DWG is proprietary file format for storing 2d and 3d design data, owned by Autodesk. Native format for various CAD applications.
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Converting DWG, DWF, DWFX to 3ds and other
I want to show 3D models for DWG/DWF/DWFX files into web-browser.
My way is use Silverlight and 3D-engies to render it (for example, this or this). But it allow to render 3ds format, but not DWG/DWF/DWFX .
My idea is convert DWG/DWF/DWFX to 3ds on a…

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how to include active X in android?
developing an application to open and view dwg files on the android os using eclipse IDE
i found an open source dwg viewer active x
but how to include this activeX in android ??

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Can Forge API achieve the thing below?
I am new to autocad. I am a software engineer and researching how to integrate autocad with our application. I would like to check with the AutoCAD expert here whether can forge API / any API achieve the objectives below.
The scenario is described…

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Ipad DWG/DXF viewing
I have seen applications for iPad that let you view dxf and dwg files.
Does anyone know where to get info on how to do this? Are there any available tutorials? I haven't been able to find any.
I really need some direction on how to do this. The…

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.DWG format File Viewer in xamarin forms/ Xamarin.android/ Xamarin.ios
I need to integrate *.dwg format file in Xamarin forms/ Xamarin.android/ Xamarin.ios
how can I able to show DWG AutoCAD file in Android and iOS.
dwg file contains floor plan which I need to select space.
if any nuget package available for…

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How do I get metadata from a 2d .dwg file using Forge AutoDesk APIs?
I was using the Forge AutoDesk Data management, design management and model viewer APIs to upload my .dmg, convert it to svf and then using the metadata. It works well for 3D designs but there seems to no guid inside the metadata when I use 2D…

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Generate DXF drawing in Java
Is there some sort of a good library with documentation to perform the drawings? Something like DWG or DXF files. I need to generate some drawings on the basis of these data. They will be used mainly lines, and dimensioning drawings. You do not…
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Autocad .NET - Get Layer width and height for plotting
i'm struggeling a little with my Autocad Plugin..
Since i have a huge amount of AutoCad Drawings to plot programmatically as a pdf-File i found out that some of them contain much unnecessary stuff on it.
i only want to plot a specific area which is…

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AutoCAD: Opening a drawing/database from memory, instead of a file
I am working on a plugin that would enable AutoCAD to open my encrypted drawings. I would like to avoid having to decrypt the drawing to a dwg file on disk. However, the APIs for opening a drawing in AutoCAD all seem to work only with filepaths. Is…

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Reading custom binary data formats in C# .NET
I'm trying to write a simple reader for AutoCAD's DWG files in .NET. I don't actually need to access all data in the file so the complexity that would otherwise be involved in writing a reader/writer for the whole file format is not an issue.
I've…

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Converting STEP files to DWG by using autodesk Inventor and VBA
Does anyone know how to do that? My skills in using VBA aren't very good and I also googled for it, but I do not even know how to open one of those files by using VBA.
Maybe someone of you did already do something like this before?
Thanks a lot for…

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Android export as .dwg
I'm new in Android and CAD. I need to do an app in which user can draw objects and after export as .dwg format to open in AutoCAD and make some changes. How I can export it as .dwg? Is there any java libraries? I found library YCad to deal with .dxf…

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Does accoreconsole.exe depends on AutoCAD?
I am new to AutoCAD API. I want to use accoreconsole.exe (AutoCAD 2016) to batch convert dwg files to pdf. Does accoreconsole.exe requires AutoCAD to be installed in the target system or I can use accoreconsole.exe(with it's dlls) in computers which…

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How to export DWG files to images using AutoCad API with C#?
I have AutoDesk 2014 and VS2012 installed. I already have the dlls mentioned here and also tried this but not worked. I really need to know how to export those files to images, jpg, png,.. using C# code. Thanks!

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How to convert DWG to DXF from a PHP script?
I'm making a website for a customer where users can upload their CAD files to calculate a quote. Since DXF file format is the same of the DWG, I have choosen the DXF's one because it's ASCII. The script is ready, but my customer wants also to upload…

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