CAD Drawing Dataset properties

Summary

The Describe function returns the following properties for CAD drawing datasets. The Dataset property group is also supported.

For a CAD drawing dataset, the Describe dataType property returns a value of "CadDrawingDataset".

Properties

PropertyExplanationData Type
activeWorldFilePath
(Read Only)

Path to WLD3 file being used to adjust the spatial coordinates of features in the file.

String
angleUnitType
(Read Only)

The units of angular measures reported in the file: Decimal Degrees, DMS, Grads, Radians, or Surveyor's Unit.

String
author
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered file author's name.

String
cadLayers
(Read Only)

A string list of CAD layers in the file.

String
civilCSDescription
(Read Only)

The coordinate system description from Civil 3D in the file.

String
civilCSName
(Read Only)

The coordinate system name from Civil 3D in the file.

String
client
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered name of the client for whom the file was created.

String
comments
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered comment within file.

String
company
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered company name for the file.

String
externalSources
(Read Only)

A list of files referenced within this file as a JSON array of a JSON object.

String
is2D
(Read Only)

Indicates whether a CAD dataset is 2D.

Boolean
is3D
(Read Only)

Indicates whether a CAD dataset is 3D.

Boolean
isAutoCAD
(Read Only)

Indicates whether a CAD dataset is an AutoCAD file.

Boolean
isCivil3D
(Read Only)

Indicates whether a CAD dataset is an AutoCAD Civil 3D file.

Boolean
isDGN
(Read Only)

Indicates whether a CAD dataset is a MicroStation file.

Boolean
keywords
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered keywords that can be used as search criteria for the file.

String
lastSavedBy
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered name of the last person who last saved the file.

String
lengthUnitType
(Read Only)

The units of linear measures used in the file: Decimal, Architectural, Engineering, Fractional, or Scientific.

String
manager
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered name of the manager responsible for the file.

String
subject
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered subject of the content of the file.

String
title
(Read Only)

CAD user-entered document title of the file.

String
version
(Read Only)

CAD authoring application file version.

String

Code sample

CAD drawing dataset properties example

The following stand-alone script displays properties for a CAD drawing dataset:

import arcpy 

# Create a describe object 
# 
desc = arcpy.Describe("C:/data/arch.dgn")

# Print Cad Drawing Dataset properties 
# 
print("%-12s %s" % ("is2D:", desc.is2D))
print("%-12s %s" % ("is3D:", desc.is3D))
print("%-12s %s" % ("isAutoCAD:", desc.isAutoCAD))
print("%-12s %s" % ("isDGN:", desc.isDGN))