How to list all of the Annotation Style names in Plant3d P&ID using C#.NET

by Fenton Webb

Here’s some code which shows how to list all of the Annotation Styles inside of a P&ID drawing…

  // create Annotation by Fenton Webb, DevTech, Autodesk 1/5/2012

  [CommandMethod("listAllAnnotationStyles")]

  public void listAllAnnotationStyles()

  {

    // get the AutoCAD Editor object

    Editor ed = AcadApp.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument.Editor;

    // list the entries in the Autodesk_PNP dict

    using (DBDictionary annoStylesDict = DictionaryUtils.GetAnnotationStylesDictionaryId(ed.Document.Database, 0).Open(OpenMode.ForRead) as DBDictionary)

      foreach(DBDictionaryEntry entry in annoStylesDict)

        ed.WriteMessage("\n" + entry.Key);

  }