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Adding points to an existing geometry

Anonymous — Sun, 10 May 2020 17:28:19 GMT

I have the dxf file of a 2D geometry created in AutoCAD and I would like to add points on the lines of

the existing geometry. The list of points to be added is present in a text file.

For example, I want to add 10 points on line between 3 and 2 in the above image. The(x,y) coordinates of the 10 points are present in a text file. Is there a way to import and snap the coordinates close to the boundary(/line) because the coordinates come from a pre-processing step and might lie a bit off from the actual points on 3- 2.

Re: Adding points to an existing geometry

ChicagoLooper — Sun, 10 May 2020 18:16:11 GMT

Your points are in a text file, with .txt extention, correct? Open the txt file and copy the points to your clipboard.

1-copy all point coordinates to clipboard.

Start point command from the ribbon. Next, on command line, paste the contents of your clipboard, then ENTER.

2-Start Point command, then paste contents of clipboard onto command line.

Your points will appear in modelspace.

3-Points are inserted. Use PTYPE to change the 'point style.'