Proxy Data

Some proxy data is also supported within the AutoCAD reader and writer.

Proxy data is yet another manner in which data is stored within AutoCAD files. This data is normally associated with ARX extensions.

To the rest of FME, the proxy objects are made to look as close as possible to regular AutoCAD data. For example, linear entity types are called autocad_line. Proxy features have a number of associated attributes that are not present in other entities.

Proxy Data Attribute	Contents
autocad_proxy_number	A unique number that is assigned to all the components of a single object. Since a single proxy object can have a number of geometric primitives associated with it, all proxy objects are output with the same number so that, if necessary, they can be identified as belonging together by the rest of the FME processing.
autocad_class_number	The number given to the class of which this proxy object is an instance.
autocad_class_dxfname	The dxf class name of the proxy class.
autocad_class_cppname	The C++ class name of the proxy class.
autocad_class_appname	The application class name of the proxy class.
autocad_class_version	The class version of the proxy class.