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units question
units question
hello.
i'm developing an application which has an option for import/export dwg and dxf files. i've reached a good result in the import of files but i have a problem with oddbtext classes.
when i import the oddbtext classes, the text appears displaced. i want to aplicate a translation to the text but i've noticed that the units used in the dwg and dxf files sometimes are mm, sometimes are inches, etc.
could someone tell me if exists any operation to know the unit used in the file? (the units of the oddbtext position at least).
thank you in advance.
david.
oddbdatabase::getmeasurement() can tell you if drawing is in english or metric system.
but all units in drawing are the same so it's strange if you have problems only with text entities.
sergey slezkin
no getmeasure()
hello sergey.
thank you for your answer, but, there is not any operation called getmeasurement in the oddbdatabase objects or, at least, i can't find it. do you know how could i know this measure value from a oddbdatabase, oddbtext or an oddbentity object?
thank you.
david.
measurement is database system variable. the function to get it is oddbdatabase::getmeasurement() - in previous post capitalization was incorrect.
individual entities do not have such function. units in the whole drawing are the same.
sergey slezkin
thanks a lot sergey!!
my problem is resolved .