Does anyone have a 'Load points' Routine?

Before I begin trying to write my first VB program for AutoCAD, does anyone have a simple 'Load Points' routine that I can start from? All I want to do is write a program that will take a CSV file containing x,y,z type data and create the points within a drawing.

Sounds easy enough but if someone has already written it, I have no ego in this...

John

 

This should give you an idea of how to write your own program:

Private Sub ImportPoints(FileName As String)
Dim fn As Integer
Dim point(0 To 2) As Double

If Dir(FileName) <> "" Then
fn = FreeFile
Open FileName For Input As fn
Do
Input #fn, point(0), point(1), point(2)
ThisDrawing.ModelSpace.ADDPoint point
Loop While Not EOF(fn)
End If

End Sub

 

You can do this with standard AutoCAD.

Save the csv file to a text file with a script extension (.scr). Edit the first line to be POINT MULTIPLE then the list of your xyz coordinates. Run the script in AutoCAD.

 

I created the text file that contained the four lines shown here:

POINT MULTIPLE
100,100,100
200,200,200
300,300,300

Since I am running AutoCAD 2005 without any other autodesk add-ons, here are the messages from the command window:

Command: '_script
Command: point
Current point modes: PDMODE=0 PDSIZE=0.0000
Specify a point: multiple

Invalid point.
Specify a point:

I am not a script programmer. ANy suggestions.

Thanks,

John

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John,
Script programming is simply putting the same keystrokes into the file as
you would type in ACAD. So you'd have to use "MULTIPLE POINT". The ends of
lines in script files are like hitting the ENTER key. Be careful of stray
SPACEs.

James

are the messages from the command window: