[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 112042] idxf import filter not handling some text

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112042

--- Comment #10 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #8)
> The dimensions in AutoCad drawings don't have their readings recorded in the
> file. Their readings are created at runtime based on the measurement, and
> formatted according to rules stored in dimension text (e.g., the text may
> simply override the measurement and output only static text, or pre-or
> postpone the measurement with static texts). The value measured may be taken
> in 3D, or in 2D based in current viewport. The problem is seen in IrfanView
> and CorelDraw, which ignore all customizations of the measurement formatting
> and try to calculate the values themselves.
> 
> I am not sure that what IrfanView (CorelDraw) do is any better than what
> Draw does.

OK makes sense. And guess that means what shows as text in Draw must be present
as static text in the DXF or it would not be rendered. Would expect annotation
to be static, but most dimensioning in a CAD file would be intentionally
dynamic and only have place holders. Which seems to be true with the drawing
file from comment 0 opened into AutoDesk.

So, can we do better with the dimensioning/dynamic text or is it a lost cause
that should just be noted in help for the filter?

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