Re: mathematical formulation of lines an plines

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:24:55 GMT, in comp.cad.autocad,"p-element"
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>Starting from a dwg file containing a line (a line composed of arcs,
>clothoids etc) I would  like to obtain the mathematical formulation of the
>line (example: the line x goes from point x to point y, the clothoid goes
>from point to point and its parameters are .... or something like that)
>
>Do you know if something similar exists, if it doesn't exist can you tell me
>where to start from to write such a program?

I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for nor why, but I
*suspect* that if you joined the lines and arcs into a polyline
(PLINE), and looked into the DXF codes, you would find what you
are looking for.

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