You can do it manually or use saved profiles for transformation. By the way, you can use a raster with the registration from within the associated Mapinfo .tab file also...
I like to use Autodesk map 3D to input Mapinfo files, clean them, add all kind of info to it and send it back in Mapinfo. All attributes can be added, edited, (remote database support also), possibility of multiple users editing the same files, overlaying files from diff units and projections, support for spatial (including arcsde), etc... Nice! GH -----Original Message----- From: Mats Elfström [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 10:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: MI-L Ang. RE: Ang. RE: MI-L Ang. MI-L Autocad and MI workspaces Hi Brian! Thank you for your time and valuable insight. This is very interesting news. I only have access to Map 5 and I have not been able to do that. Did the import of the tab file read and stamp the coordinate system infomation into the resulting drawing file, or did you have to do that manually? 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 "Cowper, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2005-07-18 16:07 Till <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kopia <MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com> Ärende RE: Ang. RE: MI-L Ang. MI-L Autocad and MI workspaces 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17191