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DXFReader Control Methods
Kadmos DXFReader ActiveX Control
DXFReader Control Hidden Properties

These properties are not showed in Property Browser and in the Object Browser. With these properties you can retreive and manupulate every drawing information, such as limits, units, current modes, etc. These properties are similar to the HEADER section of a DXF file. See the AutoDESK DXF Reference for further informations.

For example you can change the Fill mode property of the drawing with the following code:

DXFReader1.FILLMODE = 1

or display the drawing's limits with the following code:

With DXFReader1

MsgBox "Lower left corner: "+Str$(.LIMMINx) + ", " + Str$(.LIMMINy)
MsgBox "Upper right corner: "+Str$(.LIMMAXx) + ", " + Str$(.LIMMAXy)

End With

Many of the properties and methods of DXFReader control will change some of this properties in a trasparent way.

ACADMAINTVER	ANGBASE	ANGDIR	ATTDIA
ATTMODE	ATTREQ	AUNITS	AUPREC
BLIPMODE	BlockEntityNumber	CELTSCALE	CELWEIGHT
CEPSNID	CEPSNTYPE	CHAMFERA	CHAMFERB
CHAMFERC	CHAMFERD	CMLJUST	CMLSCALE
CMLSTYLE	COORDS	CSHADOW	DELOBJ
DIMADEC	DIMALT	DIMALTD	DIMALTF
DIMALTRND	DIMALTTD	DIMALTTZ	DIMALTU
DIMALTZ	DIMAPOST	DIMASO	DIMASSOC
DIMASZ	DIMATFIT	DIMAUNIT	DIMAZIN
DIMBLK	DIMBLK1	DIMBLK2	DIMCEN
DIMCLRD	DIMCLRE	DIMCLRT	DIMDEC
DIMDLE	DIMDLI	DIMDSEP	DIMEXE
DIMEXO	DIMFAC	DIMFIT	DIMGAP
DIMJUST	DIMLDRBLK	DIMLFAC	DIMLIM
DIMLUNIT	DIMLWD	DIMLWE	DIMPOST
DIMRND	DIMSAH	DIMSCALE	DIMSD1
DIMSD2	DIMSE1	DIMSE2	DIMSHO
DIMSOXD	DIMSTYLE	DIMTAD	DIMTDEC
DIMTFAC	DIMTIH	DIMTIX	DIMTM
DIMTMOVE	DIMTOFL	DIMTOH	DIMTOL
DIMTOLJ	DIMTP	DIMTSZ	DIMTVP
DIMTXSTY	DIMTXT	DIMTZIN	DIMUNIT
DIMUPT	DIMZIN	DISPSILH	DRAGMODE
DWGCODEPAGE	EXTMAXx	EXTMAXy	EXTMAXz
EXTMINx	EXTMINy	EXTMINz	FILLETRAD
FILLMODE	HANDLING	HANDSEED	INSBASEx
INSBASEy	INSBASEz	LASTSAVEDBY	LIMCHECK
LIMMAXx	LIMMAXy	LIMMINx	LIMMINy
LTSCALE	LUNITS	LUPREC	MAXACTVP
MENU	MIRRTEXT	ORTHOMODE	OSMODE
PDMODE	PDSIZE	PELEVATION	PenAssignmentsFileName
PEXTMAXx	PEXTMAXy	PEXTMAXz	PEXTMINx
PEXTMINy	PEXTMINz	PICKSTYLE	PINSBASEx
PINSBASEy	PINSBASEz	PLIMCHECK	PLIMMAXx
PLIMMAXy	PLIMMINx	PLIMMINy	PLINEGEN
PLINEWID	PROXYGRAPHICS	PSLTSCALE	PUCSNAME
PUCSORGx	PUCSORGy	PUCSORGz	PUCSXDIRx
PUCSXDIRy	PUCSXDIRz	PUCSYDIRx	PUCSYDIRy
PUCSYDIRz	QTEXTMODE	REGENMODE	SHADEDGE
SHADEDIF	SKETCHINC	SKPOLY	SPLFRAME
SPLINESEGS	SPLINETYPE	SURFTAB1	SURFTAB2
SURFTYPE	SURFU	SURFV	TDCREATE
TDINDWG	TDUPDATE	TDUSRTIMER	TEXTSIZE
TILEMODE	TRACEWID	TREEDEPTH	UCSName
UCSORGx	UCSORGy	UCSORGz	UCSXDIRx
UCSXDIRy	UCSXDIRz	UCSYDIRx	UCSYDIRy
UCSYDIRz	UNITMODE	USERI1	USERI2
USERI3	USERI4	USERI5	USERR1
USERR2	USERR3	USERR4	USERR5
USRTIMER	VISRETAIN	WORLDVIEW

