A Python library to grab information from DXF drawings - all DXF versions supported.
Project description
WARNING
This is an outdated python package, please switch to ezdxf: https://pypi.org/project/ezdxf/
Advantage of ezdxf over dxfgrabber is read/write support for DXF versions:
R12
R2000
R2004
R2007
R2010
R2013
R2018
Documentation
http://dxfgrabber.readthedocs.io
Source at GitHub.com:
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Version 1.0.1 - 2020-01-01
WARNING: OUTDATED PACKAGE - switch to ezdxf: https://pypi.org/project/ezdxf/
Version 1.0.0 - 2018-01-01
entering just maintenance and bugfix mode - no new features planned
Version 0.8.4 - 2017-02-19
dxfgrabber can read DXF files with only an ENTITIES section
Version 0.8.3 - 2017-02-06
BUGFIX: handles windows line ending ‘rn’ in streams correct, some streams do not produce universal line endings
Version 0.8.2 - 2017-01-22
BUGFIX: TEXT font resolving issue
Moved to GitHub.com: https://github.com/mozman/dxfgrabber.git
Version 0.8.1 - 2016-08-17
BUGFIX: restored VERTEX bulge values
NEW: excepts ‘inf.0’ and ‘-inf.0’ float values created by QGIS (AutoCAD does not read this none standard values)
Version 0.8.0 - 2016-04-24
internal refactoring - removed extra layer for DXF R12 and DXF R13 implementation
removed parts implemented in Cython
new version is ~30% faster than the old pure Python version but ~15% slower than the version with C-extension
some pep8 refactorings, renamed attributes like startparam to start_param
Version 0.7.5 - 2015-11-29
Python only version runs with CPython (2.7, 3.4, 3.5), pypy-5.0.0 and pypy3-2.4.0
accepts block definitions without explicit base point, defaults to (0, 0, 0)
NEW: reads DXF versions older than AC1009 (DXF R12), as far I know, I need more old files for testing
KNOWN BUG: Win7 and Python 2.7.10 - can’t build Cython extension with MingW32, use Python 2.7.9 instead
KNOWN BUG: Win7 and Python 3.5.0 - can’t build Cython extension with MingW32 but work with VC2015
Version 0.7.4 - 2014-05-23
NEW: added support for R12 2d splines (by POLYLINE); POLYLINE.mode == “spline2d”
NEW: TEXT.plain_text(), removes format codes like &&u and transforms %%d to °
BUGFIX: unicode/str error in Cython extension for Python 2.7
BUGFIX: every LWPolyline in DXF version > AC1009 had default thickness of 0.0
BUGFIX: Polyline.width had incorrect values
Version 0.7.3 - 2014-05-16
NEW: options = {"assure_3d_coords": True}, guarantees (x, y, z) tuples for ALL coordinates, this option is by default False
NEW: extended TrueColor() class, see docs
NEW: dxfgrabber.aci_to_true_color(index) returns the DXF default true color value for AutoCAD Color Index index as TrueColor()
NEW: added is_backwards, is_upside_down, width, oblique, font, bigfont attributes to TEXT, ATTRIB, ATTDEF entities
NEW: added plain_text() method to TEXT, ATTRIB and ATTDEF to get text content without formatting codes like ‘%%u’
NEW: added font, bigfont, rect_width, horizontal_width and vertical_height attributes to MTEXT
NEW: added resolve_text_styles(text_styles) method to TEXT, ATTRIB, ATTDEF, MTEXT entities
NEW: new import option “resolve_text_styles” and it is True by default
NEW: added extrusion direction to all entities
NEW: added row_count, col_count, row_spacing, col_spacing attributes to INSERT.
NEW: MText.plain_text(split=False) tries to remove format codes, returns a single string or a list of strings
NEW: added n_smooth_density, m_smooth_density, smooth_type to Polymesh
NEW: added smooth_type to Polyface
CHANGE: LWPolyline again: LWPolyline.points list of (x, y) or (x, y, z) depends on “assure_3d_coords”, LWPolyline.width list of (start-width, end-width), .bulge list of floats, removed LWPolyline.get_rstrip_points() and added .const_width attribute (if != 0, ignore .width list).
CHANGE: Polyline method points() is now a field (list) and added lists for width and bulge for consistent APIs of LWPolyline and Polyline.
BUGFIX: wrong DXF subclass for Arc.extrusion (error in DXF Standard)
Version 0.7.2 - 2014-05-09
NEW: grabs SAB data of BODY, 3DSOLID, … entities for DXF version AC1027 (R2013) and later
NEW: support for dxf attributes: true_color (AC1018), transparency (AC1018), shadow_mode (AC1021) in prior DXF versions this attributes are set to None.
NEW: using Cython for some speed optimizations, but Cython is not a installation requirement; control the Cython extension by environment variable DXFGRABBER_CYTHON = ON|OFF, by default the Cython extension is activated.
CHANGED: LWPolyline.points are always 5-tuples (x, y, start_width, end_width, bulge)
Version 0.7.1 - 2014-05-02
BUGFIX: now really accept floats as int (thanks to ProE)
Version 0.7.0 - 2014-05-01
NEW: support for MESH entity
NEW: support for LIGHT entity
NEW: support for SUN entity
NEW: support for HELIX entity
NEW: support for BODY entity, you get the ACIS code
NEW: support for 3DSOLID entity, you get the ACIS code
NEW: support for REGION entity, you get the ACIS code
NEW: support for SURFACE entity, you get the ACIS code
NEW: support for undocumented PLANESURFACE entity, you get the ACIS code
BUGFIX: accept floats as int (thanks to ProE)
Version 0.6.1 - 2014-04-25
BUGFIX: support for undocumented VERTEX subclass ‘AcDbFaceRecord’ without preceding ‘AcDbVertex’
extended the Polyface entity, see new docs
Version 0.6.0 - 2014-01-09
skip comment tags (999)
dxfversion defaults to ‘AC1009’, if no header variable $ACADVER exists
can open minimalistic DXF12 files (without HEADER, TABLES and BLOCKS section)
added support for STYLE table
added support for LTYPE table
Version 0.5.2 - 2013-05-20
bugfix: fixed *nix newline problem in readfile_as_asc()
Version 0.5.1 - 2013-05-20
updated docs - added a Howto section
added attribute frozen to class Layer()
index operator for: Drawing.layers[layername]
added modelspace() and paperspace() iterators to class Drawing()
supported Python versions: CPython 2.7, CPython 3.3, pypy - no explicit testing with CPython 3.2
Version 0.5.0 - 2013-05-04
beta status
solved problems with ‘utf-8’ and codepage ANSI_936 encoded dxf files
Version 0.4.0 - 2012-08-12
beta status
Version 0.1.0 - 2012-07-21
Initial setup
