[cad-linux] Re: GraphiteOne/Tomcad 3D

> The following was supposedly scribed by
> Thomas Schmidt
> on Saturday 31 May 2003 08:09 am:

>The dxf module is _very_ slow.

The same is true with AutoCAD.  Loading a dxf file with 90,000 circles takes 
something like 6 minutes and it quickly runs into 500+ MB ram.  This is why I 
started using the openDWG library for my perl program (BTW, the wrapper for 
this will soon be available, and may be hosted on the openDWG site:)  just as 
soon as I get the license, distribution and some docs put together.)  The 
same data in a dwg file loads in just a few seconds (there is little or no 
improvement from using binary dxf.)  I'm sure it has been said before, but I 
will say it again:  If dxf is such a great format, why doesn't autodesk use 
it natively?

--Eric

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