Re: DWG parser (was Re: [PEAR-DEV] Re: [PEPr] Comment on HTML::HTML_OCX)

The CAD-package is not really a class to handle or manage the File-Formats directly. E.g. in a DWF you couldn´t change any things - you are only able to view it. iDrop and GDL are Techniques to transfer CAD-Datafiles (like DWG, DXF, MAX, IBW, 3DS, VIZ) directly within the (Auto)CAD- Applikation. iDrop is based on XML and the GDL-Technology is based on his own ActiveX-Object. The CAD-package should be a manager-viewer-writer-package for all this techniques - ist not really a package to be called as File_... . Marco "Stefan Neufeind" <stefan@neufeind.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:408574B9.31723.DA272D@localhost... On 20 Apr 2004 at 9:51, Alan Knowles wrote: > Marco Grätsch wrote: > > Ok, so let me tell you about the "story" of this Package... > > > > I´m currently developing a Package to handle CAD-Datafiles like DWF, GDL or > > iDrop. > this may be of vauge interest to you. > > http://devel.akbkhome.com/svn/index.php/akpear/DWG_Parser/Parser.php > - it extracts the thumbnail images in DWG files and makes jpegs of them... Maybe it could extract some more information and stand as a File_DWG or even some package File_CAD that has support for several similar formats? Stefan