shp file format

Jan 13, 2006 2 Replies

Hello everyone.



Can someone give me a clue as to the format of a shp file? I am looking to bring true single stroke fonts into my laser vector art program. I just figured out how to read and write DXF for laser (ILDA based). Now I find that the TEXT entity needs an external font definition. So rather than cheat and render a ttf font to dxf, I'd rather have a real single stroke font. I'm guessing that a shp file contains very shorthand notation for lines, polylines and arcs. But I don't get the order.



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Thanks! James. :o)


If you have AutoCAD, the format is documented in the Help file.

I don't have AutoCAD. I'm not really a CAD user. I'm a software engineer. I'm just looking for a specification. Hopefully, this isn't a serious moral issue.

James. :o)

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