DWG file importer & exporter. More...

Functions
def	convertToDwg (dxffilename, dwgfilename)

def	convertToDxf (dwgfilename)

def	export (objectslist, filename)

def	getTeighaConverter ()

def	insert (filename, docname)

def	open (filename)

def	translate (context, txt)

Variables
	pythonopen = open

Detailed Description

DWG file importer & exporter.

Function Documentation

◆ convertToDwg()

def importDWG.convertToDwg	(	dxffilename,
		dwgfilename
	)

Convert a DXF file to a DWG file.

If the converter is found it is used, otherwise the conversion fails.

Parameters
----------
dxffilename : str
    The input DXF file
dwgfilename : str
    The output DWG file

Returns
-------
str
    The same `dwgfilename` file path.

References getTeighaConverter().

Referenced by export().

◆ convertToDxf()

def importDWG.convertToDxf ( dwgfilename )

Convert a DWG file to a DXF file.

If the converter is found it is used, otherwise the conversion fails.

Parameters
----------
dwgfilename : str
    The input filename.

Returns
-------
str
    The new file produced.

References getTeighaConverter().

Referenced by insert(), and open().

◆ export()

def importDWG.export	(	objectslist,
		filename
	)

Export the DWG file with a given list of objects.

The objects are exported with importDXF.export().
Then the result is converted to DWG.

Parameters
----------
exportList : list
    List of document objects to export.
filename : str
    Path to the new file.

Returns
-------
str
    The same `filename` input.

References convertToDwg(), and importDXF.export().

◆ getTeighaConverter()

def importDWG.getTeighaConverter ( )

Find the ODA (formerly Teigha) executable.

It searches the FreeCAD parameters database, then searches for common
paths in Linux and Windows systems.

Parameters
----------
None

Returns
-------
str
    The full path of the converter executable
    '/usr/bin/ODAFileConverter'

Referenced by convertToDwg(), and convertToDxf().

◆ insert()

def importDWG.insert	(	filename,
		docname
	)

Imports a file using importDXF.insert().

If no document exist, it is created.

Parameters
----------
filename : str
    The path to the filename to be opened.
docname : str
    The name of the active App::Document if one exists, or
    of the new one created.

Returns
-------
App::Document
    The active FreeCAD document, or the document created if none exists,
    with the parsed information.

References convertToDxf(), and importDXF.insert().

◆ open()

def importDWG.open ( filename )

Open filename and parse using importDXF.open().

Parameters
----------
filename : str
    The path to the filename to be opened.

Returns
-------
App::Document
    The new FreeCAD document object created, with the parsed information.

References convertToDxf(), and importDXF.open().

◆ translate()

def importDWG.translate	(	context,
		txt
	)

Variable Documentation

◆ pythonopen

importDWG.pythonopen = open

Functions

Variables