DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file developed by AutoDesk for interoperability between AutoCAD and other CAD applications.
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Java: parse dxf file using Ycad / Kabeja or any other simmilar library
I'm pretty new to programming so any help would be much appreciated.
I'm trying to parse a .dxf file in order to get the coordinates of the entities and plot them to a JPanel. Basically I would need a graphical presentation of the dxf file.
So far…

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How to find the bounding box of a TEXT element from AutoCAD DXF file
I fear this is one of those questions with no simple answer.
I have AutoCAD drawings in ASCII DXF format. I am scanning them for text elements. I need to calculate the coordinates of the vertices of the bounding box for each text element. (In…

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Serve DXF (and other types) files in IIS
I've got a problem with one of the pages within a website. This page will serve images according to the selection a user makes like PDF, GIF, DWG and.. DXF
I understand why PDF and GIF will attempt to open in a browser, but the DXF files will (using…

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Calculating text width for DXF
I am using netDXF (https://netdxf.codeplex.com/) to generate a DXF file for use with AutoCAD. However, I have an issue with getting the width of MText correct. I want to be able to define a width that the text should fit into, and change the width…

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Parse incomplete ellipses from DXF files
I am developing a DXF parser by using the dxflib library. I have a problem parsing ellipses.
When I parse an ellipse I receive the following data:
struct DL_EllipseData
{
/*! X Coordinate of center point. */
double cx;
/*! Y Coordinate…

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Find the angle of a rotated ellipse
I am developing a DXF parser by using the dxflib library. I have a problem parsing ellipses.
When I parse an ellipse I receive the following data:
struct DL_EllipseData
{
/*! X Coordinate of center point. */
double cx;
/*! Y Coordinate…

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What is Fortran 14 output?
I am writing a javascript lexer/parser for DXF files and have come across this from the AutoDesk Drawing Interchange and File Formats document:
The first line of a group is a group code, which is a positive nonzero
integer output in FORTRAN…

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Units vs real world
I've got a DXF (rev 10) CAD file with some 2D drawings and I'm implementing a reader. Until now I've successfully loaded everything and rasterized with ImageMagick.
But the point is, I have manually set the zoom on the coordinates to a number that…

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Writing text styles into DXF from a Delphi application
I'm writing DXF files from a Delphi application and trying to understand text styles.
I have text styles working in general, but i'm struggling to find information in the DXF reference literature out there about how the 1071 group code works.
The…

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Biarc Rendering
I am creating a DXF parser for use by an industrial robot. The robot can only move in lines and arcs, so I've had to decompose ellipse entities into a series of biarcs (thanks to Keeper for the arc function). The conversion works perfectly, but when…

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Application specfic data in DXF Entities
I'm looking for a way to tag entities (for example arc) in a DXF with an numeric ID of my choosing. Is there a good (standard complient) way of doing this?
Looking at the DXF format reference, I see there is a "common group code" 102 that is…

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Select whole drawing in AutoCAD without prompting user
I'm trying to plot using "Window" as PlotType in AutoCad. This is the code:
ViewBorder border = new ViewBorder();
Point3d first = new Point3d(border.Width, 0, 0);
Point3d second = new Point3d(border.Height, 0, 0);
Extents2d window =…

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Is there a SWT widget to display DFX/Autocad Files? (or a converter to convert it to Draw2D)
I have some DXF or Autocad files, and need those to display in a eclipse rcp application. Is there a widget which provides such functionality? Or is there a library to convert these somehow to draw2d objects?

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dxf to pdf in asp.net
Do you know a library that can convert a dxf file to pdf without having the autocad program installed ?
I'm looking to convert microsoft document too, but i know I can use the microsoft dll installed when you have office
Thanks

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Python: export to DXF file the Shapely objects
How to export the results come from spatial operations such as buffer function on points using Shapely package for Python to a DXF file? BTW, googling wasn't so helpful this time.

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