Property	Data Type	Description

ACADMAINTVER	Integer	Maintenance version number (should be ignored).
ANGBASE	Single	Angle 0 direction.
ANGDIR	Integer	1 = clockwise angles, 0 = counterclockwise.
ATTDIA	Integer	Attribute entry dialogs: 1 = on, 0 = off.
ATTMODE	Integer	Attribute visibility: 0 = none, 1 = normal, 2 = all.
ATTREQ	Integer	Attribute prompting during INSERT: 1 = on, 0 = off.
AUNITS	Integer	Units format for angles.
AUPREC	Integer	Units precision for angles.
BLIPMODE	Integer	Blip mode on if nonzero.
BlockEntityNumber	Long	Returns the entity number inside a block if selected by the GetEntity method.
CELTSCALE	Single	Current entity linetype scale.
CELWEIGHT	Integer	Lineweight of new objects.
CEPSNID	Integer	Plotstyle handle of new objects; if CEPSNTYPE is 3, then\r\nthis value indicates the handle.
CEPSNTYPE	Integer	Plot style type of new objects: 0 = Plot style by layer, 1 = Plot style by block, 2 = Plot style by dictionary default, 3 = Plot style by object ID/handle.
CHAMFERA	Single	First chamfer distance.
CHAMFERB	Single	Second chamfer distance.
CHAMFERC	Single	Chamfer length.
CHAMFERD	Single	Chamfer angle.
CMLJUST	Integer	Current multiline justification: 0=Top,1=Middle, 2=Bottom.
CMLSCALE	Integer	Current multiline scale.
CMLSTYLE	String	Current multiline style name.
COORDS	Integer	Coordinate display: 0 = static, 1 = continous update, 2 = d/a format.
CSHADOW	Integer	Shadow mode for a 3D object: 0 = Casts and receives shadows, 1 = Casts shadows, 2 = Receives shadows, 3 = Ignores shadows.
DELOBJ	Integer	Controls object deletion: 0=deleted, 1=retained.
DIMADEC	Integer	Number of precision places displayed in angular dimensions.
DIMALT	Integer	Alternate unit dimensioning performed if nonzero.
DIMALTD	Integer	Alternate unit decimal places.
DIMALTF	Single	Alternate unit scale factor.
DIMALTRND	Single	Determines rounding of alternate units.
DIMALTTD	Integer	Number of decimal places for tolerance values of an alternate units dimension.
DIMALTTZ	Integer	Controls suppression of zeros for alternate tolerance values.
DIMALTU	Integer	Units format for alternate units of all dimension style family members except angular.
DIMALTZ	Integer	Controls suppression of zeros for alternate unit dimension values.
DIMAPOST	String	Alternate dimensioning suffix.
DIMASO	Integer	1 = create associative dimensioning, 0 = draw individual entities.
DIMASSOC	Integer	Controls the associativity of dimension objects: 0 = Creates exploded dimensions; there is no association\r\nbetween elements of the dimension, and the lines, arcs,\r\narrowheads, and text of a dimension are drawn as separate\r\nobjects, 1 = Creates non-associ.
DIMASZ	Single	Dimensioning arrow size.
DIMATFIT	Integer	Controls dimension text and arrow placement when space\r\nis not sufficient to place both within the extension lines: 0 = Places both text and arrows outside extension lines, 1 = Moves arrows first, then text, 2 = Moves text first, then arrows, 3 = Moves e.
DIMAUNIT	Integer	Angle format for angular dimensions.
DIMAZIN	Integer	Controls suppression of zeros for angular dimensions: 0 = Displays all leading and trailing zeros, 1 = Suppresses leading zeros in decimal dimensions, 2 = Suppresses trailing zeros in decimal dimensions, 3 = Suppresses leading and trailing zeros.
DIMBLK	String	Arrow block name.
DIMBLK1	String	First arrow block name.
DIMBLK2	String	Second arrow block name.
DIMCEN	Single	Size of center mark/lines.
DIMCLRD	Integer	Dimension line color: range is 0 = BYBLOCK, 256 = BYLAYER.
DIMCLRE	Integer	Dimension extension line color: range is 0 = BYBLOCK,.
