The AutoCAD reader and writer use symbolic names for the different entity types stored within a drawing file. This simplifies feature type specification.
The following table gives a brief description of each of the different AutoCAD entity types currently supported by the reader and/or writer. The entities are described in detail in the Feature Representation sections.
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FME autocad_entity |
Description |
|---|---|
| autocad_line |
Linear features stored within drawing file as a line or unclosed polyline. |
| autocad_point |
Point features. |
| autocad_xline |
Linear features of type xline. |
| autocad_ellipse |
Features with an elliptical or circular representation. |
| autocad_shape |
Features whose representation is stored in an AutoCAD shape file. |
| autocad_polygon |
Features whose geometry is represented by a closed polyline. |
| autocad_face |
Features represented by a 3D face object. The face object may have 3 or 4 coordinates. |
| autocad_arc |
Features whose geometry represents a portion of a circular arc. |
| autocad_trace |
Features with a 4 coordinate trace geometry. |
| autocad_solid |
Features with a 3 or 4 coordinate solid geometry. |
|
autocad_ray |
Features with a linear geometry which represents a ray. |
|
autocad_text |
Text features. |
|
autocad_spline |
Spline features. |
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autocad_multi_text |
Text features that store multiple lines of text. R14 and later only. |
|
autocad_multi_line |
A linear feature that is represented by two or more parallel lines. Note: R14 and later only. This is supported only by the Reader. |
|
autocad_insert |
Point features that represent the location of a block reference entity. |
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autocad_leader |
AutoCAD Leader entity representing leader lines in drawings. |
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autocad_hatch |
Features with 2D boundary loops which form polygons and donuts, and which may be filled with line patterns or color gradients. |
|
autocad_mpolygon |
Features with 2D polyline loops which form polygons and donuts and which may be filled with line patterns or color gradients. |
|
autocad_surface |
Features with connected and unconnected planar and non-planar 3D areas that may represent meshes or the boundary representations of 3D solids. |
|
autocad_solid3d |
Features with connected and unconnected 3D geometries that may be 3D solids or their closed boundary representations. |
| autocad_attr_def | Features without geometry that contain information about AutoCAD attribute definition. Main information on features would be the Tag, Prompt and Default value for that attribute definition. |
| autocad_dimension | Features of various dimension types which contain an aggregation of geometries such as text, lines, arcs or points. |
| autocad_dimension_def |
Features without geometry that contain information about AutoCAD dimension entities. These represent the original attribution of dimensions which have had their geometry resolved into separate features. |
| autocad_multi_leader | AutoCAD Multi-Leader entity representing multiple leader lines in drawings. |
| autocad_raster | Rectangular features that contain raster information. |
| autocad_xref | Features with point geometry that represent the locations of reference entities which are associated with External References. |
| autocad_info | Features without geometry that contain information about certain AutoCAD System Variables stored within the drawing. |
| autocad_viewport | Rectangular features that represent a viewport within a paper space. |
|
autocad_wipeout |
Polygon features that represent a wipeout. |