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>Usually you will have separate coverages for polygons, lines, and points. The '.PAT' file can be the 'Polygon Attribute Table' or 'Point Attribute Table' depending on the coverage. AAT means 'Arc Attribute Table' and contains line info. So the .PAT file would contain the data for each point. These files are in dbf format.
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>The problem is that the .PAT file will have the ID number in it for each point, not the coordinates. ArcINFO has a command called GENERATE that will build a text file of coordinates and ID numbers. This file could be made into a dbf and then related to the PAT file.
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>Having said all of this, it might be simpler to go back to your original solution and figure out how to pick the data out of the DXF file directly!
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>Is this what you're looking for? Let me know if I can be of further help!
Nearly or exactly Gary (will see after testing). I thought Generate would do the reverse (just a glance to ArcInfo-too many help which is hard to follow). I'll inform you when I test it. If I can get coordinates and ids in a text file, rest should be childs play with FP. We will see. Thanks.
Cetin