IDL Reference Guide: File Format Object Classes

IDLffDXF::Read

The IDLffDXF::Read function method reads a file, parsing the DXF object information contained in the file, and inserts it into itself.

Syntax

Result = Obj->[IDLffDXF::]Read(Filename)

Return Value

Returns a 1 indicating success in reading the file, otherwise 0.

Arguments

Filename

A scalar string containing the full path and filename of the DXF file to be read.

Keywords

None

Examples

; Read all the lines from the electrical layer:  
oDXF = OBJ_NEW('IDLffDXF')  
IF (oDXF->Read('myDXF.dxf')) THEN BEGIN  
   contents = oDXF->GetContents(4,COUNT=numLines, $  
      LAYER='Electrical')  
   IF (numLines ne 0) THEN BEGIN  
      lines = oDXF->GetEntity(4,LAYER='Electrical')  
   ENDIF  
ENDIF