1.1: TXT to DXF by @zsiki

awk/txt2dxf.awk

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+#!/usr/bin/gawk -f
+#
+# create minimal dxf file from space delimited coordinate list
+# point positions and point_ids as text are sent to dxf
+# input coordinate format:
+#   point_id easting northing elevation code/layer
+# elevations and codes are optional
+# (C) Zoltan Siki [email protected]
+# usage:
+# 1) for space
+#        gawk -f txt2dxf.awk coodinate_list > dxf_file
+# 2) for comma
+#        gawk -F, -f txt2dxf.awk coodinate_list > dxf_file
+
+BEGIN {
+    # some constants in dxf units
+    dx = 0.1;       # easting offset of point id text
+    dy = -0.25;     # northin offset of point id text
+    th = 0.5;       # text height of point id text
+    # minimal DXF header
+    print "  0";
+    print "SECTION";
+    print "  2";
+    print "ENTITIES"
+}
+
+{ # for each input line
+    if (NF < 4 || $4 == "") {
+        elev = 0.0;         # default elevation
+    } else {
+        elev = $4;
+    }
+    if (NF < 5 || $5 == "") {
+        layer = "POINTS";   # default layer
+    } else {
+        layer = $5;
+    }
+    # point id text
+    printf "  0\nTEXT\n  8\n%s\n 10\n%f\n 20\n%f\n 30\n%f\n", layer, $2+dx, $3+dyi, elev;
+    printf " 40\n%f\n 50\n0.0\n  1\n%s\n", th, $1;
+    # point entity
+    printf "  0\nPOINT\n  8\n%s\n 10\n%f\n 20\n%f\n 30\n%f\n", layer, $2, $3, elev;
+}
+
+END {
+    # footer for DXF
+    print "  0\nENDSEC\n  0\nEOF"
+}