Please read "I don't fully agree. For two reasons: one, converting from DWG to *DXF* potentially causes data loss, since *DXF* is a subset of DWG." On 22 April 2010 19:57, Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva <rodrigopitanga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> But surely the libredwg people would love to receive feedback or >>> encouragements, so don't hesitate to have a look there. > > Sure! We definitely need people to test with their files, since every > file can potentially have a structure that we haven't tested before. > >>> I'm actually wondering if those guys are not subscribed to this list... > > Yes, I am =] > >> I was wondering whether they are aware of the efforts in Blender-world >> >> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.4/Py/Scripts/Import/DXF-3D >> >> where a lot of work has been done on importing dxf, assuming that anyone >> generating dwg can also generate dxf. And - in the worst case, where you >> get the dwg from someone, I can confirm that the dwg-dxf converter they >> use works perfectly fine in wine as a workaround. My guess is that the >> chances to get someone export a dxf instead of a dwg is just as high as >> having him export the specific 2000 format that the developers try to >> support. Still, why not have a group try to support dwg directly, while >> dxf import improves faster and more relieable. > > I don't fully agree. For two reasons: one, converting from DWG to DWX > potentially causes data loss, since DWF is a subset of DWG. Two, most > non-hacker people don't even know what DXF is. Talking to engineers > and architects, I've been told that most AutoCAD files are shared in > DWG format. It's like asking someone to save their .doc in .rtf. > > Two other things: we do support versions other than R2000. R13, R14 > and R2004 are currently working. R2010 (and its variants) is still > obscure: ODA has reverse engineered it but hasn't released the specs > so far. > > We are also working on write support - if everything goes as expected > we'll have a SoC student working on it this summer. We are also trying > to revive out python binding work. > > Whereas we have a mostly working library, we haven't released > officially yet. We will make an alpha release soon if we manage to fix > some known bugs. Please subscribe to info-libredwg@xxxxxxx for > announcements. I can announce to this list as well. > > > -- > Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva > PoliGNU - Grupo de Estudos de Software Livre da Poli/USP > FSF Associate Member #7788 > -- Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva PoliGNU - Grupo de Estudos de Software Livre da Poli/USP FSF Associate Member #7788