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Contents
Part 1 Autodesk MapGuide Server and Author Enhancements . . . .1
Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Upgrading From an Earlier Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2 Improved DWG Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Summary of Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Dialog Box Changes: Autodesk MapGuide Server . . . . . . . . 7
Dialog Box Changes: Autodesk MapGuide Author . . . . . . . . 8
How Queries Work in Autodesk Map . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Creating a Layer from a Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How Themes Work in Autodesk Map . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Creating a Layer from a Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a Layer By Geometry Type . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Theming a DWG Layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using a Secondary Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Accessing Data Using a Link Template . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3 DWF Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Summary of DWF Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting Up a Data Source for DWF Files . . . . . . . . . . . 25
How DWFs are Published in Autodesk Map . . . . . . . . . . 28
Creating a Layer from a DWF File Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Displaying Friendly Names and URLs . . . . . . . . . . 31
Saving a View As a DWF File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 4 Enhanced Layer Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Summary of Enhanced Layer Functionality . . . . . . . . . . 36
Providing Access to the Enhanced Layer Functionality API . . . . . 37
Using Geometry Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Supported Geometry Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sample Applied Geometry Functions . . . . . . . . . . 40
Applying Filters to Spatial Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Turning Spatial Filtering On and Off . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing the Dimensions of the Autodesk MapGuide Spatial Filter 44
