Topic: How to get data from Property Pane?

[Peter2]

Hi
The original "Property Pane" from AutoCAD shows sometimes properties of one or many elements which are not that easy to get - see the example here, taken from AutoCAD MAP with Industry Model, based on Oracle.


So I think it is sometimes easier to analyse and use the data from Property Pane instead from the objects themselves.
Are there tools to get the data from the pane?
Or is my idea not that great as I think?

[ribarm]

Have you tried something like :
(dumpallproperties (car (entsel)))

Then to get/set you have :
(setpropertyvalue (car (entsel)) "Property" "Value")
(getpropertyvalue (car (entsel)) "Property")

"Property" and "Value" are just my examples - you should be using what you get/see when (dumpallproperties (car (entsel)))

[Peter2]

Hi Marco

the problem that "MAP with Industry Model" (on oracle) has a dataflow in background which I don't know and uses for everything the object "AcMapBulkFeature". E.g dumping a text (similar to the example above) I get this:

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. Objekt wählen: Begin dumping object (class: AcMapBulkFeature)
2. Annotative (type: bool)  (LocalName: Beschriftung) = Failed to get value
3. AnnotativeScale (type: AcString)  (RO)  (LocalName: Beschriftungs-Maßstab) = Failed to get value
4. BlockId (type: AcDbObjectId)  (RO) = 16ea11089f0
5. CastShadows (type: bool) = 1
6. ClassName (type: AcString)  (RO) =
7. CollisionType (type: AcDb::CollisionType)  (RO) = 1
8. Color (type: AcCmColor)  (LocalName: Farbe) = VONLAYER
9. ExtensionDictionary (type: AcDbObjectId)  (RO) = 0
10. Handle (type: AcDbHandle)  (RO) = 9fc
11. HasFields (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
12. HasSaveVersionOverride (type: bool) = 0
13. Hyperlinks (type: AcDbHyperlink*)
14. IsA (type: AcRxClass*)  (RO) = AcMapBulkFeature
15. IsAProxy (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
16. IsCancelling (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
17. IsEraseStatusToggled (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
18. IsErased (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
19. IsModified (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
20. IsModifiedGraphics (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
21. IsModifiedXData (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
22. IsNewObject (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
23. IsNotifyEnabled (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
24. IsNotifying (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
25. IsObjectIdsInFlux (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
26. IsPersistent (type: bool)  (RO) = 1
27. IsPlanar (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
28. IsReadEnabled (type: bool)  (RO) = 1
29. IsReallyClosing (type: bool)  (RO) = 1
30. IsTransactionResident (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
31. IsUndoing (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
32. IsWriteEnabled (type: bool)  (RO) = 0
33. LayerId (type: AcDbObjectId)  (LocalName: Layer) = 16ea110ed10
34. LineWeight (type: AcDb::LineWeight)  (LocalName: Linienstärke) = -1
35. LinetypeId (type: AcDbObjectId)  (LocalName: Linientyp) = 16ea1108950
36. LinetypeScale (type: double)  (LocalName: Linientypfaktor) = 1.000000
37. LocalizedName (type: AcString)  (RO) =
38. MaterialId (type: AcDbObjectId)  (LocalName: Material) = 16ea1108dc0
39. MergeStyle (type: AcDb::DuplicateRecordCloning)  (RO) = 1
40. ObjectId (type: AcDbObjectId)  (RO) = 16ece87fe40
41. OwnerId (type: AcDbObjectId)  (RO) = 16ea11089f0
42. PlotStyleName (type: AcString)  (RO)  (LocalName: Plotstil) = VonFarbe
43. ReceiveShadows (type: bool) = 1
44. ShadowDisplay (type: AcDb::ShadowFlags)  (LocalName: Schattenanzeige) = 0
45. Transparency (type: AcCmTransparency)  (LocalName: Transparenz) = 0
46. Visible (type: AcDb::Visibility) = 0
47. End object dump

And this is why I thought "Don't search for the real data - just take the displayed data" ....

[jvillarreal]

Look into the object data functions.
Here's one resource:
https://documentation.help/AutoCAD-Map-3D-2009-AutoLISP/object_data_functions.htm

[tombu]

Examples here: https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=51728.0
The ade_odgetfield function from jvillarreal's link is the most common way to get that record but you need the Table name as well.

[BIGAL]

Object data has good references. Property data can also exist and is a bit of a nightmare to get at unless you have access to the right .dll's. Civ3d on its own is an example, the dll's are in Autocad Architecture but not Civ3d you can see them in the properties box. Creating them by external program can be done but how to retrieve programatically.

[Rod]

I did some experimenting with reading property sets using lisp, but I had to install an autocad architecture trial to get the required dlls.
See https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=54460.msg598224#msg598224
I haven't furthered it any more, just too busy.

Sounds like you are after object data anyway

+2 for ade_odgetfield

[BIGAL]

Thanks Rod it was a civ3d property set question and yes no .dll available. Just mentioned as property set data looks similar.

[Peter2]

Thanks for the replies, but as written above - it is "Industry Model", and I could not get any access using the "ade_..." commands. Property Sets from Civil can be reached via Lisp, but I think that's not the solution here.

That's why I thought it's "easier" to used the existing data in Property Pane.

Peter

[tombu]

Why not just attach a small drawing with an object with the property data you want?
One of us could write the code to access the data you want like FID or LABEL_TEXT.
Your image simply isn't providing enough information.

[Peter2]

Why not just attach a small drawing with an object with the property data you want?..

That's the problem with "Industry Model" - all the data is used and displayed in a "dynamic(?)" way, connected to the database. When you save a file, it changes the way of data handling, so an example file would not help.

[wizman]

Save current Map to AutoCAD then have the feature attributes exported as xdata.  Then you can play from there.

[Peter2]

Thanks to all

I see that there are some ways, but my wish to a one-click-data-extract seem to impossible based on the knowledge and/or on the tools that I have.

Enjoy the summer!

[BIGAL]

Your giving up to quick its not that hard but need a dwg from you as the variables will be different names.

[Peter2]

@BIGAL

thanks for your insistence. Here is a drawing, made from Map. There are many Texts, but the Acad command "list" shows one "Mapbulkfeature".

I'm really curious if
a) data can extracted from here and
b) if it will work in Industry Model