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AutoCAD and HTML
This
article first appeared in the September 2002 issue of "CAD
Encoding."
In this article, we are
going to have a look at extracting information from AutoCAD and displaying
the results in an HTML file.
Just to be clever, and to keep everybody happy, we'll be writing the
coding using VBA, AutoLisp, Visual Lisp and last but not least VB. Each of
the routines will be slightly different to give you an idea of the
capabilities of each language.
Let's have a look at VBA
first.
This wee routine will extract all the layer names contained within a
drawing, create an HTML file on the fly, and list all the layer names :
Insert a Userform and add a
listbox and two buttons, retaining their default names :
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UserForm1
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ListBox1
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CommandButton1
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Commandbutton2
Add the following coding to
the General Declarations section :
(I
recommend you download the source coding for this project as word-wrapping
can cause major problems. The download link is at the end of Page IV.)
Option Explicit
'-----------------------------------------------------
Public AllLayers As AcadLayers
'-----------------------------------------------------
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim nFile As Integer
Dim Layer As AcadLayer
Dim dName As String
Dim mylen As Integer
Dim dPrefix As String
'if there is an error
On Error GoTo Err_Control
'hide the dialog
Me.hide
'get the drawing name
dName = ThisDrawing.GetVariable("DWGNAME")
'get the drawing name
dPrefix = ThisDrawing.GetVariable("DWGPREFIX")
'get the length of the filename
mylen = Len(dName)
'subtract the .DWG Extension
mylen = mylen - 4
'retrieve the drawing name
dName = Left(dName, mylen)
'get the next free file number
nFile = FreeFile
'open the html file to write to
Open dPrefix & dName & " - AllLayers.htm" _
For Output As #nFile
'write the header
Print #nFile, "<html><head><title> _
Cad Encoding - Layers to HTML</title></head>
<body><h3>Layers - Drawing No : " & dPrefix & _
dName & "</h3><hr>"
'process each layer
For Each Layer In AllLayers
'write to the HTML file
Print #nFile, "Layer Name = " & Layer.Name & "<p>"
'process next layer
Next
'write the footer
Print #nFile, "<hr><h3>Created by CAD Encoding</h3> _
</body></html>"
'close the file
Close #nFile
'display message box
MsgBox ("Layers written to HTML File :" & vbCr & _
dPrefix & dName &" - AllLayers.htm"), , "Layers to HTML"
'error control
Exit_Here:
Exit Sub
Err_Control:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_Here
End Sub
'----------------------------------------------------
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
End
End Sub
'---------------------------------------------------
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Dim Layer As AcadLayer
'if there is an error
On Error GoTo Err_Control
'get the layers collection
Set AllLayers = ThisDrawing.Layers
'process each layer
For Each Layer In AllLayers
'display each layer name in the list box
ListBox1.AddItem Layer.Name
'process next layer
Next
'error control
Exit_Here:
Exit Sub
Err_Control:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_Here
End Sub
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Now insert a new Module and
add this :
Sub AllLayers()
UserForm1.Show
End Sub
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Save this as "AllLayers.dvb."
Now open any drawing and run the macro.
The List Box should be populated with the drawings Layer names.
Select the "HTML" button. A dialog should appear informing you
that an HTML file has been created. Navigate to the directory containing
the HTML file and open it.
A list of all the Layers in your drawing should have been created.
On the next page we'll have
a look at something similar, but this time using AutoLisp.
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