how
16:43
to map them within InfraWorks.
16:46
I need to select the feature type that will represent them
16:50
within InfraWorks.
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In this case, I will mark Point of Interest.
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Because I don't want to bring everything, I will deselect,
17:02
and I will just select the kilometer markers or puntos
17:08
kilometricos in Spanish.
17:10
And you see that I have one layer selected
17:15
that I could add to my project.
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Let's bring something else about of the Points of Interest.
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So I would like to go to the-- this is
17:27
part of the layer of the World Traffic information.
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And I would like to see the Europe ones,
17:36
and the ones that are related to data of traffic incidents
17:43
and incidents intermittent.
17:46
And you see that they are are populating some other points
17:49
that might be interesting for me in order
17:53
to assess my design with the information that actually
17:58
is live.
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So I also do need to select a type of feature.
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I would like to map it too when it comes to InfraWorks.
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Now, as you see, I have four layers, instead of
18:15
just the first one.
18:17
It works the same way for lines--
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you could map them as roads, you could map them as railways.
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OK, we'll check that later.
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So if I'm adding this to my design project, what happens
18:31
is that data is connecting, and we will see the layers
18:34
in the data source's space.
18:37
We can see now that the kilometer markers were added,
18:43
and all the traffic related information was added as well.
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We do need to configure this to be displayed on the screen.
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So first thing we need to do is to configure.
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We'll give you the name.
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We will [INAUDIBLE] for the Kilometer marker.
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For example, we have ID by kilometer marker.
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We have a description.
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There is a description already within the data--
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our intelligence broad from ArcGIS Online.
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Now, what we're going to do is to make sure
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we are draping the points to the surface.
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Let's select Close and Refresh.
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And here we have the point.
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Let's have a closer look.
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You can see there are points of interest markers
20:02
all over the place.
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Those are the kilometer markers for these points.
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If I select one [INAUDIBLE] intelligence,
20:17
the information department on the feature
20:20
comes with the description.
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All these parameters are also there-- will be in ArcGIS.
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Now, if you see, these are editable fields.
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Think this, if you have the [INAUDIBLE] rights to edit
20:40
the source map, you will be able to change this.
20:44
For example, instead of putting this date as 2017 as
20:50
March 17, if I would like to change that and say, 2021
20:56
May 6, you'll see that this point is shaded.
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This is changing within your model.
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It is not changing within ArcGIS.
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There is an option that if you're right-click
21:19
on the layer--
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on the source layer, you'll see Save back option.
21:28
This option will allow you to Save back the changes
21:33
into ArcGIS if you do have the right to edit
21:37
that map or that source.
21:40
If I am clicking Save back, you will
21:42
see that operation has failed.
21:45
And the reason it has failed is because you do not have
21:48
rights to edit that source.
21:52
The source you're trying to edit doesn't have something--
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edit options.
22:02
It's not a source that you will be able to edit.
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You cannot access that source that source belongs to.
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Either administration or a user that doesn't give you
22:15
edit right on his maps.
22:19
So if I would go on the browser, again, Chrome browser,
22:27
and I will select the same point on that
22:29
map I have created from Public Sources.
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And I will zoom in, I select the same point
22:36
I'm selecting on my InfraWorks model.
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Just for reference, it's this one.
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OK, so this is the junction you see here, and I select it.
22:48
This information is [INAUDIBLE] for all the whole information
22:51
that point it contains.
22:53
This is just the one I want to show in this pop-up window
22:56
in ArcGIS Online.
22:57
But I have the [INAUDIBLE],, selecting
22:59
the layer we deployed, at least, to see
23:03
this whole table and the objects within the table.
23:07
I can show the selected record table.
23:11
And I'll see that if I selected all columns, I'll have,
23:17
on one of the columns, the date--
23:20
I couldn't change.
23:21
So you see, it really failed to be loaded in here.
23:30
Now, we do want to see this change of date,
23:36
and actually, we would like to see this changes as well
23:43
on our ArcGIS Online model or a map.
23:49
So what we're going to do is to publish a new feature
23:59
within a map where we do have edit rights.
