You don't need special software. MapInfo pro will do this.
If you receive the autoCad drawing in DXF format, you need to import it
using the mapinfo /table/import option, and not the Universal Translator.
The /table/import lets you define 2 known points to register to, and UT
doesn't. You only have to make sure the drawing is in north-up format. If
not, it will end up very distorted. If this is the case, you can rotate
the drawing with autocad before importing.
If what you received is a .DWG drawing and you don't have Autocad to make a
DXF, you can 1)import it with the UT, in non-earth coordinates. 2) Export
it with /table/export, DXF format 3) import it again with mapinfo
/table/import/, specifying the required projection / Transformation.
Good luck.
At 11:30 a.m. 22/01/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>PLEASE pass on any suggestions to me as well...I've been trying to come it
>with a similar means of doing this without having to go through the process
>manually.
>
>TIA,
>Natalie Swayze
>Spectrum/ROS/IC/GC/CA
> ----------
>From: Tim Warman
>To: Mapinfo-L
>Subject: MI registering CAD drawings
>Date: Friday, January 21, 2000 2:58PM
>
>Listers,
>
>We are frequently sent CAD drawings drafted in local coordinate systems. I'd
>like to be able to register these in real world coordinates when importing
>them in MapInfo, and I know there's software out there to do this. Does
>anyone have any suggestions as to what works well and is reasonably cheap?
>
>TIA
>
>_____________________________
>Tim Warman
>Geologist & GIS Specialist
>Richard C. Slade & Associates
>North Hollywood, CA
>(818) 506-0418
>
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