Is it possible to use ezdxf to locate text on an existing layer?

Question

I want to get multiple TEXT or MTEXT location information on a layer, but I don't know how.

Please give some advice.

Answer 1

Tutorials and examples demonstrating how to accomplish this may be found in the excellent documentation for ezdxf.

For example, to obtain the set of all single-line text (TEXT) and multiline text (MTEXT) residing on a specific layer in Modelspace, you might use:

msp = doc.modelspace()
textset = msp.query('TEXT MTEXT[layer=="YourLayerHere"]')

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After obtaining this set, you can then iterate over the entities and query the insertion point:

for e in msp.query('TEXT MTEXT[layer=="YourLayerHere"]'):
    if e.dxftype() == 'MTEXT' or (e.dxf.valign == 0 and e.dxf.halign in [0,3,5]):
        print("Position: %s\n" % e.dxf.insert)
    else:
        print("Position: %s\n" % e.dxf.align_point)