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You can use the MEASURE and DIVIDE commands to place points (or blocks) along the line (polyline, curve). Then you can export the coordinates of these newly inserted entities to a text file or database (Excel) using one of the tools - Excellink, ATTEXT, EATTEXT or DATAEXTRACTION commands.
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27.2.2008    11205×  
applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT ·

See also:
Tip 14304:How to generate a report of used blocks including their visibility status in AutoCAD LT?
Tip 13784:Export block coordinates to a table. How to use the DATAEXTRACTION command in AutoCAD LT?
Tip 13234:How to place a GeoTIFF image automatically into the correct position?
Tip 12926:How to import point coordinates from Excel to AutoCAD?
Tip 11913:Simple export of vertex-coordinates from a selected polyline.


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