This web portal uses cookies for personalisation of its contents and ads.

By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. I agree

CAD tip # 11970:

CAD  
Question
 %   platform

ACAD Civil
How to find the map coordinate system of a drawing?
*   CAD
AutoCAD allows to select, assign and transform hundreds of frequently used mapping (GIS) coordinate systems from the whole world, by their name or EPSG 10.8.2018    
code.

For this, you can use either the specialized functions available in AutoCAD Map 3D and Civil 3D, or - sice version 2015 - also a plain AutoCAD and its function
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION. If you need to find out, which coordinate system is currently assigned, you can detect it directly in the CAD application's status bar:

This option in the status bar can be enabled in Civil/Map through the command MAPSTATUSBAR with its option Show/Hide. And in AutoCAD through the
setting "GIS coordinates" in the hamburger menu "Customize" in the right down corner. This setting is stored in the Registry in
HKCU\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R23.0\ACAD-2001:409\Profiles\PROFILENAME\StatusBar\Application\GeoCoordSys
(1/0).

Another option for displaying the current coord.system (CS) is the dialog of the mapping command ADESETCRDSYS (N/A in plain AutoCAD):

Under the button "Select Coordinate System" (or through the command MAPCASSIGN) you can find the EPSG code of a given system - search for the name of
the CS from the first dialog box:

The next method of listing the name of the current coordinate system is the LISP function in the mapping versions of AutoCAD:

(setq cscode (ade_projgetwscode))

A similar function can be achieved (and also in plain AutoCAD) using the variable CGEOCS.

Note: the variable GEOMAPMODE carry the current display mode of any map overlay from the online service Microsoft BING.

applies to: AutoCAD · Civil 3D · AutoCAD Map 3D ·

This web portal uses cookies for personalisation of its contents and ads. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. I agree
See also:
Limi le
Tip 12222: How to find elevation (altitude) of a given point on Google Maps? INSTAL
Parent
Tip 12198: How to remove duplicate points and COGO points from a DWG?
Tip 12049: AutoCAD display (status bar) jumps and flickers while zooming.
Tip 11511: Assigning elevations to 2D contours (isolines).
Tip 10682: Automatic classification of drawing objects by their properties.

Selected tip: MDT can not find Excel 2000 Deutsch (German)version.

Back     All CAD Tips

How to convert a Tinkercad 3D model to a DWG file? « | » How to apply a changed drawing template (DWT) to existing drawings?

Have we helped you? If you want to support the CAD Forum web service, consider CAD:  -all-    OS:  -all-    Categ:  -all-
buying one of our CAD applications, or our custom software development offerings, or
donating via PayPal (see above). You may also add a link to your web - like this "fan" link: Text:  FAQ  glossary
?    Search

Featuring:
Save your floating licenses (NLS) consumed by inactive users - free unused licenses with
LogOff 2006

Please use these tips at your own risk.

CAD Studio (Xanadu) is not responsible for possible problems that may occur as a result of using any of these tips.

CAD Forum - tips, tricks, help, how-tos and FAQ for AutoCAD, LT, Inventor, Revit, Map, Civil 3D, MapGuide, 3ds max and other Autodesk software (support by CAD Studio)
Copyright ©2019, CAD Studio s.r.o. - Autodesk PLATINUM Partner & Training Center & Consulting Services Partner
CAD Tips and Tricks • Cesky • Contact webmaster@cadstudio.cz • Advertise with us • CADstudio online privacy