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Could anyone shed some light on what I am doing wrong?
I have a shapefile in ArcMap which I have exported to a DXF.
When I import it back into ArcMap I can see it has attributes.
However when I open this in AutoCAD it does not retain the attributes.
Does anyone know how I can export a shapefile to a DXF in ArcMap and retain the attributes for AutoCAD?
Here are the different ways to get the attributes of a shapefile into CAD:
Adding the shapefile directly into CAD without exporting: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-map-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/MAP3D-Learn/files/GUID-56DC6613-02F1-425A-AD7A-B5EAD35FDE1C-htm.html
Block attributes method: http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/manage-data/cad/exporting-attributes-to-autocad-block-attributes.htm
How To: Create AutoCAD BLOCKS with attributes from ArcGIS point features
Annotation method: http://support.esri.com/en/Technical-Article/000008383
