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Working with Reference Attachment Elements

Summary

ODA Product: Drawings SDK
Sample Name: ExDgnXRefDump
Categories: C++ / Advanced / Working with .dwg files, Working with .dgn files / Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, Windows, WinCE, WinRT
Location: <INSTALL_DIR>/Dgn/Examples/ExDgnXRefDump

Note: <INSTALL_DIR> is a directory where you unpacked the Drawings SDK archive.

Description

A simple console application that shows working with Reference Attachment elements that can be stored in both .dgn and .dwg files. This application loads a .dgn file and dumps found XData database elements to the destination file.

Run Sample Application

To run the ExDgnXRefDump sample application, please do the following:

  1. Open the terminal and go to the directory where the sample binary file is built:
    • For Windows: <INSTALL_DIR>\exe\<PLATFORM_NAME>\
    • For Non-Windows OS: <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/<PLATFORM_NAME>/
    <INSTALL_DIR> is a directory where you unpacked the Drawings SDK archive.
    To determine your <PLATFORM_NAME> parameter, please see the ODA Platform Naming Conventions section in the Downloading Drawings SDK topic.
  2. Run the sample with appropriate arguments:
    ExDgnXRefDump <source file> <destination file>
source file Full path to the source .dgn file.
destination file Full path to the destination file, to save the dump data in.

If the application executed properly, you will see the progress of the source file loading process. In case you get the "usage" message, check the parameters. An error message indicates problems with the source file.

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Using the Sample Code

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