[Drawkit] DXFReader framework

[Allan Daly]

On Apr 12, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Allan Daly wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> I'm back home and just read your note. Good news that you were able  
> to get the framework and app to run.
>
> I've completed a first pass at adding in BLOCK and INSERT functions  
> to DXFReader. I'll be committing them to the SVN repository at  
> SourceForge in the next couple of days. Sounds like you might have  
> been doing some similar work in parallel.
>
> Can I suggest that you sign up for the DXFReader mailing list at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dxfreader-info? 
>  That way you'll be able to keep up with what Mike and I are up to.
>
> If you would like, I'm happy to set you up as a developer for  
> DXFReader as well. Let me know. Sounds like the BLOCK and INSERT  
> additions might be all you need. Or are there other DXFReader  
> functions you're looking for?
>
> I have not implemented the BLOCK and INSERT changes in DKSImpleDXF  
> yet. That's the next project.
>
> Let me know what else I can do for you.
>
> -Allan
>
>
>
> On Apr 10, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Bill Monk wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Allan Daly <allandaly at me.com>:
>>
>>>> DXFReader and DKSimpleDXF all need to be set to build into the  
>>>> DrawKit
>>>> build directory. If you can get everything to build into there it
>>>> should work. And as Mike wrote you need to use garbage collection.
>>>> Give it a try and let me know if any errors crop up. (The  
>>>> arrangement
>>>> is the same as Graham's DKSimpleDemo application uses
>>
>> Thanks Allan and Michael!  I re-set everything up from scratch  
>> using fresh downloads and got it all working. Will post the exact  
>> steps in case it's useful to someone else in another msg.
>>
>>> If you really need this and are willing to help us out
>>
>> Yes, definitely. I've got a few typos and little things for  
>> DKSimpleDXF and DXFReader...
>>
>>> The DKSimpleDXF implementation does not yet handle BLOCKS (I'm  
>>> working
>>> on that right now
>>
>> Excellentl! I'm wanting to import DXFs with INSERTs, and just this  
>> afternoon fleshed out a BBDXFInsertEntity.m/h, following the style  
>> and HeaderDoc stuff in the existing parsers classes. Then added  
>> INSERT support to DKSimpleDXF, and it works - at least as far  
>> parsing the inserted BLOCK names, insertion points, rotation angle,  
>> scaling factors and extrusion directions, etc.
>>
>> But of course it needs to reference the actual BLOCKs to do  
>> anything useful. Would be happy to send you the diffs, and you can  
>> see what you think. There were a couple questions that came up that  
>> I'd like to ask you, but will take those off list.
>>
>> -Bill
>>
>> PS. Apologies to the list for posting with a "Digest" Subject line  
>> AGAIN. That's twice now, argh...
>

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