24:04
And I will show you first how it looks
24:06
like within ArcGIS Online.
24:09
Within ArcGIS Online, you will notice
24:11
that, here, between Add and Basemap,
24:14
you do not have an Edit option.
24:17
But if we go to the Content and to a map
24:23
you have created by your own--
24:26
for example these feature template map.
24:32
I'll access to the map, and you do see there the difference.
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You do have the added option.
24:45
That means, [INAUDIBLE] thinks you are an editor,
24:48
so you have rights to edit in ArcGIS Online.
24:50
You have enough permissions, and you
24:53
can add information, Safe back, publish new information
24:58
into these map.
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So this one hasn't got the Edit option, this one, it has.
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This is a very good tip.
25:10
So let's publish that new feature
25:15
we are creating in this ArcGIS Online map.
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What I'm going to do is to go to the pride of Present and Share.
25:27
And you will notice here that I have Publish to ArcGIS.
25:32
If I click Publish to ArcGIS, it will ask me credentials.
25:42
Once looked, it will tell me what I would like
25:47
to publish in ArcGIS Online.
25:51
And I will tell him to scan the entire model,
25:56
and to look for all features or types or specific ones we
26:01
will go for kilometer markers.
26:05
We want to copy this layer into one of our maps and publish it.
26:14
So it will be bring another window
26:16
where we need to fulfill all the options.
26:22
It's happening the same when bringing information
26:24
from ArcGIS Online.
26:27
It's going to map the source attributes
26:30
with ArcGIS attributes.
26:32
In this case, it's very easy because the source attributes
26:35
were coming from ArcGIS.
26:37
But if you see there is a little warning icon there,
26:41
and we need to erase or to modify the data so that these
26:47
warning icon is not there, because otherwise,
26:50
we cannot go next.
26:51
So we'll scroll down there.
26:52
We'll to see the icon and we see that what information
26:56
is corrupting.
26:58
And in this case, we have Object ID data.
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So what ArcGIS category is not liking is this name.
27:08
So if we add an x, for example, this will disappear
27:10
and we will be able to go next.
27:13
There is no more warning signs, we can go next.
27:17
And then, later, showing on the ArcGIS map will be this one.
27:23
But we can change info--
27:25
Kilometer marker.
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Now, it didn't like it.
27:33
So this can do, and leave it what it was.
27:39
Next, we'll do a minor change in [INAUDIBLE] here.
27:45
The screen is still making the warning disappear.
27:49
You do need to add some tags.
27:51
So let's, for example, add traffic tag.
27:57
And on the Advanced settings, you'll
27:59
actually need to add update and delete features for whoever
28:03
is accessing it, and to make it available for groups,
28:07
organization, or public--
28:10
meaning, data will be able to be found by public.
28:14
If you remember, when we were accessing the information--
28:17
the first window we saw, it has a Public tab
28:21
on the left-hand side.
28:23
We could select that information.
28:25
So this will allow the public to enter it,
28:28
but we will allow them, in that case, only to add features.
28:32
So update features attribute, instead of deleting
28:37
or modifying the layer.
28:41
So, we're going to publish this information in this folder.
28:45
I want this [INAUDIBLE] Test 2022 folder.
28:50
Once I fully uploaded and fully published the information,
28:54
I will have this message, which is great--
28:56
publish succeeded.
28:57
And I'll check in my lab.
28:60
Before I see this information-- the map, I need to add it.
29:03
So what I'll do is just to add the layers within My Content.
29:10
And if you see, I do have here the feature layer.
29:14
If I will go to Content, I will see that within that Test 22
29:26
folder, I will find this A63 feature
29:31
layer I have just created.
29:33
So let's select this one with a plus,
29:38
and incorporate this to this map called Feature Template Map.
29:42
And you'll see, already, there are points there,
29:47
and that these points are the ones I want.
29:55
This is The point we have modify before.
29:58
And you see, the changes are there.
30:05
So I have published the information.
30:09
I had them modified and new information
30:14
went through to ArcGIS.
30:17
Now, if I modify something from within ArcGIS--
30:25
for example, nombre carretera, the name of the road.
