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Displaying GIS CAD files in 'Incident Commander Pro'

'Incident Commander Pro' can display many common file types as map layers within it's GIS module. These file types including shape-files, coverages, tif, gif, jpg, bmp and MrSID images .
'Incident Commander Pro' also has the capability to display the vector-based .DXF and .DWG CAD drawing files.

Being able to display DWG and DXF files provides the unique opportunity to review geo-located buildings and site-plans - such as stadiums, conference centers, airports, public utilities, dams, power stations and other critical infrastructures - within the ''Incident Commander Pro' GIS module. These CAD file types are displayed as true engineering drawings, with all of their associated properties - for example color, line-size, labels etc. - available for fully customizable display by 'Incident Commander Pro'.

CAD building floor plan FLOOR2.dwg
Displayed in 'Incident Commander Pro' - Geo-Located, Scaled and Rotated

'Incident Commander Pro' can directly display DWG and DXF CAD files by simply loading these files as map layers, using the GIS module's 'Add Map Layers' button.

To take full advantage of these CAD files it is also possible to Geo-Locate, Scale and Rotate these engineering drawings, so that they are correctly displayed in relation to the other geographic map layers. This is accomplished by creating a small companion text 'World File', that provides the drawing's location, scale and rotation to the GIS map display.

To create the small .wld 'World File' enter the required Location ie UTM Easting & Northing , Scale Factor and Rotation Angle into CAD_MapLocator.xls. Paste the output values into a text file with the same name as the CAD file, but with the .wld extension eg: for SitePlan.dwg or SitePlan.dxf paste the output values into SitePlan.wld. With this text 'World File' in the same directory as the .dwg or .dxf CAD file, the CAD drawings will be correctly geo-located, scaled and rotated when added to the GIS module, using the 'Add Map Layers' button.

Once the CAD file is displayed in 'Incident Commander Pro' it's color, transparency, symbols, labels, text and other engineering data can be fully customized by adjusting the drawing's map layer properties.