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Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:01:35 GMT

I have two File1.dwg and File2.dwg with some contents in both of them.

I want to add File1 contents to the contents of File2

please help. My code is

public void file2file(string fromFile, string toFile) { // define souce DB Database fromDb = new Database(false, true); // define object collection ObjectIdCollection acObjIdColl = new ObjectIdCollection(); // Lock the current document using (fromDb) { // open source file fromDb.ReadDwgFile(fromFile, FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndAllShare, false, null); // Start a transaction using (Transaction acTrans = fromDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()) { // Open the Block table record for read BlockTable acBlkTbl; acBlkTbl = acTrans.GetObject(fromDb.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTable; // Open the Block table record Model space for write BlockTableRecord acBlkTblRec; acBlkTblRec = acTrans.GetObject(acBlkTbl[BlockTableRecord.ModelSpace], OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTableRecord; // copy/paste each object foreach (ObjectId id in fromBtr) { Entity ent = (Entity)fromTr.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForWrite); acObjIdColl.Add(ent.ObjectId); } // Save the new objects to the database acTrans.Commit(); } // Unlock the document } // Create a new drawing to copy the objects to Database acDbNewDoc = new Database(false, true); using (acDbNewDoc) { // open source file acDbNewDoc.ReadDwgFile(toFile, FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndAllShare, false, null); // Start a transaction in the new database using (Transaction acTrans = acDbNewDoc.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()) { // Open the Block table for read BlockTable acBlkTblNewDoc; acBlkTblNewDoc = acTrans.GetObject(acDbNewDoc.BlockTableId, OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTable; // Open the Block table record Model space for read BlockTableRecord acBlkTblRecNewDoc; acBlkTblRecNewDoc = acTrans.GetObject(acBlkTblNewDoc[BlockTableRecord.ModelSpace], OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTableRecord; //foreach (Entity id1 in acObjIdColl) { foreach (Entity nent in acDBObjColl) { destBtr.AppendEntity(nent); destTr.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(nent, true); } // Save the copied objects to the database acTrans.Commit(); } // Unlock the document } // Set the new document current acDbNewDoc.SaveAs(toFile, DwgVersion.Current); }

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Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

_gile — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:20:48 GMT

Hi,

First, please use the "Insert/Edit code sample" button (</>) when you paste code so that it is more readable.

The code you posted looks like a patchwork of code snippets copied/pasted from multiple sources that seems to never have been tested. It try to use some variable names which have never been declared (fromBtr, formTr, acDbObjCol, destBtr, destTr). Visual Studio alert you for this.

This should work:

public static void AddFilecontents(string sourceFilename, string targetFileName) { try { using (var targetDb = new Database(false, true)) using (var sourceDb = new Database(false, true)) { sourceDb.ReadDwgFile(sourceFilename, FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndAllShare, false, null); targetDb.ReadDwgFile(targetFileName, FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndAllShare, false, null); var sourceModelSpaceId = SymbolUtilityServices.GetBlockModelSpaceId(sourceDb); var targetModelSpaceId = SymbolUtilityServices.GetBlockModelSpaceId(targetDb); var ids = new ObjectIdCollection(); using (var tr = sourceDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()) { var sourceModelSpace = (BlockTableRecord)tr.GetObject(sourceModelSpaceId, OpenMode.ForRead); foreach (ObjectId id in sourceModelSpace) { ids.Add(id); } tr.Commit(); } var mapping = new IdMapping(); sourceDb.WblockCloneObjects(ids, targetModelSpaceId, mapping, DuplicateRecordCloning.Ignore, false); targetDb.SaveAs(targetFileName, DwgVersion.Current); } } catch (System.Exception ex) { Application.ShowAlertDialog(ex.Message); var ed = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor; ed.WriteMessage($"\n{ex.Message}\n{ex.StackTrace}\n"); } }

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:14:42 GMT

Thank you for the help, it worked.

