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Points Import for IntelliCAD - A Point Text file Import plug-in for IntelliCAD
Points Import for AutoCAD
is a Point Text file import plug-in for AutoCAD®. This plug-in gives
AutoCAD the ability to import point data from text files.
Point
data is commonly stored in plain text file as a series of x, y and z
coordinates, separated by a comma, space, tab, semicolon or a custom
separator. These text files may also contain other information about the
points such as point number and point descriptions. Moreover, points
from a survey may be stored in the Northing, Easting, Elevation format.
Points Import for AutoCAD extracts the point information from
text files and creates point entities in the active drawing. Optionally
it can also create text entities for point numbers, point descriptions
and point coordinates. The points can also be joined by a chain of
lines, a polyline or a spline. This is helpful when the points in the
point file are stored in a particular order such as a path of motion of
an object, points on the boundary of an object or hole in an object,
etc.
Points
Import for AutoCAD supports the following point file formats:
X, Y, Z
Number, X, Y, Z
X, Y, Z, Description
Number, X, Y, Z, Description
Northing, Easting, Elevation
Number, Northing, Easting, Elevation
Northing, Easting, Elevation, Description
Number, Northing, Easting, Elevation, Description
Points
Import for AutoCAD comes with detailed documentation as well as a
tutorial to get you started in
the shortest possible time.
If you
need any additional information please
contact SYCODE.
The
Point File Format
A Point file format is basically a text file containing the x, y and z
coordinates of a point on each line. Usually the coordinates are stored
in the XYZ order. However, points are sometimes stored in the YXZ order.
This is common in survey data where the YXZ order is referred to
Northing, Easting and Elevation. Sometimes each point in the point file
has a point number and/or description. An example of a point file with
points stored in the XYZ order and has point numbers and descriptions.
1,5.678232,3.282384,6.112837,First Point
2,7.802343,6.792039,2.489561,Second Point
3,2.454512,7.453219,3.454865,Third Point
... and so on
Please feel free to call or email us for more information about Point Text file
import plug-in for IntelliCAD
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