Cool! Thanks. If and when I get something done on this can I submit it?
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 7:26 AM Reini Urban <reini.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 1:16 AM Dave Coventry <dgcoven...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Reini, >> >> I'm quite keen to generate SVG files from my DWG drawings and I've had >> a look at some of the code you've written in the dwg2SVG module. >> >> In particular, I'm looking at generating MTEXT elements as these are >> used to describe dimensions in the BLOCKS table. >> >> Looking in the dwg.h header file, I see 'typedef struct >> _dwg_entity_MTEXT' which includes the line 'BITCODE_T text; >> /*!< DXF 1 */'. >> >> If I use this: >> >> Dwg_Entity_MTEXT *text = obj->tio.entity->tio.MTEXT; >> fprintf(stderr, "mtext is:%s\n", text->text); > > > fprintf is the problem. %s uses \ for special handling. test->text is fine. > use fputs or quote the \ > >> >> >> the output is >> >> mtext is:\ >> >> ie, a single backslash. >> >> If I look at the dxf output from the same file, it tells me that the >> DXF_CODE 1 has the entry: >> '\A1;1700' >> >> This describes the figure 1700 with centre alignment (the \A1;' part). >> >> How do I access the full content of the MTEXT entity? I don't see any >> way to access the DXF_CODE 3. Is this because it hasn't been >> implemented yet? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Dave. >> >> PS. Thanks for the fantastic work you've done on this. >> > > > -- > Reini Urban
