Javascript/canvas renderer for CAD/AutoCAD files

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Does anyone know if there's a parser for autocad/cad formatted files in javascript? Or perhaps something server side which can translate cad files to collada so that three.js (and some of the other engines) could read them?

Thanks very much for any links and pointers.

Just a side note, JavaScript is the perfect choice for rendering. Consider using [WebGL](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebGL). — Bakudan, Nov 21 '12 at 06:16
Yup. 10, finally actually does something and surprisingly is working quite good. — Bakudan, Nov 26 '12 at 12:34
Ups, this was not not IE. Wow, Win8 with IE10, still don't have webgl support... — Bakudan, Dec 01 '12 at 19:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '12 at 06:12

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Python has an autocad lib http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyautocad/ It provides json export. It works on Windows.

I think it can be a server-side solution if Python running on a Windows server is acceptable for you.

answered Nov 21 '12 at 06:12

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Looks really interesting.. I'm going to keep the thread open for a bit in the hope that someone knows a browser based solution (or perhaps a php one which would be preferable) – Alex Nov 26 '12 at 11:41

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 04 '12 at 13:19

You can take a look at OpenCascade and the community edition developed in C++. There seems to be an experimental COLLADA exporter done by the community edition.

If you prefer working with Python, you should see the pythonOCC project and particularly what they've done with Three.js: article and sources.

Javascript/canvas renderer for CAD/AutoCAD files

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