DXF Content¶
General preconditions:
import sys
import ezdxf
try:
doc = ezdxf.readfile("your_dxf_file.dxf")
except IOError:
print(f'Not a DXF file or a generic I/O error.')
sys.exit(1)
except ezdxf.DXFStructureError:
print(f'Invalid or corrupted DXF file.')
sys.exit(2)
msp = doc.modelspace()
Get/Set Entity Color¶
The entity color is stored as ACI (AutoCAD Color Index):
aci = entity.dxf.color
Default value is 256 which means BYLAYER:
layer = doc.layers.get(entity.dxf.layer)
aci = layer.get_color()
The special get_color()
method is required, because
the color attribute Layer.dxf.color
is misused as layer on/off flag, a
negative color value means the layer is off.
ACI value 0 means BYBLOCK, which means the color from the block reference (INSERT entity).
Set color as ACI value as int in range [0, 256]:
entity.dxf.color = 1
The ACI value 7 has a special meaning, it is white on dark backgrounds and white on light backgrounds.
Get/Set Entity RGB Color¶
RGB true color values are supported since DXF R13 (AC1012), the 24-bit RGB value
is stored as integer in the DXF attribute true_color
:
# 24 bit binary value: 0bRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGBBBBBBBB or hex value: 0xRRGGBB
# set true color value to red
entity.dxf.true_color = 0xFF0000
Use the helper functions from the ezdxf.colors
module for
RGB integer value handling:
from ezdxf import colors
entity.dxf.true_color = colors.rgb2int((0xFF, 0, 0))
r, g, b = colors.int2rgb(entity.dxf.true_color)
The RGB values of the AutoCAD default colors are not officially documented, but an accurate translation table is included in ezdxf:
# Warning: ACI value 256 (BYLAYER) raises an IndexError!
rgb24 = colors.DXF_DEFAULT_COLORS[aci]
print(f"RGB Hex Value: #{rgb24:06X}")
r, g, b = colors.int2rgb(rgb24)
print(f"RGB Channel Values: R={r:02X} G={g:02X} b={b:02X}")
If color
and true_color
values are set, BricsCAD and AutoCAD use
the true_color
value as display color for the entity.
Get/Set True Color as RGB-Tuple¶
Get/Set the true color value as (r, g, b)-tuple by the
rgb
property of the
DXFGraphic
entity:
# set true color value to red
entity.rgb = (0xFF, 0, 0)
# get true color values
r, g, b = entity.rgb
Get/Set Block Reference Attributes¶
Block references (Insert
) can have attached attributes (Attrib
),
these are simple text annotations with an associated tag appended to the block reference.
Iterate over all appended attributes:
# get all INSERT entities with entity.dxf.name == "Part12"
blockrefs = msp.query('INSERT[name=="Part12"]')
if len(blockrefs):
entity = blockrefs[0] # process first entity found
for attrib in entity.attribs:
if attrib.dxf.tag == "diameter": # identify attribute by tag
attrib.dxf.text = "17mm" # change attribute content
Get attribute by tag:
diameter = entity.get_attrib('diameter')
if diameter is not None:
diameter.dxf.text = "17mm"
Adding XDATA to Entities¶
Adding XDATA as list of tuples (group code, value) by set_xdata()
, overwrites
data if already present:
doc.appids.new('YOUR_APPID') # IMPORTANT: create an APP ID entry
circle = msp.add_circle((10, 10), 100)
circle.set_xdata(
'YOUR_APPID',
[
(1000, 'your_web_link.org'),
(1002, '{'),
(1000, 'some text'),
(1002, '{'),
(1071, 1),
(1002, '}'),
(1002, '}')
])
For group code meaning see DXF reference section DXF Group Codes in Numerical Order Reference, valid group codes are in the range 1000 - 1071.
Method get_xdata()
returns the extended data for an entity as
Tags
object.
See also
Tutorial: Storing Custom Data in DXF Files
Get Overridden DIMSTYLE Values from DIMENSION¶
In general the Dimension
styling and config attributes are stored in the
Dimstyle
entity, but every attribute can be overridden for each DIMENSION
entity individually, get overwritten values by the DimstyleOverride
object
as shown in the following example:
for dimension in msp.query('DIMENSION'):
dimstyle_override = dimension.override() # requires v0.12
dimtol = dimstyle_override['dimtol']
if dimtol:
print(f'{str(dimension)} has tolerance values:')
dimtp = dimstyle_override['dimtp']
dimtm = dimstyle_override['dimtm']
print(f'Upper tolerance: {dimtp}')
print(f'Lower tolerance: {dimtm}')
The DimstyleOverride
object returns the value of the underlying DIMSTYLE objects if the
value in DIMENSION was not overwritten, or None
if the value was neither defined in DIMSTYLE nor in DIMENSION.
Override DIMSTYLE Values for DIMENSION¶
Same as above, the DimstyleOverride
object supports also overriding DIMSTYLE values.
But just overriding this values have no effect on the graphical representation of the DIMENSION entity, because
CAD applications just show the associated anonymous block which contains the graphical representation on the
DIMENSION entity as simple DXF entities. Call the render
method of the
DimstyleOverride
object to recreate this graphical representation by ezdxf, but ezdxf
does not support all DIMENSION types and DIMVARS yet, and results will differ from AutoCAD
or BricsCAD renderings.
dimstyle_override = dimension.override()
dimstyle_override.set_tolerance(0.1)
# delete associated geometry block
del doc.blocks[dimension.dxf.geometry]
# recreate geometry block
dimstyle_override.render()