Thanks to guruprasad rane , we have test files online: http://ia341311.us.archive.org/3/items/LibredwgTestSuite0.1/LibredwgTestSuite0.1.tar.gz just checking them myself. mike
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Jake Abel <gundamepyo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > There are several pre-2000 versions (R12, R13, R14, earlier) but modern > AutoCAD can only open R14, R2000 (15), R2004 (16), R2007 (17) and R2010 > (18). R12 DXFs can be imported if desired. There is a new version of the > program every year, but a change in file formats is only made when the > program really goes to the next major version every three years (typically), > for instance, 2007 is R17, 2008 is R17.1, 2009 is R17.2 and 2010 is R18. > > In my opinion, supporting anything before R2000 is a complete waste of > time...that's the oldest you ever see in a work environment. > > -Jake > > -----Original Message----- > From: libredwg-bounces+gundamepyon87=hotmail....@gnu.org > [mailto:libredwg-bounces+gundamepyon87=hotmail....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of > Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:14 AM > To: jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com; libredwg@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Fwd: [libredwg] how can i contribute > > jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: >> It looks like he has been able to convert the svg test suite! > > Ok, but we should let him know that we only (are planning to) support R13, > R14, R2000, R2004 and R2007. I don't even know if R2002 or R2006 exist. > Maybe they are just AutoCAD versions but not file format versions. > > BTW, please explain me how are you planning to use this Inkscape test suite. > Are you planning to use just the sample, or is there an automated test suite > that we can take advantage of someway? >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: *Guruprasad Rane* <ranegurupra...@gmail.com >> <mailto:ranegurupra...@gmail.com>> >> Date: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:16 PM >> Subject: Re: [libredwg] how can i contribute >> To: "jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com>" >> <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com>> >> >> >> I tried using Inkscape to convert svg to dxf. But unfortunately all >> the dxf files generated were blank. >> >> So I used Corel Draw to convert all the svg files directly to dwg >> files in R11, R13, R14, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006 & 2007 format. I >> modified the CorelDraw fileconverter macro to add DWG support and >> batch converted the file. But the total file size is 750MB. Its >> because all the texts are converted to arcs while doing batch >> convert. If individual files are converted text remain as text. I am > trying to fix this up. >> >> >> >> On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 19:57 +0100, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > yes >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Guruprasad Rane >> > <ranegurupra...@gmail.com <mailto:ranegurupra...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > OK >> > >> > 1. So I should extract svg files from all the links on this >> > page >> > >> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Test/20061213/htmlObjectHarness/full-in >> dex.html >> > >> > 2. then convert each of them to dxf >> > >> > 3. then convert each of them to all dwg formats. >> > >> > So we will have say folders like r14, 2000, 2004, and so on >> > with each folder with 275 dwg files. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 19:35 +0100, >> > jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > > I have tried it out, >> > > you can open the svg test suite here: >> > > >> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Test_Suite_Overview#SVG_1.1_Tes >> t_Suite >> > > >> > > with inkscape you can save to dxf, >> > > >> > > then we can use some windows program to convert that into >> > > all the dwg formats >> > > and then we have a nice test suite. >> > > >> > > mike >> > > >> > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:09 PM, >> > > jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com> >> > > <jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com >> <mailto:jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com>> wrote: >> > > my suggestion : >> > > you can help me make a test suite of files. >> > > we need to convert some other dxf and svg test >> > > suites into various dwg files for testing. >> > > mike >> > > >> > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Guruprasad Rane >> > > <ranegurupra...@gmail.com >> <mailto:ranegurupra...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > > Hi everyone >> > > >> > > please let me know how can i contribute to >> > > the development of libredwg? >> > > >> > > Regards >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > > > > > > >