IDLffDXF::Write
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The IDLffDXF::Write function method writes a file for the DXF entity information this object contains.
Syntax
Result = Obj->[IDLffDXF::]Write(Filename)
Return Value
Returns a 1 if successful in writing the file, 0 otherwise.
Arguments
Filename
A scalar string containing the full path and filename of the DXF file to be written.
Keywords
None
Examples
; Write a square to a new DXF file using lines: oDXF = OBJ_NEW('IDLffDXF') lines = {IDL_DXF_POLYLINE} lines.dxf_type = 4 lines.layer='myLayer' lines.thickness = 1.0 ; Create clockwise square: lines = REPLICATE(lines, 4) lines[0].vertices = PTR_NEW([[0.0,0.0,0.0], $ [0.0,1.0,0.0]]) lines[0].connectivity = PTR_NEW([0,1]) lines[1].vertices = PTR_NEW([[0.0,1.0,0.0], $ [1.0,1.0,0.0]]) lines[1].connectivity = PTR_NEW([0,1]) lines[2].vertices = PTR_NEW([[1.0,1.0,0.0], $ [1.0,0.0,0.0]]) lines[2].connectivity = PTR_NEW([0,1]) lines[3].vertices = PTR_NEW([[1.0,0.0,0.0], $ [0.0,0.0,0.0]]) lines[3].connectivity = PTR_NEW([0,1]) oDXF->PutEntity, lines IF (not oDXF->Write('mySquare.dxf')) THEN $ PRINT, 'Write Failed.' ; Clean up the memory in the structs: OBJ_DESTROY, oDXF FOR i=0,3 DO BEGIN PTR_FREE, lines[i].vertices, lines[i].connectivity ENDFOR
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