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BrianKrieger10-Marble
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September 16, 2010
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.dtl file

  • September 16, 2010
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Is there a way to read in a drawing dtl file using JLink (sans macro
execution)? I feel like I'm just not seeing it and it's there in one of
the enumeration constants (I also didn't see it in a drawing or other
method).



Any help is most appreciated.



Brian Krieger

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MarcMettes1-Visitor
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September 16, 2010

> Is there a way to read in a drawing dtl file using JLink (sans macro
> execution)? I feel like I'm just not seeing it and it's there in one of
> the enumeration constants (I also didn't see it in a drawing or other
> method).

I would check out Import() in pfcModel and DWGSetupImportInstructions.
Most likely, you'll need to do something more or less like this:

String fileName = "something.dtl";
DWGSetupImportInstructions inst = pfcModel.DWGSetupImportInstructions_Create();
model.Import(fileName, inst);

Where "model" is the object representing your drawing. The file name should
include the full path to the .dtl file if it's in another folder.



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BrianKrieger10-MarbleAuthor
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September 16, 2010
Bingo, Marc! Great answer! Like I said, I figured I was missing it.
Right there in the documentation.



A note about it, though. It appears there is a character limit on the
detail file name used in the import instructions. No biggie as I just
copy the file locally and then get rid of it, but still a limitation.
I'm going to try a couple of other tricks to see if I can get it to
accept a path'd name.



Thanks again, Marc, y'all are great!



BK


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