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MAPCAD toolsIn MapInfo

An Extended CAD functionality

MapInfo Pro 32 bit version

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Drawing of Property or Unit

• Draw buildings of fixed size.• Change the angle of the building to match roads and

parcels.• Move or position buildings at specific distances from

other buildings, roads or other objects.• Easily create aligned, paired, matching or “mirrored”

buildings by copying, aligning, flipping and rotating objects.

• Create units according to descriptive definitions (“metres and bounds”) – and/or with boundaries relative to other objects and at specific angles.

CalculateDirection

Rotate

Align Horizontally

Align Vertically

Move Snap to

Lines

Mirror Horizontally

Mirror Vertically

Split Area

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Drawing of Ducts, Pipes, Cables

• Draw ducts or pipelines at fixed intervals from road or parcel boundaries.

• Draw ducts , pipelines, cables or wires at fixed angles from a road.

• Attach text objects from a separate DXF/DWG imported layer into the associated sewer or pipeline layer.

• Change line direction for the purposes of representing the direction of water flow.

Create Parallel

AddNodes

Create Line/Polyline

LineIntersection

RightAngle

MeasurementLine

PolarAppend

Perpendicular

Arc Intersections

Arc from two points

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MapCAD toolbar

Copy Object to stamp

Replace object from stamp

Paste Style

Calculate Angle

Split Region

Snap to Lines

Add Nodes

Mirror Vertically

Move

Measurement

Align Vertically

Fillet/Chamfer

Polar Append

Perpendicular

Circle from three points

Create lines from database

Circle from Center and R or D

Help

Paste object from stamp

Copy style

Select Objects By Style

Create Parallel

Calculate Direction

Settings for Snap to Lines

Mirror Horizontally

Create Line / Polyline

Rotate

Align Horizontally

Line Intersection

Intersect Arcs

Right Angle

Text in Table

Arc from three points

Create polylines from database

Settings

Exit MapCAD

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MapCAD User Customization

Customize the MapCAD and Objects Toolbars

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MapCAD has something for everyone:

Create Lines or Polylines from columns in a table!

Create Lines from Table

Given columns containing coordinates, automatically build lines/polylines

Create Polylines from Table

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MapCAD has something for everyone:Create circles from coordinates in a table!

Create Circles

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MapCAD has something for everyone: Copy and paste styles from one object to another!

Copy Style

Paste Style

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