cibola Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Does anybody know of a tutorial on how to export the DBLIST for an entire drawing to a database that is linked to AutoCAD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GE13579 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 You might be better off in the LISP and VBA section for a solution on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hughes Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 You might also look into saving the file as a dxf for more accurate information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cibola Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 The DXF has a lot of additional information that makes it difficult to sort through. Is there a way to export out the property data by layer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hughes Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 At this point it might be a good idea to describe what you are trying to accomplish. Rather than exporting the entire drawing via dxf you can dxfout and under options you can chose Objects that will then allow you to select items. At that point you could define a filter you would like to use, or use a predefined filter. Optionally you could prepare your objects for selection beforehand by turning off or freezing layers that you are not interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cibola Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 I want to be able to create a database of information contained in dxf files. I want to sort the data by layer name and access the full coordinate information. The images will be redrawn by another software (Flash) from these coordinates. I am looking for a way to get the coordinates of all objects (polylines, arcs, lines, blocks and text) out of AutoCAD and into a database where they are labeled by their layer name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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