[cad-linux] Re: OT: Open data formats (continuation of previous thread)

So ... DesignXML (and landXML) is for working drawings (as they are being
created and modified) and DWF is an uneditable (theoretically) static,
unchangable version

Just making sure I understand


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> DWF and DesignXML (dXML for short) try to solve different
> problems.  DWF is best suited for project archival purposes
> (electronic plots), while dXML is an evolution of the
> ubiquitous DXF.  Like DXF, dXML can solve a wide variety of
> problems.  Unlike DXF, dDXL is easy to parse and support in
> 3rd party applications.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Johnson [mailto:bjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> > Subject: [cad-linux] Re: OT: Open data formats (continuation
> > of previous
> > thread)
> >
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> > Forgive my butting in here - but what are the differences
> > between the DWF
> > and DesignXML formats
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis --
> > -- Type: application/ms-tnef
> > -- File: winmail.dat
> >
> >
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