How to insert drawings.. [modified]

Cedric Moonen

I don't know your answer but one point is that if you want to display drawing from autocad (.dwg files if I understood it well), you'll need a libraray (or whatever) that can read these files. So, maybe that could be a good starting point: finding how you will load these files.

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David Crow

Shah Satish wrote:

1. How can I insert my all .dwg ( autocad drawing)..I.e. which method or class should i used for insert the drawing in my application.

Does AutoCAD have some sort of ActiveX control? If not, you'll need to convert the drawings to something that Windows can recognize (e.g., GIF, BMP, JPEG) natively.

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Shah Satish

Thanks for mail.. but How its possible..Because its not possible to convert .dwg to .bmp..Do u have any ideaa ?? Its possible to convert in .sld (slide ) format but then could window recognize it ?? Shah

Shah Satish

I tried but could not found thats why i asked question in this forum..Do u have any bit idea about it ?

beko

Hello, In order to read AutoCAD Dwg files you need a library, DWG files must be analysed in order to write a reader and it should work for different versions (Since it is not documented). You can export drawings as DXF and read it. DXF Format is documented and there are libraries that you can use (DICE, one in OpenSceneGraph)or you can write on your own. However, there is also a library which does that for you (but you gotta get a license) searh for dwg library on Internet. By the way, Autocad can export bitmap with bmpout command. As suggested earlier, you may use ActiveX, i dont have much experience on this, however that might be possible, Autocad provides libraries and controls for .NET VB/VC++ applications, search for ARX but your AutoCAD and Visual Studio versions must be compatible. (For example Autocad 2007 needs VS2005) Hope this helps. Bekir.

Shah Satish

Hi !!! Thanks for your mail..Let see..

Shah Satish

Yeh..It is possible to convert from .dwg to .bmp..But then it is possible to make preview ?? if yes then please suggest me how.. if u have any code then please send it. Thanks

David Crow

Shah Satish wrote:

But then it is possible to make preview ??

There are several ways of displaying a .bmp file on a dialog. For example, use a static control with the SS_BITMAP style.

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Shah Satish

But it is possible to display no of .bmp file ??( I have appr more than 100 .dwg file)ie if i will convert it from .dwg to .bmp then i have more than 100 BMP file..

David Crow

If you needed to show more than one at a time, you could use a list box with the LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED style.

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