ArcGIS Data Connection to Autodesk Workflows

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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,

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and incorporate this to this map called Feature Template Map.

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And you'll see, already, there are points there,

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and that these points are the ones I want.

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This is The point we have modify before.

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And you see, the changes are there.

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So I have published the information.

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I had them modified and new information

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went through to ArcGIS.

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Now, if I modify something from within ArcGIS--

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for example, nombre carretera, the name of the road.

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And I will start to put here

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I'll close this, and the information

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will be edited there.

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See, it's there.

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And I will then save the layer.

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OK, so this layer-- this Mad A63 is saved here.

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We go to InfraWorks and we go to layer, and we refresh it.

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You see, this is the one we are looking now,

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that this one changes.

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So refreshing, and surprise, surprise--

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what happens is that this layer is the original one--

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the one of the public source we cannot edit.

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So what we are telling InfraWorks

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is just upload the layer it came before--

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that's what InfraWorks is doing.

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So it doesn't matter if I have published

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new content into ArcGIS.

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It is not still linked--

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that new content, that editable content

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is not linked back into InfraWorks.

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So that is a three-step process to do what I'm doing.

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I'm doing this with points, you can do with areas

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with polylines, with all the features

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you will find within InfraWorks, and that you can match in Esri.

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So if I'm refreshing again, here, the data,

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you will see that the point I have just move there,

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will go back.

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So in order to have that editable points

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within InfraWorks, we need to delete these source,

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connect to ArcGIS, and select the A63 layer from My Content.

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The A63 layer is available.

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I'll just select it.

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It will give me the points I have in there.

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I will have to select the Points of Interest,

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and I'll add it to my design project.

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So let's configure the new layer.

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Let's put the name with the name we have it before.

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Let's put the description-- the one

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available within the source.

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Let's make sure we are draping the feature to the layer.

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Let's close and refresh now.

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And we see now that there is some information imported.

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But differences-- that we do have

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the changes we have made there, and this is fully

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connected now.

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This is how layer will be connected.

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And this is how layer will going to save back

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into ArcGIS Online.

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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.

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You can see here that the change from ArcGIS

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is then came through.

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Now if I'm saving back, I'll press on the data source

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later where this point belong to.

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I'll Save back.

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And this will show me that I had succeed

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in saving this layer back, which is fantastic.

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So now if, I'm going to my feature layer

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back in ArcGIS Online, I'll update it.

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And I can see that if I'm selecting the point, that I

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do have the changes applied.

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If I will edit them now from here,

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and I will edit them by putting here--

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instead of gggg, of aaa's.

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And instead of 222's, I'll put a lot of 9999's.

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OK, and this, I will return this to the original A6 stage.

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I will close it.

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I will save the map.

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And once it's saved, I will be able to go back to InfraWorks.

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I will be able to refresh this content.

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The content will be refreshed.

35:16

The connection will be refreshed,

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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.

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So if I'm putting this object [INAUDIBLE],,

35:38

in that secondary road there, and I'm saving back,

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you will see you succeed.

35:47

So I'm going back here.

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We will see how this point has moved there.

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It is the same point--

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This logic works in the same way in Civil 3D.

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Let's talk now about Autodesk Connector

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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.

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If you're wondering what's the difference between Map3D

36:41

and Civil 3D--

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it's that 2% of functionalities.

36:45

Almost the whole Map

36:47

are included within Civil

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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

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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].

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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.

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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.