DIMCLRT	Integer	Dimension text color: range is 0 = BYBLOCK, 256 = BYLAYER.
DIMDEC	Integer	Number of decimal places for the tolerance values of a primary units dimension.
DIMDLE	Single	Dimension line extension.
DIMDLI	Single	Dimension line increment.
DIMDSEP	Integer	Single-character decimal separator used when creating dimensions\r\nwhose unit format is decimal.
DIMEXE	Single	Extension line extension.
DIMEXO	Single	Extension line offset.
DIMFAC	Integer	Scale factor used to calculate the height of text for dimension\r\nfractions and tolerances. AutoCAD multiplies DIMTXT\r\nby DIMTFAC to set the fractional or tolerance text height.
DIMFIT	Integer	Placement of text and arrowheads; Possible values: 0 through 3.
DIMGAP	Single	Dimension line gap.
DIMJUST	Integer	Horizontal dimension text position: 0=above dimension line and center-justified between extension lines, 1=above dimension line and next to first extension line, 2=above dimension line and next to second extension line, 3=above and center-justified to fi.
DIMLDRBLK	String	Arrow block name for leaders.
DIMLFAC	Single	Linear measurements scale factor.
DIMLIM	Integer	Dimension limits generated if nonzero.
DIMLUNIT	Integer	Sets units for all dimension types except Angular: 1 = Scientific; 2 = Decimal; 3 = Engineering;\r\n4 = Architectural; 5 = Fractional; 6 = Windows desktop.
DIMLWD	Integer	Dimension line lineweight: -3 = Standard, -2 = ByLayer, -1 = ByBlock, 0-211 = an integer representing 100th of mm.
DIMLWE	Integer	Extension line lineweight: -3 = Standard, -2 = ByLayer, -1 = ByBlock, 0-211 = an integer representing 100th of mm.
DIMPOST	String	General dimensioning suffix.
DIMRND	Single	Rounding value for dimension distances.
DIMSAH	Integer	Use separate arrow blocks if nonzero.
DIMSCALE	Single	Overall dimensioning scale factor.
DIMSD1	Integer	Suppression of first extension line.
DIMSD2	Integer	Suppression of second extension line.
DIMSE1	Integer	First extension line suppressed if nonzero.
DIMSE2	Integer	Second extension line suppressed if nonzero.
DIMSHO	Integer	1 = Recompute dimensions while dragging.
DIMSOXD	Integer	Suppress outside-extensions dimension lines if nonzero.
DIMSTYLE	String	Dimension style name.
DIMTAD	Integer	Text above dimension line if nonzero.
DIMTDEC	Integer	Number of decimal places to display the tolerance values.
DIMTFAC	Single	Dimension tolerance display scale factor.
DIMTIH	Integer	Text inside horizontal if nonzero.
DIMTIX	Integer	Force text inside extensions if nonzero.
DIMTM	Single	Minus tolerance.
DIMTMOVE	Integer	Dimension text movement rules: 0 = Moves the dimension line with dimension text, 1 = Adds a leader when dimension text is moved, 2 = Allows text to be moved freely without a leader.
DIMTOFL	Integer	If text outside extensions, force line extensions between extensions if nonzero.
DIMTOH	Integer	Text outside horizontal if nonzero.
DIMTOL	Integer	Dimension tolerances generated if nonzero.
DIMTOLJ	Integer	Vertical justification for tolerance values.
DIMTP	Single	Plus tolerance.
DIMTSZ	Single	Dimensioning tick size: 0 = no ticks.
DIMTVP	Single	Text vertical position.
DIMTXSTY	String	Dimension text style.
DIMTXT	Single	Dimensioning text height.
DIMTZIN	Integer	Controls suppression of zeros for tolerance values: 0 = Suppresses zero feet and precisely zero inches, 1 = Includes zero feet and precisely zero inches, 2 = Includes zero feet and suppresses zero inches, 3 = Includes zero inches and suppresses zero feet.
DIMUNIT	Integer	Units format for all dimension style family members except angular: 1 = Scientific; 2 = Decimal; 3 = Engineering; 4 = Architectural (stacked); 5 = Fractional (stacked); 6 = Architectural; 7 = Fractional.
