[Drawkit] DXF reader and DrawKit text objects

[Brad Larson]

On Feb 5, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Allan wrote:

> Graham, Brad,
>
> Turns out the existing DXF reader codes are not going to work for  
> me. In the case of dxf_lib it's too simple in that it doesn't deal  
> with "blocks" correctly and the underlying code is not particularly  
> well structured (not object oriented). Dime is a much better  
> library, but it's just too expensive for me -- they only want to  
> license it as part of the larger Coin_3D package and they want over  
> $3000 for it. So I've decided to create a stand-alone DXF reader  
> framework. I'm most of the way through it and have implemented  
> lines, polylines, arcs, and circles so far. These are the basic  
> building blocks I need for what I'm doing and I have the import to  
> the DKSimpleDXF application working well.
>
>

Sounds very interesting.  We're about to bring on someone here to help  
us with software tasks, and one of the things I'd like for him to work  
on is DXF import support.  If you'd like, I could have him coordinate  
with you on this, on- or off-list.


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