MOVE DXF OUTPUT TO FIRST QUADRANT AND ADD iPROPERTY TEXT TO DXF OUTPUT

[brendan.henderson]

I have a macro to create DXF files for all sheet metal parts in an assembly. What I now want to add is 2 functions :-

1. Move the DXF output to be in the 1st (positive) quadrant so that the left most entity is touches with the Y axis and the bottom most entity touches with the X axis,
2. Add iProperties like Part Number, Material, Thickness and Qty as text to the DXF file.

Any takers?

[xiaodong_liang]

Hi,

I am afraid you would need to elaborate your first requirement. probably a snapshot would be helpful. As to the second requirement, the available options when exporting to DXF are listed in API reference. In addition, if UI cannot export the information you need, I do not think API can do.

[brendan.henderson]

Thanks for the reply.

1st quadrant as shown below. I know I can draw the item in this quadrant but that causes constraint issues. I just want to offset (move) the DXF entities to the first quadrant on export :-

[xiaodong_liang]

Sorry, I did not meant what is FIRST QUADRANT. I was just wondering what kind of result you would like to have. e.g. what is  "left most entity touches with the Y axis and the bottom most entity touches with the X axis".

It looks you will need to get the extent of the entities and move them after exporting to DXF. That would mean you will need to post-develop by AutoCAD API on the DXF.