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C3D-0008 · Find VICINITY MAP label + existing rasters [VIC-FIND] done

Read-only: the VICINITY MAP label position/extents on every layout, and any raster or OLE already placed, to size and position a vicinity map per the title-block-fill recipe.

C# payload

// READ-ONLY: locate the VICINITY MAP label on every layout and report the free space above it,
// plus any raster already placed, so a map can be sized and positioned per the title-block-fill
// recipe (2.30in square, on the label's x, 0.075in gap above it, layer BLOCK_CLOSURE).
var layDict = (DBDictionary)Tx.GetObject(Db.LayoutDictionaryId, OpenMode.ForRead);
foreach (DBDictionaryEntry de in layDict)
{
    var lay = (Layout)Tx.GetObject(de.Value, OpenMode.ForRead);
    var ps  = (BlockTableRecord)Tx.GetObject(lay.BlockTableRecordId, OpenMode.ForRead);
    Log("=== '" + lay.LayoutName + "'  paper " + (lay.PlotPaperSize.X/25.4).ToString("F2") + " x " +
        (lay.PlotPaperSize.Y/25.4).ToString("F2") + " in");

    foreach (ObjectId id in ps)
    {
        var e = Tx.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as Autodesk.AutoCAD.DatabaseServices.Entity;
        if (e == null) continue;

        string t = null; double x = 0, y = 0, h = 0;
        var mt = e as MText;  if (mt != null) { t = mt.Contents;    x = mt.Location.X; y = mt.Location.Y; h = mt.TextHeight; }
        var dt = e as DBText; if (dt != null) { t = dt.TextString;  x = dt.Position.X; y = dt.Position.Y; h = dt.Height; }
        if (t != null && t.ToUpper().Contains("VICINITY"))
        {
            var ex = e.GeometricExtents;
            Log("  LABEL '" + t.Replace("\u005CP"," | ") + "'  layer='" + e.Layer + "' h=" + h.ToString("F3"));
            Log("        at (" + x.ToString("F2") + "," + y.ToString("F2") + ")  extents (" +
                ex.MinPoint.X.ToString("F2") + "," + ex.MinPoint.Y.ToString("F2") + ")-(" +
                ex.MaxPoint.X.ToString("F2") + "," + ex.MaxPoint.Y.ToString("F2") + ")");
        }

        if (e is RasterImage) {
            var ex = e.GeometricExtents;
            Log("  RASTER already present h=" + e.Handle + " layer='" + e.Layer + "' (" +
                ex.MinPoint.X.ToString("F2") + "," + ex.MinPoint.Y.ToString("F2") + ")-(" +
                ex.MaxPoint.X.ToString("F2") + "," + ex.MaxPoint.Y.ToString("F2") + ")");
        }
        if (e is Ole2Frame) {
            var ex = e.GeometricExtents;
            Log("  OLE already present h=" + e.Handle + " layer='" + e.Layer + "' (" +
                ex.MinPoint.X.ToString("F2") + "," + ex.MinPoint.Y.ToString("F2") + ")-(" +
                ex.MaxPoint.X.ToString("F2") + "," + ex.MaxPoint.Y.ToString("F2") + ")");
        }
    }
}

Result

=== '11X17'  paper 11.00 x 17.00 in
=== '22X17'  paper 22.00 x 17.00 in
  LABEL 'VICINITY MAP (NOT TO SCALE)'  layer='BLOCK_CLOSURE' h=0.057
        at (9.04,0.45)  extents (9.05,0.43)-(10.39,0.52)
=== 'Model'  paper 17.00 x 11.00 in
  RASTER already present h=2B0C8 layer='PDF2_GENERAL-TEXT' (2297036.65,1277126.35)-(2297326.45,1277246.54)