[magick-users] DXF, DWG, SolidWorks Files

[Scott Spearman]

The way I've found success in working with AutoCAD files is to set up a 
dummy PS printer that prints to a file, and then print the sections of 
interest, then use ImageMagick or another tool to operate on the postscript 
file.  It may not be the most intuitive, but the results look pretty good.

Then again, they're not a primary part of my workflow, and usually just come 
up when we need to send stuff to lawyers.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Thyssen" <anthony at griffith.edu.au>
To: "ImageMagick User List" <magick-users at imagemagick.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [magick-users] DXF, DWG, SolidWorks Files


> Eric Landmann on  wrote...
> | Hi all:
> |
> | I know that currently ImageMagick does not support AutoCAD DXF and
> | DWG, and SolidWorks files. I have a need to convert create thumbnails
> | of these and pull out some metadata. Are there any plans to add these
> | formats in the future?
> |
> | Alternatively, can anybody suggest a utility that would manipulate
> | these files?
> |
>
> Their are converters for these formats, but as these are vector formats
> they are not generally looked after by ImageMagick.
>
> For more info see
>  A word about Vector Image formats
>    http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/imagick6/formats/#vector
>
> Specifically look into
>   VectorSection
>     http://scratchcomputing.com/projects/vectorsection/
>
>
>  Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer )    <A.Thyssen at griffith.edu.au>
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