[cad-linux] Re: openDWG
- From: Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:26:52 -0600
# The following was supposedly scribed by
# Yorik van Havre
# on Wednesday 12 January 2005 06:42 am:
>even if it's not
>open-source, at least it can open DWG (even version 2004, as they
> are part of that openDWG group), which I find is the big problem
> with linux cad programs.
Yeah. OpenDWG is great for all of the commercial packages, but
terrible for any that are open-source. You are correct that opening
legacy files is a big problem for linux cad programs, particularly
open-source ones. Even qcad is hindered by only being able to open
dxf files.
One of the things that I am trying to do with the uber-converter
project is to get a working open-source dwg converter implementation.
http://ericwilhelm.homeip.net/uber-converter/
With Varicad, there is a bigger problem: you can't import/export
dwg's with solid models because the openDWG library doesn't handle
ACIS data. I wrote to Spacial asking for the ACIS spec, and they
kindly told me to go figure-it-out myself. A great attitude toward
interoperability!
So, is the problem with Linux cad programs, or is it with all of those
other programs?
--Eric
--
A counterintuitive sansevieria trifasciata was once literalized
guiltily.
--Product of Artificial Intelligence
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