Hi Mats, I just quickly imported a .tab file which was set to NAD83 17N coordinates into AutoCAD Map, I then created a circle in AutoCAD an saved it as a separate drawing with its coordinates set to NAD 27 17N. I attached both drawings into a new drawing set to NAD83 17N, using AutoCAD Map commands, and the they both came in at NAD83 17N coordinates. So yes is the answer to your question, AutoCAD Map can work with drawings from different coordinate systems. I'll admit I still use GIS software for combining different projected data, but I wanted to point out that there is at least one CAD package that can deal with different coordinate systems. As far as I know the coordinate information is stored in the AutoCAD .dwg file, I doubt if any GIS program can access that information when importing dwg files. Brian
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:33 AM To: Cowper, Brian Subject: Ang. RE: MI-L Ang. MI-L Autocad and MI workspaces Hi Brian! Not so OT, but interesting, because I have heard this rumor from other sources as well. But no one has been able to tell me if AutoCad Map can display drawings that are in different coordinate systems in the same drawing window. Perhaps you know? Is the coordinate system information stored in the drawing file, like in a tab-file? The 2003 version of FME I have does not find any coordinate system info from drawing files. Hälsning / Best regards Mats.E ________________________ FB Engineering AB Södra Förstadsgatan 26 211 43 Malmö Tel: 040-660 25 50 Mobil: 0705-27 60 27 Fax: 040-660 25 99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.fbe.se
