[cad-linux] Re: DWF conversions
- From: Michael Montagne <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:27:38 -0700
As long as we have an Autodesk guy on the line, I'd like to request a
plugin for Galeon (or mozilla) to view dwf files. It'd be one less
reason for me to fire up IE.
>On 11/09/02, from the brain of lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx tumbled:
>
> Today will be even longer...
>
> Well, it all started back when I first installed BeOS R3...
>
> You've had a long day Lee...
> Glad to see some Linux interest at Autodesk. Are you a Linux guy that
> joined them or an Autodesk guy getting interested in Linux?
>
> lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Regarding 2: The DWF is more like and electronic plot than a DWG, which may
> >explain how it appears in the OpenDWG tool(view)kit. DWF is an electronic
> >archiving format -- that is, it contains only the information the author
> >chooses to publish (unlike a DWG). It's better than rasters (TIFF, JPG,
> >etc.) because it is vectors; is much smaller than a PDF; searchable;
> >indexable; etc. etc. etc. Once a DWG is converted to DWF, it is basically
> >impossible to get back to a usable DWG.
> >
> >That sounds like marketing, but I'm just trying to be informative.
> >
> >
> >2) DWF: The openDWG alliance does have an interface module that can be
> >downloaded which is supposed to interface with the sources that need to be
> >downloaded from Autodesk to provide DWF input and output. I note that the
> >module is part of the Viewkit, not the Toolkit, so whatever input and output
> >occurs from this module will deal with pixels on the screen and not the
> >underlying structure of the DWG file.
> >
> >3) How to do it: I don't think there are really any licensing issues here.
> >
> >Basically Autodesk still holds the license to their piece, I just write a
> >GPL
> >code to interface with it. OpenDWG also provides a script file to convert
> >source code (I am not sure if it is theirs or Autodesk's) into something
> >that Linux can handle. When I saw that I kind of said "I don't need this
> >right now", I have my hands full just trying to get the program to compile
> >for users of gcc 3x. There seems to be enough interest however so I can
> >certainly put it on the list of things to get to. I was about ready to
> >declare this project done, but I should be able to deal with one more piece.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Michael Montagne
michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.themontagnes.com
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