Re: Fwd: [libredwg] how can i contribute

[Felipe Sanches]

yes, it is free, thanks!

Felipe

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Guruprasad Rane
<address@hidden> wrote:
> I changed it to Public Domain.
>
> Can you please tell me which is a free license?
>
> On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 14:12 -0200, Felipe Sanches wrote:
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> But these tests are not distributable with LibreDWG due to the CC
>> by-nc license, which is non-free. Please choose a free license. Or
>> even better, please just release the files to the public domain.
>>
>> Felipe Sanches
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:36 AM, address@hidden
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > 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
>> >>
>> >> address@hidden wrote:
>> >>> It looks like he has been able to convert the svg test suite!
>> >>
>> >> 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?
>> >>>
>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >>> 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>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I tried using Inkscape to convert svg to dxf. But unfortunately all
>> >>> the dxf files generated were blank.
>> >>>
>> >>> 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.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 19:57 +0100, address@hidden
>> >>> <mailto:address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>> > yes
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Guruprasad Rane
>> >>> > <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>> >>> >         OK
>> >>> >
>> >>> >         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
>> >>> >
>> >>> >         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.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> >         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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