30:29
And I will start to put here
30:36
I'll close this, and the information
30:39
will be edited there.
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See, it's there.
30:43
And I will then save the layer.
30:47
OK, so this layer-- this Mad A63 is saved here.
30:55
We go to InfraWorks and we go to layer, and we refresh it.
31:02
You see, this is the one we are looking now,
31:06
that this one changes.
31:09
So refreshing, and surprise, surprise--
31:16
what happens is that this layer is the original one--
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the one of the public source we cannot edit.
31:24
So what we are telling InfraWorks
31:26
is just upload the layer it came before--
31:31
that's what InfraWorks is doing.
31:34
So it doesn't matter if I have published
31:38
new content into ArcGIS.
31:42
It is not still linked--
31:44
that new content, that editable content
31:46
is not linked back into InfraWorks.
31:49
So that is a three-step process to do what I'm doing.
31:52
I'm doing this with points, you can do with areas
31:56
with polylines, with all the features
31:58
you will find within InfraWorks, and that you can match in Esri.
32:02
So if I'm refreshing again, here, the data,
32:05
you will see that the point I have just move there,
32:07
will go back.
32:10
So in order to have that editable points
32:13
within InfraWorks, we need to delete these source,
32:18
connect to ArcGIS, and select the A63 layer from My Content.
32:28
The A63 layer is available.
32:31
I'll just select it.
32:33
It will give me the points I have in there.
32:36
I will have to select the Points of Interest,
32:40
and I'll add it to my design project.
32:43
So let's configure the new layer.
32:49
Let's put the name with the name we have it before.
32:54
Let's put the description-- the one
32:56
available within the source.
32:60
Let's make sure we are draping the feature to the layer.
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Let's close and refresh now.
33:10
And we see now that there is some information imported.
33:15
But differences-- that we do have
33:21
the changes we have made there, and this is fully
33:26
connected now.
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This is how layer will be connected.
33:29
And this is how layer will going to save back
33:32
into ArcGIS Online.
33:35
Just to make a test, I will just put here a dummy information.
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I will change this to 1, and I would leave this one as gggg.
33:56
You can see here that the change from ArcGIS
33:58
is then came through.
34:01
Now if I'm saving back, I'll press on the data source
34:06
later where this point belong to.
34:09
I'll Save back.
34:11
And this will show me that I had succeed
34:16
in saving this layer back, which is fantastic.
34:19
So now if, I'm going to my feature layer
34:24
back in ArcGIS Online, I'll update it.
34:30
And I can see that if I'm selecting the point, that I
34:37
do have the changes applied.
34:41
If I will edit them now from here,
34:46
and I will edit them by putting here--
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instead of gggg, of aaa's.
34:52
And instead of 222's, I'll put a lot of 9999's.
34:58
OK, and this, I will return this to the original A6 stage.
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I will close it.
35:04
I will save the map.
35:07
And once it's saved, I will be able to go back to InfraWorks.
35:10
I will be able to refresh this content.
35:14
The content will be refreshed.
35:16
The connection will be refreshed,
35:17
and all the information would be back there--
35:27
Also, if I'm moving this object, physically or I'm modifying it,
35:32
it will modify in Esri as well.
35:36
So if I'm putting this object [INAUDIBLE],,
35:38
in that secondary road there, and I'm saving back,
35:45
you will see you succeed.
35:47
So I'm going back here.
35:49
We will see how this point has moved there.
35:56
It is the same point--
36:00
This logic works in the same way in Civil 3D.
36:05
Let's talk now about Autodesk Connector
36:07
for ArcGIS in Civil 3D.
36:09
So as you know, Civil 3D is a complex AutoCAD evolution.
36:16
In AutoCad, the area of entities,
36:18
such as lines, polylines, circles, arcs, text, 3D solids,
36:22
dimension, polygons, and blocks, the evolution
36:25
is Map3D with map features, such as object data, typologies,
36:29
connected features, et cetera.
36:31
And then on top of that, you have Civil 3D objects,
36:33
which include parcels, profiles, pipe networks, alignments,
36:37
corridors, et cetera.
36:38
If you're wondering what's the difference between Map3D
36:41
and Civil 3D--
36:42
it's that 2% of functionalities.