But the position of the entities are not same as in File1.dwg.

if I use this method in serial for different files, like

AddFilecontents(f1, f2);

AddFilecontents(f3, f2);

f1 contents are overlaped by f3 contents in f2.

Any further suggestion, please...

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

_gile — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:44:23 GMT

Please, post some simple drawing examples to show what you want.

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 01:26:30 GMT

Please see the attached image

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 02:03:20 GMT

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

cuongtk2 — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:01:01 GMT

AddFilecontents(f1, f2) -> f2

public static void AddFilecontents(string sourceFilename, string targetFileName, Point3d insertPoint = new Point3d()) { using (var targetDb = new Database(true, false)) { targetDb.ReadDwgFile(targetFileName, System.IO.FileShare.ReadWrite, false, null); using (var sourceDb = new Database(true, false)) { sourceDb.ReadDwgFile(sourceFilename, System.IO.FileShare.ReadWrite, false, null); Matrix3d matrix = Matrix3d.Displacement(insertPoint - Point3d.Origin); targetDb.Insert(matrix, sourceDb, true); targetDb.SaveAs(targetFileName, DwgVersion.Current); } } }

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

_gile — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:06:05 GMT

@soari.do

The images don't help. The code works with WCS coordinates, keeping the origin (0, 0, 0) of each drawing.

Please provide DWG files so that we can understand the issue.

Here's a screencast showing the following command in action.

[CommandMethod("TEST")] public static void Test() { AddFilecontents(@"B:\Desktop\Drawings\File1.dwg", @"B:\Desktop\Drawings\File3.dwg"); AddFilecontents(@"B:\Desktop\Drawings\File2.dwg", @"B:\Desktop\Drawings\File3.dwg"); }

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 01:05:02 GMT

Thank you so much, it helped me a lot, I could adjust the coordinates.

One other issue I faced, which I did not expect.

I coded to remove duplicates, but after removing duplicates, I opened the file and "Select-All" run "Overkill" command, it showed

0 duplicates deleted

8360 overlapping objects or segments deleted. (see image for reference)

I have no idea how to identify and delete overlapping objects.

Please help me to delete overlapping objects using C#.

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

k005 — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:18:26 GMT

this is so beautiful! I think there should be something like this;

Adding X or Y coordinates from outside and collecting the drawings according to this coordinate.

There is overlapping in the current code...

I am attaching sample dwg.

In the example, I gave the value of X coordinate 300. and that should go incrementally. In the form of 300, 600,900, so... Of course, in this case, excessive space of drawing-parts may occur. this is editable. from the drawing.

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:31:26 GMT

Sir,

the code works fine but some asian characters are not displaying correctly in File2, after copying from File1 to File2. In File2 the text displays as ????, but when I click on it and check the properties, it shows correctly in properties.

Could you kindly suggest how to fix it.

Thanks

Rao

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 03:26:27 GMT

Sir,

the code works fine but some asian characters are not displaying correctly in File2, after copying from File1. In File2 the text displays as ????, but when I click on it and check the properties, it shows correctly in properties, but not in model space.

Could you kindly suggest how to fix it.

Thanks
Rao

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

_gile — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 06:32:26 GMT

Sorry, I have no idea. I only use Latin characters.

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

cuongtk2 — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:34:59 GMT

Example:

before:

dwg1: Text style "Standard" use font txt.shx

dwg2: Text style "Standard" use font Arial.ttf , dbtext1 content "việt nam"

after import dwg2 to dwg1 :

dbtext1 display content "vi?t nam" in dwg1, because txt.shx not support Unicode chacrater.

You must note that the font in the textstyle of 2 drawings must be the same.

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:31:24 GMT

Thank you sir,

Here is the result, please see attached image.

In properties of both files it shows correctly and property name is also same.

But in model space font is not correctly displaying.

Any further settings suggested.

Please.

Thankyou

Rao

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

_gile — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 17:11:43 GMT

Check the Font of the 'Standard' textstyle in both files.

Re: Add File1.dwg contents to File2.dwg

soari.do — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:21:03 GMT

Thank you sir,

I solved in other way.