DXF Works V 2.0

DXF Works is an application that allows to extract coordinates and other various data from DXF files. You can choose which entities to process and which data to extract, creating your own file format. DXF Works can process several files at one time and lets save your settings in reusable configuration files. DXF Works can be used for several purposes : extracting coordinates, counting blocks, getting text, etc... You can easily export created files to Excel or Database software. DXF Works is easy to use, just follow the 5 steps below to export the data you need ...

 

Step 1 : Selecting DXF files to process

Browse your disk using the left window. DXF files appear in the right window. You can select multiple files by holding the [Ctrl] key while clicking. If you select the option, then all DXF files in the directory will be automatically selected.

 

Step 2 : Choosing Destination Directory and Extension for Data files

Click to browse your disk and select the directory where the Data files will be created. Click to make the Destination Directory the same as the DXF files Directory.

Enter a File Extension for the Data files (generally TXT, XYZ or ASC, but can be any other).

 

Step 3 : Choosing which DXF entities to process

Simply select the type of DXF entities that must be processed.

Exported coordinates are as follow :

  • Circles, Arcs, Ellipses : center point.
  • Blocks : insertion point. You can filter the blocks you want to process by giving the name of the blocks to be processed. You can give several names separated by comma and use wildcards (* and ?). For example, PNT?,*BL* will process blocks whose name is PNT + a unique character (?), i.e PNT1, PNTx etc, and blocks whose name contains BL, i.e BL_abc, myBLock etc. If you want to process all blocks, use * or leave this field blank.
  • Single Line Text, Multiline Text, Point : insertion point.
  • Lines : end points.
  • 2D Polylines, 3D Polylines, Splines : each vertex of the polyline, and optionally "additional points", meaning vertices that have been added by Curve-fitting or Spline-fitting.
  • 3D Faces : the 3 or 4 points of the 3DFace. If the 3DFace is triangular, then points 3 and 4 are the same in the DXF file. In this case, Select "3 points only" to discard the 4th point.

 

Step 4 : Choosing which Data to export

 

 

DXF Works can export the following Data to data files : a Unique Number, the X (East) coordinate, the Y (North) coordinate, the Z (Elevation) coordinate and Custom data, used to export specific data in addition to the coordinates. These data can be separated by a Field Separator that you choose (can be any string up to 10 chars. In general ',' or ';' is used). Data is exported in the same order that they appear in the Exported Fields tab. Use the and buttons to move a field up or down.

Select the option to add at the top of the exported data file the name of the selected fields.

 

For each of these data, different settings are available, as shown below :

. Exporting Unique Number

 

The Unique Number is an arbitrary number given to all processed entities by the program. You must give a start number and an optional prefix to add to this number. (For ex : "N=" or "Num:" etc.).

. Exporting X (East) coordinate and Y (North) coordinate

 

 

You can give an optional prefix to add to the X or Y coordinate. This can be any string (max 50 chars) like "X=" or "Y:" etc. You can also choose the number of decimals to use for the values of the coordinates.

. Exporting Z (Elevation) coordinate

 

You can give an optional prefix to add to the Z coordinate. This can be any string (max 50 chars) like "Zcoord:", etc. You can also choose the number of decimals to use for the Z value. If you select the "Force to" option, then each Z value will be replaced by the value in the edit field.


. Exporting code

 

The Custom data section allows to export various data in addition to the Number and X,Y,Z coordinates :

  • Entity Type : this is the DXF entity type : POINT, LWPOLYLINE, INSERT, TEXT etc.
  • Entity Layer : the layer on which resides the entity.
  • Entity Handle : a unique hexadecimal number that identifies each entity in the DXF file.
  • Block Name : name of the block (if applicable), otherwise an empty string.
  • Text String : the text string for the Single Line Text and Multiline Text entities (if applicable), otherwise an empty string. In case of Multiline Text, only the first 255 characters of the text are exported and format codes are kept like they appear in the DXF file.
  • Label : any text string that you choose. You must specify a string.
  • Sequential Number : a unique number given to each processed coordinate point. For entities that have more than 1 coordinate point (polylines, lines ...), the number is different for each point. You must specify a start number.
  • Group Number : a number given to each processed entity. For entities that have more than 1 coordinate point (polylines, lines ...), the number is the same for each point. You must specify a start number.

You can give an optional prefix to add to the Code and specify a Separator for each of the Code fields.

Custom Data is exported in the same order that they appear in the Custom Data Settings tab. Use the and buttons to move a field up or down.

 

Examples of exported data

Example 1 : Unique Number starting at 1 with a "N=" prefix, East coordinate with a "X=" prefix and 2 decimals, North coordinate with a "Y=" prefix and 2 decimals, Elevation forced to 10.00 with a "Z=" prefix and 2 decimals, Entity type, Entity layer, a Group Number starting at 100 and a Sequential Number starting at 1000. Both separator are ",".

N=1,X=100.12,Y=125.36,Z=10.00,POLYLINE,LAYER1,100,1000
N=2,X=110.11,Y=225.32,Z=10.00,POLYLINE,LAYER1,100,1001
N=3,X=120.55,Y=555.32,Z=10.00,POLYLINE,LAYER1,100,1002
N=4,X=1120.55,Y=5515.32,Z=10.00,LINE,LAYER2,101,1000
N=5,X=1121.55,Y=5115.11,Z=10.00,LINE,LAYER2,101,1001
N=6,X=100.55,Y=500.32,Z=10.00,CIRCLE,LAYER3,102,1000

Example 2 : Unique Number, East coordinate, North coordinate, Elevation (all with 3 decimals), Entity type, Entity layer. Data fields separator is "," and Custom Data fields separator is "_"

1,100.121,125.364,10.000,POLYLINE_LAYER1
2,110.112,225.321,14.000,POLYLINE_LAYER1
3,120.552,555.322,22.055,POLYLINE_LAYER1
4,1120.555,5515.131,13.221,LINE_LAYER2
5,1121.551,5115.111,13.159,LINE_LAYER2
6,100.550,500.320,11.001,CIRCLE_LAYER3

Example 3 : East coordinate, North coordinate, Elevation (all with 3 decimals), Unique Number, Entity type, Test string. Data fields separator is " " and Code fields separator is " ".

100.121 125.364 10.000 1 POLYLINE
110.112 225.321 14.000 2 POLYLINE
120.552,555.322,22.055 3 POLYLINE
1120.555,5515.131,13.221 4 TEXT This is a text
1121.551,5115.111,13.159 5 TEXT This is another text
100.550,500.320,11.001 6 MTEXT This is another text from a MTEXT entity

 

 

Step 5 : Creating the Data files

Click this button... done !!!

Click this button to exit the program.

Click this button to show the Help file, set program options and register DXF Works.

 

Saving and loading configuration files

You can create several configurations adapted to different purposes and load them when needed. Configuration files (*.dxw) are save in the "\Configurations" sub-directory of DXF Works installation path.

 

Program Options

DXF Works creates a Report file giving statistics on the processed files. You can choose to show this report or not at the end of the process. Also select if the Help tips must be shown or not.

 

Registration / License

 

Registration

To learn about the license fee for DXF Works 1.0 and how to register, please visit DeliCAD Web Site

For any questions: Philippe contact@delicad.com

 

License

This software is the property of Philippe Sérange.

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