Re: Fwd: [libredwg] how can i contribute

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Thanks to guruprasad rane , we have test files online:
http://ia341311.us.archive.org/3/items/LibredwgTestSuite0.1/LibredwgTestSuite0.1.tar.gz
just checking them myself.
mike


On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Jake Abel <address@hidden> wrote:
> There are several pre-2000 versions (R12, R13, R14, earlier) but modern
> AutoCAD can only open R14, R2000 (15), R2004 (16), R2007 (17) and R2010
> (18).  R12 DXFs can be imported if desired.  There is a new version of the
> program every year, but a change in file formats is only made when the
> program really goes to the next major version every three years (typically),
> for instance, 2007 is R17, 2008 is R17.1, 2009 is R17.2 and 2010 is R18.
>
> In my opinion, supporting anything before R2000 is a complete waste of
> time...that's the oldest you ever see in a work environment.
>
> -Jake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of
> Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:14 AM
> To: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [libredwg] how can i contribute
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> address@hidden wrote:
>> It looks like he has been able to convert the svg test suite!
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> Ok, but we should let him know that we only (are planning to) support R13,
> R14, R2000, R2004 and R2007. I don't even know if R2002 or R2006 exist.
> Maybe they are just AutoCAD versions but not file format versions.
>
> BTW, please explain me how are you planning to use this Inkscape test suite.
> Are you planning to use just the sample, or is there an automated test suite
> that we can take advantage of someway?
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>> From: *Guruprasad Rane* <address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden>>
>> Date: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 5:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [libredwg] how can i contribute
>> To: "address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden>"
>> <address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden>>
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>> I tried using Inkscape to convert svg to dxf. But unfortunately all
>> the dxf files generated were blank.
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>> So I used Corel Draw to convert all the svg files directly to dwg
>> files in R11, R13, R14, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006 & 2007 format. I
>> modified the CorelDraw fileconverter macro to add DWG support and
>> batch converted the file. But the total file size is 750MB. Its
>> because all the texts are converted to arcs  while doing batch
>> convert. If individual files are converted text remain as text. I am
> trying to fix this up.
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>> On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 19:57 +0100, address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden> wrote:
>> > yes
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>> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Guruprasad Rane
>> > <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>> >         OK
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>> >         1. So I should extract svg files from all the links on this
>> >         page
>> >
>> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Test/20061213/htmlObjectHarness/full-in
>> dex.html
>> >
>> >         2. then convert each of them to dxf
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>> >         3. then convert each of them to all dwg formats.
>> >
>> >         So we will have say folders like r14, 2000, 2004, and so on
>> >         with each folder with 275 dwg files.
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>> >         On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 19:35 +0100,
>> >         address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden> wrote:
>> >         > I have tried it out,
>> >         > you can open the svg test suite here:
>> >         >
>> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Test_Suite_Overview#SVG_1.1_Tes
>> t_Suite
>> >         >
>> >         > with inkscape you can save to dxf,
>> >         >
>> >         > then we can use some windows program to convert that into
>> >         > all the dwg formats
>> >         > and then we have a nice test suite.
>> >         >
>> >         > mike
>> >         >
>> >         > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:09 PM,
>> >         > address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden>
>> >         > <address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>> >         >         my suggestion :
>> >         >         you can help me make a test suite of files.
>> >         >         we need to convert some other dxf and svg test
>> >         >         suites into various dwg files for testing.
>> >         >         mike
>> >         >
>> >         >         On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Guruprasad Rane
>> >         >         <address@hidden
>> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>> >         >                 Hi everyone
>> >         >
>> >         >                 please let me know how can i contribute to
>> >         >                 the development of libredwg?
>> >         >
>> >         >                 Regards
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