Aspose.CAD 20.1.0

AutoCAD File Conversion API for .NET

Aspose.CAD for .NET is a standalone class library to enhance ASP.NET & Windows applications to process & render AutoCAD® drawings without requiring AutoCAD or any other tools. The CAD .NET API allows high quality conversion of AutoCAD DWG, DWF, DWT and DXF files, layouts and layers to PDF & raster image formats.

AutoCAD File Processing Features

• Supports the latest versions of AutoCAD DWG, DWF, DWT and DXF formats.
• Convert the AutoCAD files to PDF.
• Convert the AutoCAD files to raster images.
• Select and convert specific layouts of AutoCAD drawings.
• Select and convert specific layers of AutoCAD drawings.
• Adjust AutoCAD drawing size before rendering.
• Track the file conversion process.

New Features in Version 20.1.0

• Support for OBJ Format. The OBJ file format is a 3D geometry that contains texture maps, 3D coordinates, polygonal faces, and other object information.
• Convert DWG to DWF format.
• Ability to update hyperlinks in an AutoCAD DWG drawing.
• Ability to read hyperlinks and OLE object links section.

For the detailed notes, please visit Aspose.CAD for .NET 20.1 - Release Notes.

Read AutoCAD File Formats

AutoCAD: DWG, DWT, DWF, IFC, PLT MicroStation: DGN The Advanced Visualizer: OBJ Other: STL, IGES, CFF2

Save AutoCAD Drawings As

Fixed Layout: PDF Raster Images: PNG, BMP, TIFF, JPEG, GIF

Read & Write Formats

AutoCAD: DXF (Write features is partially supported.)

Platform Independence

Aspose.CAD for .NET supports .NET framework (ASP.NET applications & Windows applications) as well as .NET Core. It supports any 32-bit or 64-bit operating system where .NET or Mono framework is installed, this includes but is not limited to, Microsoft Windows desktop (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10), Microsoft Windows Server (2003, 2008, 2012), Microsoft Azure, Linux (Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, CentOS and others), and Mac OS X.

Getting Started with Aspose.CAD for .NET

Are you ready to give Aspose.CAD for .NET a try? Simply execute Install-Package Aspose.CAD from Package Manager Console in Visual Studio to fetch the NuGet package. If you already have Aspose.CAD for .NET and want to upgrade the version, please execute Update-Package Aspose.CAD to get the latest version.

Add Watermark to an AutoCAD File using C#

You can execute below code snippet to see how the API performs in your environment or check the GitHub Repository for other common usage scenarios.

CadText text = new CadText();
text.DefaultValue = "Watermark text";
text.TextHeight = 40;
text.FirstAlignment = new Cad3DPoint(300, 40);

Export DXF Drawing to PDF using C#

Aspose.CAD for .NET enables your applications to perform various export operations on AutoCAD files. It supports to read and export ACAD Proxy Entities as well as IGES files. Similarly you can load and convert CAD drawings to raster images or PDF.

var rasterizationOptions = new CadRasterizationOptions();
rasterizationOptions.PageWidth = 500;
rasterizationOptions.PageHeight = 500;

rasterizationOptions.Layouts = new string[] { "Model" };
var pdfOptions = new PdfOptions();
pdfOptions.VectorRasterizationOptions = rasterizationOptions;
cadImage.Save(dir + "output.pdf", pdfOptions);

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