DIMUPT	Integer	Cursor functionality for user positioned text: 0=controls only the dimension line location, 1=controls the text position as well as the dimension line location.
DIMZIN	Integer	Controls suppression of zeros for primary unit values.
DISPSILH	Integer	Controls the display of silhouette curves of body objects in wire-frame mode: 0=Off, 1=On.
DRAGMODE	Integer	0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = auto.
DWGCODEPAGE	String	Drawing code page; Set to the system code page when a new drawing is created, but not otherwise maintained by AutoCAD.
EXTMAXx	Double	X drawing extent upper-right corner (in WCS).
EXTMAXy	Double	Y drawing extent upper-right corner (in WCS).
EXTMAXz	Double	Z drawing extent upper-right corner (in WCS).
EXTMINx	Double	X drawing extent lower-left corner (in WCS).
EXTMINy	Double	Y drawing extent lower-left corner (in WCS).
EXTMINz	Double	Z drawing extent lower-left corner (in WCS).
FILLETRAD	Single	Fillet radius.
FILLMODE	Integer	Fill mode on if nonzero.
HANDLING	Integer	Next available handle.
HANDSEED	String	Next available handle.
INSBASEx	Double	Insertion base X coordinate set by BASE command (in WCS).
INSBASEy	Double	Insertion base Y coordinate set by BASE command (in WCS).
INSBASEz	Double	Insertion base Z coordinate set by BASE command (in WCS).
LASTSAVEDBY	String	Last user that saved the drawing. If you save de DXF file with the control this value will contain 'DXFReader ActiveX Control'.
LIMCHECK	Integer	Nonzero if limits checking is on.
LIMMAXx	Single	X drawing limit upper-right corner (in WCS).
LIMMAXy	Single	Y drawing limit upper-right corner (in WCS).
LIMMINx	Single	X drawing limit lower-left corner (in WCS).
LIMMINy	Single	Y drawing limit lower-left corner (in WCS).
LTSCALE	Single	Global linetype scale.
LUNITS	Integer	Units format for coordinates and distances.
LUPREC	Integer	Units precision for coordinates and distances.
MAXACTVP	Integer	Sets maximum number of viewports to be regenerated.
MENU	String	Name of menu file.
MIRRTEXT	Integer	Mirror text if nonzero.
ORTHOMODE	Integer	Ortho mode on if nonzero.
OSMODE	Integer	Running object snap modes.
PDMODE	Integer	Point display mode.
PDSIZE	Single	Point display size.
PELEVATION	Single	Current paper space elevation.
PenAssignmentsFileName	String	Returns/sets the Pen Assignments definition file. See the PlotRendering Property for more information.
PEXTMAXx	Double	Maximum X extent for paper space.
PEXTMAXy	Double	Maximum Y extent for paper space.
PEXTMAXz	Double	Maximum Z extent for paper space.
PEXTMINx	Double	Minimum X extent for paper space.
PEXTMINy	Double	Minimum Y extent for paper space.
PEXTMINz	Double	Minimum Z extent for paper space.
PICKSTYLE	Integer	Controls group selection and associative hatch selection.
PINSBASEx	Double	Coordinate X of paper space insertion base point.
PINSBASEy	Double	Coordinate Y of paper space insertion base point.
PINSBASEz	Double	Coordinate Z of paper space insertion base point.
PLIMCHECK	Integer	Limits checking in paper space when nonzero.
PLIMMAXx	Double	Maximum X limit in paper space.
PLIMMAXy	Double	Maximum Y limit in paper space.
PLIMMINx	Double	Minimum X limit in paper space.
PLIMMINy	Double	Minimum Y limit in paper space.
PLINEGEN	Integer	Governs the generation of linetype patterns around the vertices of a 2D polyline.
PLINEWID	Single	Default polyline width.
PROXYGRAPHICS	Integer	Controls the saving of proxy object images.
PSLTSCALE	Integer	Controls paper space linetype scaling.
