Hi, there is a new driver that does not have this dependency:
http://fwarmerdam.blogspot.com/2009/12/ogr-dxf-driver.html Best regards, Bart > Hi, > > I want to convert shape files into DWG or DXF. (And I do not have > ArcView, nor Windows, available.) > > I've been reading the lists and found information on a "spike" branch of > ogr2ogr which is supposed to be able to write DWG/DXF files. In the > readme it says > > "The ability to write DXF and DWG is only available when OGR is linked > against the DWGdirect library provided by the Open Design Alliance. > Note that the DWGdirect library is not open source, though the license > terms are not terribly draconian." > > The GDAL wiki says: > > "The DXFDWG driver is currently a write-only driver dependent on the > Open Design Alliance DWGdirect libraries for writing to the DWG and DXF > formats. The DWGdirect library is not open source, though it is offered > under fairly permissive terms." > > Now as far as I can see, nothing works without the DWGdirect library, > and unless you are associated with an educational institution and are > willing to sign and fax lots of forms to confirm that, the only way to > get your hands on that library is to become an "Associated Member" of > the ODA and pay them US$250 (for the first year), and that does not even > include a license to distribute the library. > > Are these the "fairly permissive terms" mentioned above - or have I > overlooked some easy and free-of-charge way of downloading the library > (or a statically linked ogr2ogr)? > > Cheers > Frederik > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev > _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
