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    shapefile import

    Can you please tell me if there is any resource on vectorworks interoperability with ESRI ArcGIS? One of the selling points for me with Landmark was that I could import edit and export shapefiles. So far my projected shapefiles that I import into VW are not scaled or projected correctly, as far as I can tell. Also when I import a shapefile then export it, with no modifications made to it in VW, I try to open it in ArcView, it crashes Arcview. therefore VW must convert my projected shapefile into a projection that is foreign to my GIS software, or else it corrupts the shapefiles .dbf file. My primary question is, what is the purpose of VW's fuctionality with shapefiles? Is there intended to be interoperablity with GIS software such as ArcGIS? Shapefiles have an attribute table, can I see and modify that? Thanks for any input. Michael Lau CharretteCenter.com Inc
  2. Working with spatial data. I recently purchased vectorworks 12, landmark. I work with spatial data in ArcGIS and believed that by using vectorworks landmark I could speed up the process of creating conceptual plans. therefore I need a program that can work with spatial data such as the shapefile and export it back as something ArcGIS can read. The shapefiles that I have imported into VW, modified, and then exported back to shapefile have crashed ArcGIS. I've noticed that this message thread has not been active since november, has anybody found a good resource or method for working with spatial data.
  3. I'm having trouble with the VW shapefile import command. My shapefiles have been geo-referenced yet I am not given the option to project them when in the import dialog box. Therefore I am not able to bring them into VW to scale. I have made double sure that the shapefiles are projected and have tried different transformations. Any help would be appriciated Mike
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