Thanks to all who provided solutions (see emails below)... The solution came
from a local autocad person who 'warped' the image to match an exported dxf.
Most of the solutions presented to me allowed me to set the world file to
get the dwg close to my correct boundary, but it did not account for the
scaling and rotating that was performed on it for plotting... Since AV32 has
no warping and rotating in the default package I resorted to use of autocad
and then import that dxf.

BUT here are the responses as they do address dwg's well where they have not
been manipulated for plotting or graphics purposes.  Thanks again to all who
replied.

        Anthony,

        If you look at page 314 in the AV manual 'Using ArcView GIS' which
comes
        with the software (or look in online help) it will show you how to
create a
        '.wld' file in a text editor.  Putting two lines with the x,y in CAD
a space
        and x,y in real space into the '.wld' will put the CAD file into
your real
        coordinate system.  If you now export to a shapefile the new file
will have
        the correct coordinates.

        I have done this with .dxf' files, I presume it will work with a
'.dwg' as
        well.

        Good luck

        Bob Davis
        City of Melbourne

        try cad2shape from www.guthcad.com.au
        I hope this helps.

        Reg

        Anthony,
        All you should need is a simple World text file, with the same name
as the DWG, that contains 2 sets of XY coords.   All you have to do is go
get the coordinates of 2 points that you can find in both the DWG and the
shapes.  When this file is present. the DWG will automatically display in
the correct location, doing both a scaling and rotation.  If you then do
"convert to shapefile" on any of the elements within the DWG, they will be
created in the right place.

        For example:
        Say your DWG is named HOTEL.DWG.  Create a file called HOTEL.WLD.
Within it, you will need 2 lines in the following format:

        oldX1,oldY1 newX1,NewX1
        oldX2,oldY2 newX2,NewX2

        You must have the commas and the spaces.

        Here's a sample from a WLD file I have:
        -429.30,557.01 1540971.55,7393064.46
        524.66,-632.89 1541098.36,7393061.56

        If you have previously loaded the DWG into an ArcView project, that
project will remember the old location.  To get tArcView to display the DWG
at the new location (per the WLD file), that DWG theme must be deleted
first, the project saved, then the DWG theme re-added.

        Hope this helps.

        Ray Montgomery
        GIS Administrator
        Sandy City, Utah

        hy antony,

        since arcview not put any special information about coordinate
system and
        projection on it's spatial data ( except project ) , the critical
things for
        import these dwg files into shp, only on spatial data value.
        you easily adjust in autocad by scaling, panning and rotating these
drawing
        so then set in correct position.
        to import the drawing, you just simply use the cad reader extension,
and save it

        as shapefile one by one layer.

        good luck

        tommy kurniawan
        cv.dellasonta, 12 jalan tera, bandung 40111 - indonesia.

Anthony Herman
GIS Technician
   Information Systems & Technology
   Pipeline, Field & Business Services Division
   Westcoast Energy Inc.
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