CAD Drawing Dataset properties (arcpy)

Summary

The Describe function returns the following properties for CAD Drawing Datasets. Dataset Properties are also supported.

A CAD Drawing Dataset returns a dataType of "CadDrawingDataset".

Properties

Property	Explanation	Data Type
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
isDGN (Read Only)	Indicates whether a CAD dataset is a MicroStation file	Boolean

Code Sample

CAD Drawing Dataset properties example (stand-alone script)

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)