TABLES Section

The TABLES section contains the resource tables of a DXF document.

• APPID Table
• BLOCK_RECORD Table
• DIMSTYLE Table
• LAYER Table
• LTYPE Table
• STYLE Table
• UCS Table
• VIEW Table
• VPORT Configuration Table

The TABLES section of DXF R13 and later looks like this:

0
SECTION
2           <<< begin TABLES section
TABLES
0           <<< first TABLE
TABLE
2           <<< name of table "LTYPE"
LTYPE
5           <<< handle of the TABLE
8
330         <<< owner handle is always "0"
0
100         <<< subclass marker
AcDbSymbolTable
70          <<< count of table entries
4           <<< do not rely on this value!
0           <<< first table entry
LTYPE
...
0           <<< second table entry
LTYPE
...
0           <<< end of TABLE
ENDTAB
0           <<< next TABLE
TABLE
2           <<< name of table "LAYER"
LAYER
5           <<< handle of the TABLE
2
330         <<< owner handle is always "0"
0
100         <<< subclass marker
AcDbSymbolTable
70          <<< count of table entries
1
0           <<< first table entry
LAYER
...
0           <<< end of TABLE
ENDTAB
0           <<< end of SECTION
ENDSEC

The TABLES section of DXF R12 and prior is a bit simpler and does not contain the BLOCK_RECORD table. The handles in DXF R12 and prior are optional and only present if the HEADER variable $HANDLING is 1.

0
SECTION
2           <<< begin TABLES section
TABLES
0           <<< first TABLE
TABLE
2           <<< name of table "LTYPE"
LTYPE
5           <<< optional handle of the TABLE
8
70          <<< count of table entries
4
0           <<< first table entry
LTYPE
...
0           <<< second table entry
LTYPE
...
0           <<< end of TABLE
ENDTAB
0           <<< next TABLE
TABLE
2           <<< name of table "LAYER"
LAYER
5           <<< optional handle of the TABLE
2
70          <<< count of table entries
1
0           <<< first table entry
LAYER
...
0           <<< end of TABLE
ENDTAB
0           <<< end of SECTION
ENDSEC