Re: [libredwg] Python bindings

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Hi Rodrigo,

I can try to do it in swing and see how dose it takes ..
I never do anything with swing but looking at the swig documentation it dose 
not seems to be very difficult.

I'm very interested to have dwg support for my application.
PythonCAD could be a good application for viewing and modifie dwg files ..
Even for testing pourpouse for the libredwg.

Actually in PythonCAD, I will read dxf file and render the entity in the 
graphic area as a new layer.
you can give a try downloading the last git commited at :
git://pythoncad.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/pythoncad/pythoncad set the R38 
branch that is the actual in development.

I actually support arc/circle line text polyline.
we got some truble with color..

so What I really need is a lib that reads\write the file and give me the 
ability to get this information for rendering on my Application.

Let me know if we can make a sort of cooperation to get the binding works in a 
short time.
I would like to go out with my first beta for the end of the year.

Regards,
Matteo







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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:28:14 +0200
Subject: Re: [libredwg] Python bindings

> On 23 August 2010 22:48, address@hidden
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > My Name is Matteo, I would like to know in witch stage is the development 
> > of the python binding of the libredwg.
>
> Hello Matteo! Well, I would say that python support is close to zero.
> Felipe has committed some boilerplate code, but I am not sure if that
> works. We think about using SWIG in order to generate bindings
> automatically.
>
> > Actually I'm developing PythonCAD and we are looking at some way to read 
> > write dxf\dwg file.
> > Some work is already started in python with dxf and with dwg but I would 
> > prefer having an external lib to do my import export operation.
>
> That is a wise choice. The problem with bindings is that we haven't
> defined an API yet, mainly because, from the library side, we don't
> know what the client wants. At least I can tell you that we are going
> to release write support for R2000 pretty soon. Anyway, if that's
> something you're planning for now I could take a look at it, since it
> is very important for us to have client applications using our
> library, even if we're still alpha and haven't made a release yet.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rodrigo
>
>
> --
> Rodrigo Rodrigues da Silva
> PoliGNU - Grupo de Estudos de Software Livre da Poli/USP
> FSF Associate Member #7788
>