36:45
Almost the whole Map
36:47
are included within Civil
36:51
So Map3D is a very specific GIS tool.
36:55
Whereas, Civil 3D can be used both by Civil engineers
36:58
or Infrastructure technicians and GIS professionals.
37:03
If we think in our traditional way of working,
37:06
we were importing the data through an FDO Connection
37:11
through the MAPCONNECT command with multiple providers,
37:15
or we could also do the MAPIMPORT with the Shapefile,
37:19
as we have already discussed-- so shp, shx, and dbf.
37:24
Then, with the new workflow, we can create Surface
37:28
from GIS data import.
37:31
We can import the GIS data, such as pipe networks.
37:36
And ArcGIS for AutoCAD plugin Connection can be also used.
37:40
It's an ArcGIS add-on to AutoCAD.
37:43
It's not working as well as the connector
37:46
because it doesn't have that bidirectional connection where
37:50
you can save back information.
37:52
And then you have the Geolocation and Bing Maps
37:55
Connection as well.
37:56
So let's have a look in Civil 3D.
37:59
Now, as mentioned, within Civil
38:05
It's just instead of importing layers, we will import objects.
38:09
And we will map Civil 3D objects rather than layers
38:13
and features we find in InfraWorks.
38:16
So let me do the same exercise we did for InfraWorks
38:20
a little bit quicker because now, we understand
38:23
how it works properly.
38:26
Now if we are approaching to Madrid--
38:29
this is Madrid, the same area.
38:33
You can see that we are within the same area we were before.
38:40
And this will connect to ArcGIS information,
38:42
and I will do import the same point,
38:44
and perhaps aline just to let you see how [INAUDIBLE]..
38:49
I will have an Insert button here,
38:52
and I can connect to Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS.
38:56
If I click on a date, we will see
38:58
that we can select an area because we don't have
39:03
our limited model in Civil
39:07
any limitations [INAUDIBLE].
39:09
So what I will do is just approach the same area--
39:15
just limited.
39:17
OK, so what I will do is just to bring this box,
39:20
and I will try to approach the same area we had in InfraWorks.
39:28
I will select My Content, and I will see there
39:31
that I do have Mad A63 layer, already.
39:35
This layer contains only point.
39:38
Let's select the feature templates, which contains
39:41
this layer and others--
39:44
just select couple of features.
39:46
So first of all, the Kilometer marker--
39:49
I would like to select the same points if you
39:53
remember this one was moved.
39:57
So I will select it, and you will
39:60
notice that in this drop-down menu list,
40:02
I do not have the same options that I had in InfraWorks.
40:06
I had COGO points and Structures.
40:09
So I would use COGO points for this one.
40:12
And if I would like to also introduce some lines,
40:24
I will be able to push them through alignments,
40:28
feature lines or gravity pipes.
40:30
I'll do Alignments in this case.
40:33
I will add the two features at [INAUDIBLE] now
40:40
into my project.
40:41
So add into the design project.
40:46
And now, you can see that I do have these objects in here.
40:51
And they are [INAUDIBLE],, the [INAUDIBLE],,
40:53
the data style, you have by default. This is an alignment.
40:57
You can modify it.
41:00
It has the information you had in Map3D,
41:09
so there is some exchange data there
41:11
that is coming from within ArcGIS Online.
41:17
This maximum speed, average annual traffic count,
41:21
and number of lanes are features you will be
41:25
able to find in here as well.
41:29
Here you go-- number of lanes, maximum speed,
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average annual traffic count-- these are some
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of the things you can edit.
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If we are modifying the annual traffic count--
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closing, saving, and going back to our Civil 3D drawing.
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If you saw, I did select this one here.
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So right now, on ArcGIS map, we do have the information.
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In order to push that information through Civil 3D,
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we need to go to the Insert tab.
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We need to go Data Source Manager,
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and we need to understand which layers we
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would like to refresh.
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And in this case, we would like to refresh the lane layer.
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We are refreshing-- refresh, it will get to refresh.
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And once it's refreshed, we will see that this layer has
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the information we need there.
