Thanks everyone. I now think I have enough information to get this done. David At 01:38 25/07/2003, you wrote: >The DXF format is well documented by a number of folks, including >Autodesk. Here is the link to the official documentation: > >http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=3D123112&id=3D2882295= >&li >nkID=3D2475323 > >or, thanks to TinyURL, you can use this one instead: > >http://tinyurl.com/hxg5 >=20 > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Meyer [mailto:djmeyer@xxxxxxxxxx]=20 >Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 6:46 AM >To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [cad-linux] Re: Autocad > >Andy, > >I tried sending this to you directly but your account rejected me:) > >Thanks, we have some cross reference data located in the top left corner >of=20 >many of our drawings. We are trying to build a database of this data and >it=20 >seems best if we can automate it. Hopefully 5000 dxf files will be >easier=20 >to deal with. > >The data we are looking for is a 5 digit number (our part number). There > >can be 10 or more, each in single line text objects. Now I need to work >out=20 >how to find them in a dxf file:) > >I have isolated the sort of data I am looking for but I need to work out > >what it all means. I think I have found a decent reference for dxf file=20 >format now so I should have this sorted sooner rather than later. > >Thanks, > >David