Hello.
I don't know how others see DXF (DWG too?) useful, but I find the file format implementation situation somewhat chaotic: - Bert Timmerman is actively developing libdxf (https://github.com/bert/libdxf). - A try to isolate dxf code from LibArea project: https://github.com/thatcadguy/dxf-cpp https://github.com/Heeks/libarea - libdxfrw, born from the LibreDWG controversy to license it to GPLv3 instead something like LGPL: https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/tree/master/libraries/libdxfrw - libdxf, I have no idea but it's in the LibreCAD repo: https://github.com/LibreCAD/LibreCAD/tree/master/libraries/dxflib - There's LibDWG fork using GPLv3 too, but not so actively developed. - Libopencad (https://github.com/sandyre/libopencad), but it uses muparser with the GPL-incompatible IBM's Common Public License. Why so much projects for only DXF and DWG formats? Kind regards. 2016-09-01 10:49 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo <[email protected]>: > Hi Folks, > > DXF Import seems to be popular enough that we have the > occasional questions and complaints about how to use it > for a specific task. The items I can think of include: > > 1. being able to process Layers and associate a named > DXF Layer with a specific KiCad Layer. > > 2. "I can't import Feature X". This one comes up now and then; > the most popular is "why doesn't kicad support DXF filled > regions?" More recently someone was asking about importing > a DXF Point (what that would represent in KiCad is anyone's guess). > > In the past I put a little work into a few minor fixes and adding > PolyLine support for outlines, but I haven't done anything more > since there seems to be no long-term plan for DXF. Does anyone > think some effort should go into a grand plan for how DXF can > interact with KiCad, especially on the Import side? If it is a > useful enough tool and we can come up with a sensible scheme > which general users would find useful I can put in a little time to > code it. > > - Cirilo > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
