--- On Thu, 10/25/07, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there any way of converting text from an > AutoCad (.dwg ot .dxf) file into > >> a PostgreSQL Database?? > Do you want AutoCad to edit the drawings right out of the > database? How > would you want to put them in/get them out, of the > database?
I think the more traditional problem is to extract information embedded (within blocks) in a drawing to produce a bill of material. As long as the text is stored in a block it is a trivial task. On the other hand, if the text is free floating in the drawing, finding it is a little more difficult but still possible using lisp or vba. Auto cad has prebuilt tools to extract/link data from blocks to any ODBC compliant database. Of course, the holy grail would be to eliminate auto cad altogether and then render drawings from the data stored in the database. :-) Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
