Hi all, How to get center1 and center2 from edg(display dump) of truncated cone?? Complement: Im checking some weld problems in a PDS 3d Microstation plant. Using EDG i have a problem to get the center1 and 2 of a truncated cone. example:(edg output) Element # 44, Block = 42, Word = 23, byte = 21036 1 1719 004d 8000 0370 7fff f1e5 7ffe b5a5 9 8000 41f0 8000 159b 7ffe d95b 0000 002b 17 0a00 0410 0001 4000 0000 c000 0000 4000 25 0000 4000 0000 455c 0000 0000 0000 4570 33 0000 0000 0000 c89c 4000 0000 0000 468e 41 d800 0000 0000 4783 e000 0000 0000 4570 49 0000 0000 0000 c89c 4000 0000 0000 468e 57 d800 0000 0000 0000 0005 000d 05d:8 1207 65 0401 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 8000 73 0001 000e 05d8 8000 0001 000e 05d8 28-44 positions has center1 (x,y,z) and radius information (end of edghelp.txt) inside Microstation this element has center1 x=11 y=12 z=-1000 e center2 x=211 y=12 z=-1000 but the hexa sows me : ( i put 5,6, 7 columns with x(mm), dexa to decimal, diference between this sequence. 455c 0000 0000 0000 11 17756 20 4570 0000 0000 0000 12 17776 20 some other values: (hexa) (mm) (dec) (dif) 0000 0000 0000 0000 0 43a0 0000 0000 0000 1 17312 128 4420 0000 0000 0000 2 17440 80 4470 0000 0000 0000 3 17520 48 44a0 0000 0000 0000 4 17568 40 44c8 0000 0000 0000 5 17608 40 44f0 0000 0000 0000 6 17648 28 450c 0000 0000 0000 7 17676 20 4520 0000 0000 0000 8 17696 20 4534 0000 0000 0000 9 17716 20 4548 0000 0000 0000 10 17736 20 455c 0000 0000 0000 11 17756 20 4570 0000 0000 0000 12 17776 20 4582 0000 0000 0000 13 17794 18 458c 0000 0000 0000 14 17804 10 4596 0000 0000 0000 15 17814 10 45a0 0000 0000 0000 16 17824 10 45aa 0000 0000 0000 17 17834 10 45b4 0000 0000 0000 18 17844 10 45be 0000 0000 0000 19 17854 10 45c8 0000 0000 0000 20 17864 10 Thanks in advance for help. Heron Banach Engineering IT