Accessing Geodatabase Files from ESRI

Autodesk has added the capability to access Geodatabases that were created with ESRI ArcGIS 9 products. This new FDO Provider utility is available to Map 3D and Civil 3D subscription customers, as part of the Map 3D 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack. It adds the capability to directly access all three types of Geodatabase files:

Personal Geodtatbase (.mdb file types)
File Geodatabase (.gdb file types)
Enterprise/ArcSDE server-based Geodatabases
(running on SQL Server or Oracle systems)

This is great news for organizations that use both Autodesk and ESRI software. We can hope that this capability will become a permanent part of the core Map 3D product soon. You can learn more about accessing ESRI Geodatabases by following this link.

Author

Rick Ellis, president of CADapult Software Solutions, Inc, has worked with and taught Autodesk Civil 3D, along with Map 3D and other Autodesk products since the mid-90s. He is the Author of several critically acclaimed books on Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D, Land Desktop and Carlson Software; including the Practical Guide series.

Rick continues to use Autodesk Civil 3D on projects in a production environment, in addition to teaching classes to organizations both large and small around the country, helping them get the most out of their design software investment.

This practical background and approach has made him an award winning speaker at Autodesk University and a sought after instructor by organizations around the world.

Accessing Geodatabase Files from ESRI