Interpreted Format

The FME AutoCAD reader module may attempt to interpret any string held in the extended entity data if the Read Interpreted Extended Entity Data parameter is set to Yes. If set and the reader is successful in interpreting any data, then it stores that data as attributes within the feature.

If it is successful in interpreting any data, then it stores it as attributes within the feature. As it is reading each extended entity string entry, it attempts to determine if the value is composed of an attribute name or value pair and, if it does, it stores the information as such. For example, if the extended entity data from the previous example were read, the following interpreted values would be stored within the FME feature.

Attribute Name	Attribute Value
CONNOBJ_1	43F4
COUNT	3
CONNOBJ_2	43F3
CONNOBJ_3	43F2

The reader is able to do this by recognizing the = divider within each of the string attributes as the separator between an encoded attribute name and attribute value. The reader also recognizes a space character as a separator.

The remaining sections discuss the representation of each supported AutoCAD entity type.