AutoCAD 2013/2014 DWG Format

[#1]

I'm looking for a way to tag entities (for example arc) in a DXF with an numeric ID of my choosing. I've been trying to understand the DXF reference and find examples of how to do it, but there is not much information available. My interpretation of the standard is that I'm allowed to do this:

0
ARC
8
Layer1
10
-1.734315
20
-1.975000
40
0.300000
50
225.000027
51
270.000065
102
{MYAPPLICATION
2000
13
102
}

Where 2000 is my application defined code and 13 is my numeric ID value.

Is this correct use of application defined codes?

EDIT: I also asked a similar question at stackoverflow, without anyone being able to answer it.

[#2]

Hi,

look to Extended-Entity-Data (EED) in the DXF-documentation (>>>details<<<), there you can assign some additional values to each element.

- alfred -

[#3]

Like this?

0
ARC
8
Layer1
10
-1.734315
20
-1.975000
40
0.300000
50
225.000027
51
270.000065
1001
MYAPPLICATION
1070
13

Am I using xdata correctly? Also, is this correct/better way to define my numeric ID?

[#4]

Hi,

the easiest way to verify how EED's should be stored is to create a new drawing, then draw a new line, start command _XDATA (from the express tools) and add test data to this line.

Afterwards save the file as DXF and look to the EED how it's stored.

Good luck, - alfred -

[#5]

Thank you, this solves my problem. Using _XDATA as suggested, Autocad added the following to my arc description:

1001
MYAPPLICATION
1002
{
1070
    12
1002
}