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- In ArcMap, add the coverage, CAD, or VPF annotation feature class you want to import.
- Zoom to the scale at which you'll normally view the imported annotation.
- Symbolize the annotation as you want it to appear once converted.
- In the Catalog tree, click the plus signs to expand Toolboxes > System Toolboxes > Conversion Tools > To Geodatabase.
- If you're importing coverage or VPF annotation, double-click Import Coverage Annotation. If you're importing CAD annotation, double-click Import CAD Annotation.
- Add the layers with the annotation feature class data sources you want to import.
- For the Output feature class option, navigate to the location of the new annotation feature class and specify its name.
- Specify the reference scale.
- For the Create annotation classes from levels option, check this box if you want to create an annotation class for each level defined by the $LEVEL field.
- If you're importing a set of annotation feature classes that all use the same symbols and the same $SYMBOL value to refer to each symbol, check the check box for Match symbols from first input. This prevents a symbol from being added to the new feature class's symbol collection more than once.
- For the Require symbol to be selected from the symbol table option, see Annotation feature class editing properties.
- For the Feature-linked option, if you want to import into a feature-linked annotation feature class, check this box.
- For the Linked feature class option, navigate to the existing geodatabase feature class to which the new annotation feature class will link.
- For the Create annotation when new features are added and the Update annotation when feature's shape is modified options, see Annotation feature class editing properties.
- Click Environments.
- Expand General Settings.
- Set the output coordinate system.
- Expand Geodatabase Settings.
- If you’re importing into a file or ArcSDE geodatabase and you want to create the feature classes using a custom storage keyword, type the keyword.
- If you're importing into a personal or ArcSDE geodatabase and know an optimal spatial index grid size for your data, specify it in map units.
- If you’re importing to an ArcSDE geodatabase and have additional grid sizes, type them in.
- Set the x,y domain.
- Click OK.
- On the Import tool, click OK to import the annotation feature classes.
If you're importing into a new feature-linked annotation feature class, you must specify a feature class in the same feature dataset as the linked feature class or at the root level of the geodatabase if the feature class you're linking to is at the root level of a geodatabase.
If you want to combine levels into a single annotation class in the output feature class, leave this box unchecked.
If you don't want to import into a feature-linked annotation feature class, skip to step 15.