Get localized type names or all geometry types

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to get localized names for AutoCAD .NET geometry types?

For example, I want to get "Полилиния" (in Russian) for Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.Polyline class.

If there is no solution, where can I get a list of all geometry types to translate them into another language programmatically?

[Alexander.Rivilis · Accepted solution]

1. Those are not geometrical types but entities types.

2. Next code may help you:

[CommandMethod("GetName")]
public static void GetObjName()
{
  Document doc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
  Editor ed = doc.Editor;
  PromptEntityResult pres = ed.GetEntity("\nSelect Entity: ");
  if (pres.Status == PromptStatus.OK)
  {
    ed.WriteMessage("\nName: {0}", 
      Autodesk.AutoCAD.Internal.PropertyInspector
      .ObjectPropertyManagerProperties.GetDisplayName(pres.ObjectId));
  }
}

This code can display name of entity identifying with its ObjectId.

[Hallex]

In addition to code above, this will return correct entity type:

Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.ShowAlertDialog(string.Format("Name:\n{0}",pres.ObjectId.ObjectClass.DxfName));

 So if you clicked light polyline, this code return LWPOLYLINE instead of POLYLINE

as per in Alexander's code

[moon_pelican_cat]

More generic way here(only vanilla AutoCAD Entities):

How to get the localize type names?

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/net/how-to-get-the-localize-type-names/m-p/12727133#M81791

(Environment is AutoCAD 2022, but might be applicable for older .nets)

It can get the localized names from Type object directly.

Of couse 'GetDisplayName' is faster than the method when it is getting from instances.

The instances are needed to entry in the database, temporary instances is not allowed (like ObjectId.Null)

Thanks @Alexander.Rivilis. The answer was getting me a good motivation for the question.

@Hallex 

This might be off topic, but I'll be mentioning about an API method chain (I recently recognized):

(not localized and not natural language like, internal type names)

using Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.AutoCAD.Runtime; // RXClass

[CommandMethod("TESTTYPENAME")]
public static void TestTypeName()
{
    System.Type t;
    t = typeof(Polyline);
    RXClass c = RXClass.GetClass(t);
    Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor.WriteMessage($"Name: {c.Name}\n");    // AcDbPolyline
    Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor.WriteMessage($"DxfName: {c.DxfName}\n"); // LWPOLYLINE
}