DICTIONARY (DXF)

The following group codes are used by DICTIONARY objects.

DICTIONARY group codes

Group code

Description

0

Object name (DICTIONARY)

5

Handle

102

Start of persistent reactors group; always “{ACAD_REACTORS”

330

Soft-pointer ID/handle to owner dictionary

102

End of persistent reactors group, always “}”

330

Soft-pointer ID/handle to owner object

100

Subclass marker (AcDbDictionary)

280

Hard-owner flag. If set to 1, indicates that elements of the dictionary are to be treated as hard-owned

281

Duplicate record cloning flag (determines how to merge duplicate entries):

0 = Not applicable

1 = Keep existing

2 = Use clone

3 = <xref>$0$<name>

4 = $0$<name>

5 = Unmangle name

3

Entry name (one for each entry) (optional)

350

Soft-owner ID/handle to entry object (one for each entry) (optional)

AutoCAD ® maintains items such as mline styles and group definitions as objects in dictionaries. The following sections describe the AutoCAD object group codes maintained in dictionaries; however, other applications are free to create and use their own dictionaries as they see fit. The prefix "ACAD_" is reserved for use by AutoCAD applications.