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Extract AutoCAD Civil3Ds Label Text

Extract AutoCAD Civil3Ds Label Text I have been doing much less writing on my AutoCAD programming during past 2 years, because of a). I have been quite busy at work, thus much less time I can spend on the topics I might have interest to dig in; 2). since I became master marathon runner (in my late 50!) a couple years ago, most my out-of-work time has been running, endless running (50 to 70 km/week, 4 to 6 formal races/year). Anyway, back to AutoCAD programming. My company moved from AutoCAD Map to AutoCAD Civil3D since AutoCAD 2015 a while ago. Naturally, some custom programming task against AutoCAD Civil3D features became my job description, which exposes me to a vast new realm that I did not touch before. Recently, I was ask to provide a way to extract Civil3D labels text. Labels in Civil3D are very powerful and complicated annotation objects. As a "newbie" Civil3D programmer, I spent quite sometime in vain to search through Civl3Ds API: nothing came up to let me retrieve t...