How to find and replace special characters in layer

[jocke.o92]

I work with a foreign language, which use letters like Ö,Ä,Å. I get some drawings containing this letters and this creates some problem when doing machine control and using dxf. Those characters' kind of breaks the dxf in the machine.

Is there an easy way to take those letters in the layer and change them to O,A,A? Maybe a lisp that could be modified.

[pendean]

>>>...Those characters' kind of breaks the dxf ...<<<
LISP will not overcome DXF issues with those special characters.

[Valentin-WSP]

@jocke.o92 ,

Try reading these links:

• Find & Replace Layer Names
• Find/replace in layer descriptions

Might also want to look into installing the Swedish Font (if available) - these links may provide some help:

• AutoCAD 2021 Language Packs
• How to install a font into AutoCAD
• Fonts do not display correctly or are wrong in AutoCAD
• Text Symbols and Special Characters Reference

[vladimir_michl]

You can use regular expressions in the RRENAME LISP utility (free). Just set the Layers option, search for:
[^\x20-\x7F]

and replace it e.g. with:

_

You may need to repeat this several times.

See https://www.cadforum.cz/en/rename-on-steroids-complex-renaming-of-autocad-objects-tip9265

Vladimir Michl, www.arkance-systems.cz - www.cadforum.cz