OakPDT Drawing

File Format
Name	OakPDT Drawing
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 3D and CAD/CAM Models OakPDT Drawing

Overview

OakPDT is a 2D parametric CAD system for RISC OS. On RISC OS systems, files in this format typically have a filetype of CAD ("PDT Dwg").

Format details

File Header
0	Byte	Major version number of the file format (always 1)
1	Byte	Minor version number of the format 2 corresponds to OakPDT v2.50 (17 November 1990)
2	Null-terminated string	The_Design_System or Oak_P_D_T_Drawing
20	Integer	Number of symbols (s)
24	Array	s symbol table entries
	Integer	Size of drawing definition (v)
	Array	v bytes
	Byte	Paper size
	Struct	Window definition
	Struct	Grid information
	Struct	Text information
	Struct	Dimension information
	Struct	Line style information
	Integer	Number of scalars (n)
	Array	n scalar table entries
	Struct	Error information
	Struct	Layer information
	Double	Dimension scale (only in v1.1 or later)
	Integer	Number of functions (n) (only in v1.2 or later)
	Array	n function table entries (only in v1.2 or later)
Symbol table entry
0	Byte	Data type
1	Byte	Pen colour In v1.2 or later, the symbol is deleted if the pen colour has bit 5 set, and the lower four bits are ANDed with %1111.
2	Byte	Layer number In v1.0 and v1.1, the symbol is deleted if the layer number is 16.
3	Byte	Line type
4	Integer	Address in drawing definition
8	Integer	Length in drawing definition (ignored in later versions)
Window definition
0	Double	Left X coordinate
8	Double	Bottom Y coordinate
16	Double	Right X coordinate
24	Double	Top Y coordinate
Grid information
0	Double	X spacing
8	Double	Y spacing
16	Double	X angle
24	Double	Y angle
32	Integer	Grid snap
36	Integer	Parametric grid snap
Text information
0	Double	Text width
8	Double	Text height
16	Double	Butterfly limit
24	Integer	Text precision
Dimension information
0	Double	The text width for dimensions.
8	Double	The text width for dimensions.
16	Double	The arrow head size.
24	Double	Clearance gap
32	Integer	The current dimension style, which can be one of the following values: 0 for internal dimensions. 1 for external left dimensions. 2 for external right dimensions. 3 for external dimensions.
36	Integer	Use arrow heads for dimensions instead of slashes.
40	Integer	Are dimension tolerances enabled?
44	Integer	The dimension precision.
Line style information
0	Integer	Definition of user-defined line style 1.
4	Integer	Definition of user-defined line style 2.
8	Integer	Definition of user-defined line style 3.
12	Integer	Definition of user-defined line style 4.
Scalar table entry
0	Integer	The symbol number of the scalar.
4	Null-terminated string	The name of the scalar.
Error information
0	Integer	A value associated with the last error. The exact purpose depends on the identifier.
4	Null-terminated string	The identifier of the last error to occur.
Layer information (v1.0 and v1.1)
0	Array	16 bytes containing the status of each layer. If bit 0 is set then the layer is on. If bit 1 is set then the layer is locked.
16	Array	16 bytes containing the default pen colour for each layer.
32	Byte	The active current layer.
33	Array	10 bytes mapping each pen colour to a 16 colour palette entry.
Layer information (v1.2)
0	Array	64 bytes containing the status of each layer. If bit 0 is set then the layer is on. If bit 1 is set then the layer is locked.
64	Array	64 bytes containing the default pen colour for each layer.
128	Byte	The active current layer.
129	Byte	The active points layer.
130	Byte	The active construction layer.
131	Array	10 bytes mapping each pen colour to a 16 colour palette entry.
Function table entry (v1.2 or later)
0	Null-terminated string	The name of the function.
	Integer	The number of parameters.
	Integer	The address of the function in the definition block.

Drawing definition

Code	Description
0	Push name*
1
2
3
5	+
6	-
7	unary -
8	Start
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16	To
17
18	Centre of
19	Clockwise
20	Anti-clockwise
21	Radius
22
23
24	*
25	/
26	^
27	sqrt
28	sin
29	cos
30	tan
31	asin
32	acos
33	atan
34	atan2
35	abs
36	degrees
37	radians
38	Push integer*
39	Push real*
40	Eval ID
41	Arc from
42	Arc to
43	Push byte*
44	Line tangent to 2 circles
45	Intersection of 2 lines
46	Intersection of line and circle
47	Construction line from 2 points
48	Angled construction line
49	Construction line tangent to 2 circles
50	Parallel construction line
51	Perpendicular construction line
52	Centre of construction circle
53	Construction circle radius
54	Construction circle diameter
55	Intersection of 2 circles
56	Circle tangent to 2 lines
57	Line tangent from point to circle
58
59	Distance between 2 points
61	Push X coordinate*
62	Push Y coordinate*
63	Point at centre of construction circle
64	Line normal from point to circle
65	Point on line at distance
66	Circle tangent to 2 circles
67	Parallel construction line at distance
68	Circle tangent to line and circle
69	Line normal to 2 circles
70	3 point circle
71	Circle tangent to line
72	Line relative to line
73	Polar line
74	Point at end of line
75	Line bisects 2 lines (mk1)
76	Mid point
77	Perpendicular bisector
78	Point at start of line
79	3 point arc
80	Point at centre of arc
81	Angle dimension
82	%
83	Int/
84	trunc
85	round
86	log
87	log10
88	exp
89	Point at distance around circle
90	Angle between 2 lines
91	Line bisects 2 lines (mk2)
92	angle from 3 points
93	Circle info
94	Relative point
95	Call function
96	Function return
97	Push function parameter
98	Ignore string*
99	Push string*
100	Random number
101	Point distance on circle
102	Point at end of text
103	Polar point
104	Point at start of arc
105	Point at end of arc
106	Angle from 2 points
107	Point between 2 points
254	Return
255	End of symbol