How can I extract geometric data from a drawing

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

I need to extract some geometric data (for example: Area, perimeter, how many holes or circles are on my drawing, total length of lines, etc) from DWG or DXF files as a spreadsheet or even as a text. Is there any way, I can do it without opening each drawing? 

Kind regards 

Mas

[m_latz]

To read information from a dwg or dxf file you have to open and read the file. But you do not need to load and display in "AutoCAD Dwg Editor".

You can use AcCoreConsole, ObjectArx or RealDWG (additional License) to do this.

For example you can write a program to read all dwg/dxf files from a folder and read them with the AcCoreConsole to extract all required information.

AcCoreConsole is "AutoCAD without a window".

regards

Markus