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CadLib 4.0 Features

  • Import and export DWG files (versions versions 13, 14, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 (AutoCAD™ 2013-2017), 2018)
  • Import and export DXF files (versions versions 12, 13, 14, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 (AutoCAD™ 2013-2017), 2018)
  • GDI+ 2D and 3D wireframe rendering.
  • WPF wireframe rendering.
  • OpenGL surface rendering.
  • Great type safety: there are a number of DXF entities which have sub types. Like no other competitor CadLib has separate classes for these sub types. The DxfDimension class for example has sub classes for linear, aligned, angular, radial, diametric and ordinate dimensions. The benefit for the developer is that creating DXF is made easy and creating valid DXF files is by design almost automatic.
  • Pick engine for mouse selection.
  • Utility class for export to .bmp/.jpeg/.png/.tiff/.gif
  • Export to PDF, PostScript, SVG, XAML
  • Copy (clone) entities, even across DXF files
  • Supports entity extended data.
  • Both ascii and binary DXF supported
  • Unpacks compressed DXF files (zip, tar, bz2, gz)
  • 100% .NET code. All DXF objects exposed as .NET classes. Convenient enums are provided for all flags in DXF.
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Supported entities

Entity Read DXF Write DXF Read/Write DWG View (GDI+) View (OpenGL)
3DFACE
3DSOLID - -
ACAD_PROXY_ENTITY -
ARC
ATTDEF
ATTRIB
BODY - - - - -
CIRCLE
DIMENSION
ELLIPSE
HATCH (*)
HELIX
IMAGE -
INSERT
LEADER -
LINE
LWPOLYLINE
MESH
MLEADER (MULTILEADER) -
MLINE -
MTEXT
OLEFRAME - - - - -
OLE2FRAME -
POINT
POLYLINE
RAY -
REGION - -
SHAPE
SOLID
SPLINE
TABLE
TEXT
TOLERANCE -
TRACE
VERTEX
VIEWPORT -
WIPEOUT -
XLINE -

(*) CadLib can read and write hatch pattern (.pat) files.

SHX fonts are supported but the fonts themselves currently come not with the library. Big fonts are supported. Windows true type fonts are supported. Shx files are looked for in the CadLib assembly directory.

CadLib supports code pages and unicode characters.

Extrusion is supported for all supported entities.

Supported tables

The following tables are supported (tables not mentioned are not supported):

Table Supported
BLOCK_RECORD
LAYER
STYLE (text)
LINETYPE
UCS
VIEW
VPORT
DIMSTYLE

Supported objects

The following objects are supported (objects not mentioned are not supported):

Object Supported
ACAD_PROXY_OBJECT
CELLSTYLEMAP
DBCOLOR
DICTIONARY
DIMASSOC
FIELD
FIELDLIST
GEODATA
GROUP
IDBUFFER
IMAGEDEF
LAYOUT
MLEADERSTYLE
MLINESTYLE
SORTENTSTABLE
SPATIAL_FILTER
TABLECONTENT
TABLESTYLE
XRECORD
VISUALSTYLE