guthrie Cad2Shape 4.0

AutoCAD® DXF/DWG to ESRI Shapefile converter

New release - CAD2Shape 4.0
Supports all AutoCAD versions up to the latest AutoCAD 2009

CAD2Shape 4.0 converts AutoCAD DXF/DWG drawing files to ESRI shapefile format files (ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcMap etc.)

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(See also the reverse translator Arcv2CAD)

Features

Stand-alone CAD to Shapefile conversion.
Translates all AutoCAD DXF and DWG versions up to and including AutoCAD 2009 New
Optional translation to 2D or 3D shapefiles.
Attach Z value as 'Elevation' data.
Text to 'Labels Theme'.
Text to exploded polyline option. - allows direct translation of CAD Text to visible text in ArcGIS/ArcMap/ArcView. The resultant text and placement will be visually identical to that in the originating CAD drawing.
Attributes translation.
Translate holes / islands /donuts from originating CAD drawing to Polygon shapefile. see picture
Extended Entity Data (Xdata) translation.
Translate 3D surfaces to MultiPatch shapefile types.
Option to output to raw data file: e.g. CAD to XYZ, CAD to CSV, CAD to BLN New (Surfer Blanking file format).
MPolygon support. New
Dimensions/Leader/Tolerance support. New
Additional XDATA types. New
Length attribute for polylines. New
Filter by Layer, Area, Color, Entity.
Data suitable for import to Google Earth Pro (shapefiles), and Google Earth Plus (CSV)

Operating System: Windows 2000/2003/Citrix/XP/XP64/Vista

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Application developers!

Developer Component CAD2Shape DLL here.