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Ok, same for the points--
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if we are creating a new layer or a new alignment,
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we can push publish it via the Collaborate tab.
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OK, with the Collaborate tab here, you
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can have the option to publish to ArcGIS.
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So right now, we will push the same information
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we saw in InfraWorks.
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Now, it's asking you what kind of information
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you want to push through.
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It's an empty map.
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It only has information that came from ArcGIS map.
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But if we will start to do alignment,
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it would be the same process.
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OK, so in case of alignments or all the features
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you would like to push and to have available for your GIS
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colleagues in ArcGIS Online.
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Likewise, if we're making changes to these alignments,
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if I will make an exaggerated change to this alignment here,
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and I'll bring this alignment--
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doing something crazy, you will be
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able to save back those changes.
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I'll do it in ArcGIS one.
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So in order to save it back, we need
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to go to Insert, Data Source Manager,
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again, selecting the lines, and save
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the information we have just modify back to ArcGIS Online.
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Once it's saved, we are checking if the information
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has been properly saved.
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And even I'm not refreshing, you can
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see that the changes made on Civil 3D
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are changing also the information from ArcGIS Online.
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As you see, the logics are the same.
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And this flows--
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[INAUDIBLE] through Civil 3D are,
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allowing you to communicate very well to teams,
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and to have a more assessed decision-making process
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on design stages.
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Having all these aggregated information
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and all the possibilities of connecting data to your design
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flows will definitely allow you to be more efficient
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and invest time in what matters for you.
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To summarize, Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS
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will bring to your teams advantages, such as smoother
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workflow due to the non-file based connection.
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This means working in a smarter way,
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in a quicker way, and a better way
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in a more connected way than the file-based connections.
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It will improve your project in a real time context,
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leading to better designs.
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It will be able to connect to ArcGIS geodatabases
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and Portals.
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Before, the users had to export, import, download,
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send, shape files in order to use that information
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without this products.
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Your whole organization is based in one real time source map,
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live and updated robust data source
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for GIS information, which is crucial for decision-making.
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You will have a robust data source for GIS information,
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broader Civil 3D and InfraWorks as narrative elements
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or objects.
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You will be able to add GIS data many time
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as you required for the whole project lifecycle.
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And last, but not least, you will
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be able to have multiple data sets that represent real life
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environments more closely.
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There are some frequently asked questions
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I would like to share with you.
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If you're wondering what ArcGIS Online permission do
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you need to use the Autodesk Connector,
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I'll suggest to contact our Esri colleagues.
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There is an ArcGIS Online license
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that will enable your Connector within Autodesk.
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If you have the permissions to InfraWorks
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or Civil 3D and entitlement, but not the credentials to ArcGIS
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Online, this won't prevent you to work in a traditional way,
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bringing Shapefile.
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It will just prevent you to accessing the ArcGIS Online
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platform.
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Sometimes, AGOL is used.
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And this is the short acronym for ArcGIS Online.
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The InfraWorks model is available on devices
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if used through the BIM 360 app.
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Models from InfraWorks and Civil 3D projects
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can be collaborated in BIM 360, and this
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will enable to check them from mobile devices.
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If the Save back option to ArcGIS Online is failing--
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this happens because we do not have
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edit permissions on the source file in ArcGIS Online.
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Once we have the edit permissions granted,
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we will be able to make the Save back.
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The default coordinate system in ArcGIS case
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is WGS84 or Lat-Long.
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However, you can create custom projections
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using ArcGIS desktop apps.
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If you're wondering if there is a possibility
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to use ArcGIS Connector without having login credential,
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that's not possible at the moment.
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And if you're wondering what's the difference between saving
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back and publishing, you need to understand that saving back
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is modifying an existing feature that exists in the ArcGIS
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Online Portal.
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Whereas, publishing is creating a new feature within Civil 3D,
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InfraWorks at the Autodesk software
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that we are saving back for the first time
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into ArcGIS Online Portal and into your maps
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in ArcGIS Online.
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For more help, please visit the Customer Success Hub.
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That's it from my side.
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I hope you found it useful-- this session.
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If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
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We would be delighted to help you.
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