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Posted: **23 Apr 2007, 22:04**

Hi, I need to get two things from DXF files.

1. The number of all the entities (shapes)
2. All the entities points so that I can manipulate in my program.

Basically I need to extract those two info, and need to draw them in XOR fashion. (So, some shapes are filled and some shapes are unfilled.)
How do I get those info from DXF? It is quite confusing to figure them out from your demo...
Thank you so much.

Posted: **25 Apr 2007, 14:56**

Hello!

The code below is based on Viewer demo. Find it in the ..\cadimportvcl\Delphi\Demos\Viewer\.. folder of the <b>CAD Import VCL</b> package: http://www.cadsofttools.com/download/cadimportvcl.zip It is shown how to get access to the entities on the current layout of the loaded CAD file.

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<b>procedure</b> TForm1.btnGetEntitiesClick(Sender: TObject);
<b>var</b>
  J: Integer;
  vCADImg: TsgDXFImage;
  vEnt: TsgDXFEntity;
<b>begin
  if</b> sgPaintBox.Picture.Graphic <b>is</b> TsgDXFImage <b>then</b>
    vCADImg := TsgDXFImage(sgPaintBox.Picture.Graphic)
  <b>else</b>
    Exit;

  <b>for</b> J := 0 <b>to </b>vCADImg.CurrentLayout.Converter.Counts[csEntities] - 1 <b>do
  begin</b>
    vEnt := vCADImg.CurrentLayout.Converter.Sections[csEntities].Entities[J];
    <font color="blue"><i>//do your actions</i></font id="blue">
  <b>end</b>;
<b>end</b>;

Sergey.

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How to get all the entities?

How to get all the entities?