fix(com): a DXF type filter finds what ActiveX names differently

block_find_references asks entity_list(type_filter="INSERT"), and ActiveX
calls a block reference AcDbBlockReference, so on a live seat the filter
matched nothing and every block reported zero references. Measured on
AutoCAD 2026 (25.1s): AcDbBlockReference, AcDbPolyline, and one class per
dimension kind (AcDbRotatedDimension, AcDbAlignedDimension,
AcDbDiametricDimension, AcDbRadialDimension, AcDb2LineAngularDimension,
AcDbOrdinateDimension).

entity_list and entity_count now let the DXF name find them: INSERT matches
BLOCKREFERENCE/MINSERTBLOCK, LWPOLYLINE matches POLYLINE, and DIMENSION every
*DIMENSION class. The reported type stays the ActiveX spelling, so a caller
already filtering by it is unaffected. Verified live in a scratch document:
two inserts, one dimension and one line are found by INSERT, DIMENSION and
LINE (the INSERT filter found 0 before).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FKFStjEFzpGyLq5bMpWxTd

README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Live through COM on Windows, or headless through ezdxf anywhere — one typed co
 
 </div>
 
-> **v1.5 release snapshot:** 229 tools · 8 resources · 5 prompt templates · 3990 collected tests.
+> **v1.5 release snapshot:** 229 tools · 8 resources · 5 prompt templates · 3995 collected tests.
 > 229 is the **registered** count; a default install advertises 224 over `tools/list`,
 > because `ENABLE_3D` is unset. `system_about` is the runtime authority.
 

backends/com_backend.py

@@ -1245,6 +1245,26 @@ def _com_geometry_bbox(entity) -> dict | None:
 _COM_LWPOLYLINE_NAMES = ("AcDbPolyline", "AcDbLWPolyline")
 
 
+# A tool filters by the DXF entity name; ActiveX names three of them differently
+# (measured on AutoCAD 2026: AcDbBlockReference, AcDbPolyline and one class per
+# dimension kind). The reported type stays the ActiveX spelling, so a caller
+# already filtering by it is unaffected; the DXF name simply finds them too.
+_DXF_TYPE_ALIASES: dict[str, frozenset[str]] = {
+    "INSERT": frozenset({"BLOCKREFERENCE", "MINSERTBLOCK"}),
+    "LWPOLYLINE": frozenset({"POLYLINE"}),
+}
+
+
+def _type_filter_matches(type_filter: str, ent_type: str) -> bool:
+    """True when an entity whose ActiveX type is ``ent_type`` answers ``type_filter``."""
+    wanted = type_filter.upper()
+    if ent_type == wanted or ent_type in _DXF_TYPE_ALIASES.get(wanted, ()):
+        return True
+    # DXF has one DIMENSION entity; ActiveX has AcDbRotatedDimension,
+    # AcDbAlignedDimension, AcDbDiametricDimension, AcDb2LineAngularDimension, …
+    return wanted == "DIMENSION" and ent_type.endswith("DIMENSION")
+
+
 def _entity_info(entity) -> EntityInfo:
     """Convert a COM entity object to EntityInfo dataclass."""
     try:
@@ -5275,7 +5295,7 @@ class ComBackend(AutoCADBackend):
                     ent_type = ent.ObjectName.replace("AcDb", "").upper()
                     ent_layer = ent.Layer
 
-                    if type_filter and type_filter.upper() != ent_type:
+                    if type_filter and not _type_filter_matches(type_filter, ent_type):
                         continue
                     if layer_filter and layer_filter.lower() != ent_layer.lower():
                         continue
@@ -5307,9 +5327,8 @@ class ComBackend(AutoCADBackend):
             for i in range(mspace.Count):
                 try:
                     ent = mspace.Item(i)
-                    if (
+                    if type_filter and not _type_filter_matches(
-                        type_filter
+                        type_filter, ent.ObjectName.replace("AcDb", "").upper()
-                        and type_filter.upper() != ent.ObjectName.replace("AcDb", "").upper()
                     ):
                         continue
                     if layer_filter and layer_filter.lower() != ent.Layer.lower():

tests/test_com_backend.py

@@ -1089,3 +1089,82 @@ async def test_drawing_audit_restores_auditctl_when_the_command_raises(sysvar_se
         await backend.drawing_audit()
     assert doc.variables["AUDITCTL"] == 0
     assert doc.calls[-1] == ("SetVariable", "AUDITCTL", 0)
+
+
+# ── type filters speak the DXF names on the live engine too ─────────────────
+
+
+def _typed_modelspace(monkeypatch, object_names):
+    """A ComBackend whose model space holds one entity per ActiveX ObjectName."""
+    import backends.com_backend as cb
+
+    members = [
+        _Entity(
+            name,
+            Handle=f"{i + 1:X}",
+            Layer="0",
+            color=256,
+            Linetype="ByLayer",
+            Visible=True,
+            GetBoundingBox=lambda: ((0.0, 0.0, 0.0), (1.0, 1.0, 0.0)),
+        )
+        for i, name in enumerate(object_names)
+    ]
+    space = SimpleNamespace(Count=len(members), Item=lambda i: members[i])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cb, "_msp", lambda: space)
+    backend = ComBackend()
+
+    async def _run_inline(func, *args, **kwargs):
+        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(backend, "_run", _run_inline)
+    return backend
+
+
+# The ObjectNames measured on AutoCAD 2026 (25.1s) for each kind of entity a
+# tool filters by its DXF name: a block reference, a lightweight polyline and
+# every dimension subclass ActiveX creates.
+_LIVE_NAMES = [
+    "AcDbBlockReference",
+    "AcDbPolyline",
+    "AcDbRotatedDimension",
+    "AcDbAlignedDimension",
+    "AcDbDiametricDimension",
+    "AcDbRadialDimension",
+    "AcDb2LineAngularDimension",
+    "AcDbOrdinateDimension",
+    "AcDbLine",
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("dxf_name", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("INSERT", 1),
+        ("LWPOLYLINE", 1),
+        ("DIMENSION", 6),
+        ("LINE", 1),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_a_dxf_type_filter_finds_what_activex_names_differently(
+    monkeypatch, dxf_name, expected
+):
+    """block_find_references asks entity_list for INSERTs; ActiveX calls the
+    same entity AcDbBlockReference, so on the live seat the filter matched
+    nothing and every block reported zero references. The DXF name a tool
+    passes must find the entity on both engines."""
+    backend = _typed_modelspace(monkeypatch, _LIVE_NAMES)
+    listed = await backend.entity_list(type_filter=dxf_name, limit=100)
+    assert len(listed) == expected
+    assert await backend.entity_count(type_filter=dxf_name) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_the_activex_type_names_still_filter_as_before(monkeypatch):
+    """The reported type names do not change, so a caller already filtering by
+    the ActiveX spelling keeps getting exactly what it got."""
+    backend = _typed_modelspace(monkeypatch, _LIVE_NAMES)
+    assert len(await backend.entity_list(type_filter="BLOCKREFERENCE")) == 1
+    assert len(await backend.entity_list(type_filter="POLYLINE")) == 1
+    assert len(await backend.entity_list(type_filter="ROTATEDDIMENSION")) == 1