public static void ImportLayout(string layoutName, string filename)
{
// Get the current document and database
_AcAp.Document acDoc = _AcAp.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
_AcDb.Database acCurDb = acDoc.Database;
// Specify the layout name and drawing file to work with
//string layoutName = "MAIN AND SECOND FLOOR PLAN";
//string filename = "C:\\AutoCAD\\Sample\\Sheet Sets\\Architectural\\A-01.dwg";
// Create a new database object and open the drawing into memory
_AcDb.Database acExDb = new _AcDb.Database(false, true);
acExDb.ReadDwgFile(filename, Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.FileOpenMode.OpenForReadAndAllShare, true, "");
// Create a transaction for the external drawing
using (_AcDb.Transaction acTransEx = acExDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
// Get the layouts dictionary
_AcDb.DBDictionary layoutsEx = acTransEx.GetObject(acExDb.LayoutDictionaryId, _AcDb.OpenMode.ForRead) as _AcDb.DBDictionary;
// Check to see if the layout exists in the external drawing
if (layoutsEx.Contains(layoutName) == true)
{
// Get the layout and block objects from the external drawing
_AcDb.Layout layEx = layoutsEx.GetAt(layoutName).GetObject(_AcDb.OpenMode.ForRead) as _AcDb.Layout;
_AcDb.BlockTableRecord blkBlkRecEx = acTransEx.GetObject(layEx.BlockTableRecordId, _AcDb.OpenMode.ForRead) as _AcDb.BlockTableRecord;
// Get the objects from the block associated with the layout
_AcDb.ObjectIdCollection idCol = new _AcDb.ObjectIdCollection();
foreach (_AcDb.ObjectId id in blkBlkRecEx)
{
idCol.Add(id);
}
// Create a transaction for the current drawing
using (_AcDb.Transaction acTrans = acCurDb.TransactionManager.StartTransaction())
{
// Get the block table and create a new block
// then copy the objects between drawings
_AcDb.BlockTable blkTbl = acTrans.GetObject(acCurDb.BlockTableId, _AcDb.OpenMode.ForWrite) as _AcDb.BlockTable;
using (_AcDb.BlockTableRecord blkBlkRec = new _AcDb.BlockTableRecord())
{
int layoutCount = layoutsEx.Count - 1;
blkBlkRec.Name = "*Paper_Space" + layoutCount.ToString();
blkTbl.Add(blkBlkRec);
acTrans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(blkBlkRec, true);
acExDb.WblockCloneObjects(idCol, blkBlkRec.ObjectId, new _AcDb.IdMapping(), _AcDb.DuplicateRecordCloning.Ignore, false);
// Create a new layout and then copy properties between drawings
_AcDb.DBDictionary layouts = acTrans.GetObject(acCurDb.LayoutDictionaryId, _AcDb.OpenMode.ForWrite) as _AcDb.DBDictionary;
using (_AcDb.Layout lay = new _AcDb.Layout())
{
lay.LayoutName = layoutName;
lay.AddToLayoutDictionary(acCurDb, blkBlkRec.ObjectId);
acTrans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(lay, true);
lay.CopyFrom(layEx);
_AcDb.DBDictionary plSets = acTrans.GetObject(acCurDb.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, _AcDb.OpenMode.ForRead) as _AcDb.DBDictionary;
// Check to see if a named page setup was assigned to the layout,
// if so then copy the page setup settings
if (lay.PlotSettingsName != "")
{
// Check to see if the page setup exists
if (plSets.Contains(lay.PlotSettingsName) == false)
{
plSets.UpgradeOpen();
using (_AcDb.PlotSettings plSet = new _AcDb.PlotSettings(lay.ModelType))
{
plSet.PlotSettingsName = lay.PlotSettingsName;
plSet.AddToPlotSettingsDictionary(acCurDb);
acTrans.AddNewlyCreatedDBObject(plSet, true);
_AcDb.DBDictionary plSetsEx = acTransEx.GetObject(acExDb.PlotSettingsDictionaryId, _AcDb.OpenMode.ForRead) as _AcDb.DBDictionary;
_AcDb.PlotSettings plSetEx = plSetsEx.GetAt(lay.PlotSettingsName).GetObject(_AcDb.OpenMode.ForRead) as _AcDb.PlotSettings;
plSet.CopyFrom(plSetEx);
}
}
}
}
}
// Regen the drawing to get the layout tab to display
acDoc.Editor.Regen();
// Save the changes made
acTrans.Commit();
}
}
else
{
// Display a message if the layout could not be found in the specified drawing
acDoc.Editor.WriteMessage("\nLayout '" + layoutName +
"' could not be imported from '" + filename + "'.");
}
// Discard the changes made to the external drawing file
acTransEx.Abort();
}
// Close the external drawing file
acExDb.Dispose();
}
