
To change the text style for the current drawing, click Text Style and select a style. Text uses the text style for the current drawing.

If an object does not have a value in the selected data field, the point is imported using To import points as mtext, click in the Point Mapping dialog box, click Create As Text From Data, and select the data field to use.To import points as points, click the down arrow and select ACAD_POINT.To change the setting for a layer, click in the Points field for that layer.In the Import options dialog box, review the settings in the Points column.Click Insert tab Import panel Map Import.Once imported other routines could be used to connect them with lines, place on layers and be used to create surfaces.If you are importing survey points, see Bringing in Survey Data. The routine also has a, get data function that allows for format checking and then a user defined option of how that data should be shown within a drawing. This routine allows the selection of a suitable file format such as XLS, TXT, CSV or similar. Once loaded via Appload, the command INPUTXYZ becomes available to AutoCAD for the reading in of survey data from a compatible file. I have discussed this process in a previous post here: These routines can be loaded into AutoCAD start-up suite of bespoke commands. I noticed a useful free Lisp routine that does precisely this task of inputting points from a text file, as either point entities, geometry or attributed blocks.

These points could be boundary markers or survey stations, but if there are many points to place, this can be quite a tedious and error prone process.įortunately, AutoCAD has a very flexible API with a range of environments, LISP is an old language but still has a place in performing routine tasks. I was recently asked about how I would go about creating geometry from a list of XYZ coordinates. AutoCAD gets used by many disciplines who need the software to perform a wide range of tasks.
