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After you add a Pole in the AutoCAD Utility Design (AUD) environment it is very easy to add most attachments using the tool bars and Design Explorer Pole Heads are one exception to this, they cannot be added using these tools. The command you need is AUDADDTOPOLE. Here is how it works:

1. Type AUDADDTOPOLE
2. Type F for Feature
3. Choose Pole Head
4. Choose Model Name
5. Select the Pole Head to use and click OK
6. Click Back
7. Click Back
8. At the command line type X for exit
9. Select the pole(s) you want to attach to, press enter
10. Press enter again to end the command

A little convoluted but it works great! Still working on how to get the conductors to connect and will post as soon as I do. As you can see this tool can be used for all kinds of other attachments as well.

Leveraging ESRI ArcSDE in your AutoCAD design can make life a whole lot better! Using the FDO tools found AutoCAD Map3D, Civil3D, and AutoCAD Utility Design this is easy to do. Here are the steps to do it:

You need these files from an ESRI install (any product):

1. Pe.dll
2. Sg.dll
3. Sde.dll

You need to copy them into this folder:

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD *\bin\FDO

Once you copy them into the folder open AutoCAD *. At the command line type MAPWSPACE and choose Y to open the Task Pane. In the Task Pane click the “Data” button and choose “Connect to Data…”

In the Data Connections by Provider dialog box choose “Add ArcSDE Connection”, add your connection details and Login with the appropriate username and password:

Once you have logged in, select your Data Store and Version, click “Connect. The list of layers available to that user are listed, select what is needed and click “Add to Map…”

What a day. Syntax is everything. A file path, that’s all that was missing. So, next time you are importing and Oracle .dmp file (the old style, not the newer dp style) here is the simple syntax:

imp SYSTEM/password@orcl file=C:\WhereEverYouPutIt\file.dmp full=y log=imp.log

This did it. It seems that the Oracle imp command does not look in the default DMPDP folder like impdp does.