>A friend of mine asked me to transfer his furniture design in Autocad format into database tables. Then using these tables, generate various reports like Bill of Materials and Job Costing.
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>I have no idea to convert his grapichal data into tables.
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>Is there anyone in UT can help me ?
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>I will appreciate any helps, comments and suggestions.
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>Thank you.

We tried this, and it's a BIG job. Converting to .dxf files and using AutoLisp files. One solution is to move from AutoCad to Aperture, or use both. Aperture imports the AutoCad files, then supports tables as the generation tool for graphics. This allows you to store and access data from from where it belongs *a table* not a graphical object. Newer versions of AutoCad are also moving in this direction.

HTH