CsvLayers.csv - How does it work?

[gregb]

So I found this great file that, in theory, will let me create layers in AutoCAD from an Excel file - CsvLayers.csv. The only problem is that I have no idea how to get the information into AutoCAD. Could somebody please tell me what the command is to "run" a .csv file in AutoCAD?

[Ed Jobe]

I think either you got it backwards or are missing some other pieces. That is probably a file someone created that is an export of the layers in the dwg file. You can't open a csv in acad. You could programatically read it and create the layers. You can also use it to create an acad table object.

[gregb]

I'd be inclined to agree with you given the difficulty I've found in finding instructions for this but I found multiple references online to this tool that claim it can be used to create layers in AutoCAD.

[jaberwok]

A .csv file contains data (the layer info? ) exported from (probably) Excel. It's not a program to create the data.
You could open it in Excel and re-export as a .txt file but I'm not sure how that will help you.