PUCSNAME	String	Current paper space UCS name.
PUCSORGx	Single	Current paper space UCS X origin.
PUCSORGy	Single	Current paper space UCS Y origin.
PUCSORGz	Single	Current paper space UCS Z origin.
PUCSXDIRx	Single	Current paper space UCS X axis coordinate X.
PUCSXDIRy	Single	Current paper space UCS X axis coordinate Y.
PUCSXDIRz	Single	Current paper space UCS X axis coordinate Z.
PUCSYDIRx	Single	Current paper space UCS Y axis coordinate X.
PUCSYDIRy	Single	Current paper space UCS Y axis coordinate Y.
PUCSYDIRz	Single	Current paper space UCS Y axis coordinate Z.
QTEXTMODE	Integer	Quick text mode on if nonzero.
REGENMODE	Integer	REGENAUTO mode on if nonzero.
SHADEDGE	Integer	0 = faces shaded, edges not highlighted.
SHADEDIF	Integer	Percent ambient/diffuse light, range 1-100, default 70.
SKETCHINC	Single	Sketch record increment.
SKPOLY	Integer	0 = sketch lines, 1 = sketch polylines.
SPLFRAME	Integer	Spline control polygon display: 1 = on, 0 = off.
SPLINESEGS	Integer	Number of line segments per spline patch.
SPLINETYPE	Integer	Spline curve type for PEDIT Spline.
SURFTAB1	Integer	Number of mesh tabulations in first direction.
SURFTAB2	Integer	Number of mesh tabulations in second direction.
SURFTYPE	Integer	Surface type for PEDIT Smooth.
SURFU	Integer	Surface density (for PEDIT Smooth) in M direction.
SURFV	Integer	Surface density (for PEDIT Smooth) in N direction.
TDCREATE	Double	Date/time of drawing creation.
TDINDWG	Double	Cumulative editing time for this drawing.
TDUPDATE	Double	Date/time of last drawing update.
TDUSRTIMER	Double	User elapsed timer.
TEXTSIZE	Single	Default text height.
TILEMODE	Integer	1 for previous release compatibility mode, 0 otherwise.
TRACEWID	Single	Default trace width.
TREEDEPTH	Integer	Specifies the maximum depth of the spatial index.
UCSName	String	Name of current UCS.
UCSORGx	Single	Coordinate X of the origin of current UCS (in WCS).
UCSORGy	Single	Coordinate Y of the origin of current UCS (in WCS).
UCSORGz	Single	Coordinate Z of the origin of current UCS (in WCS).
UCSXDIRx	Single	Coordinate X of the direction of current UCS's X axis (in WCS).
UCSXDIRy	Single	Coordinate Y of the direction of current UCS's X axis (in WCS).
UCSXDIRz	Single	Coordinate Z of the direction of current UCS's X axis (in WCS).
UCSYDIRx	Single	Coordinate X of the direction of current UCS's Y axis (in WCS).
UCSYDIRy	Single	Coordinate Y of the direction of current UCS's Y axis (in WCS).
UCSYDIRz	Single	Coordinate Z of the direction of current UCS's Y axis (in WCS).
UNITMODE	Integer	Low bit set = display fractions, feet-and-inches, and surveyor's angles in input format.
USERI1	Integer	Integer variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERI2	Integer	Integer variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERI3	Integer	Integer variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERI4	Integer	Integer variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERI5	Integer	Integer variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERR1	Single	Real variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERR2	Single	Real variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERR3	Single	Real variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERR4	Single	Real variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USERR5	Single	Real variable intended for use by third-party developers.
USRTIMER	Double	0 = timer off, 1 = timer on.
VISRETAIN	Integer	0 = don't retain xref-dependent visibility settings, 1 = retain.
WORLDVIEW	Integer	1 = set UCS to WCS during DVIEW/VPOINT, 0 = don't change UCS.