If your organization uses AutoCAD and you would like to view some of the ArcGIS Server map services that your GIS folks have cooked up without leaving AutoCAD you can download the new ArcGIS for AutoCAD tool from ESRI. This tool “is a free application that installs on top of AutoCAD 2007 and provide access to the results of all the GIS and mapping geoprocessing capabilities performed by ArcGIS in the form of map service images.”
The application allows users to:
- Dynamically interact with live GIS maps, including GIS symbology and data structures.
- Include the results of GIS analysis and models (performed by ArcGIS) in their CAD designs.
- Include GIS basemaps in their CAD products.
This all sounds really cool if your shop uses both products. Give it a download and drop us a note to let use know how this is working.
I’m tempted to put up a few ArcGIS Server apps myself just to test this out.
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You can connect to ArcGIS Online services through ArcGIS for AutoCAD. No need to set up your own ArcGIS Server Services.
http://services.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/services