#File Format
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Are there any books available that outline the file format that AutoCad uses?
For DXF, yes there are some, Customizing AutoCAD and The AutoCAD Database are
just a couple. If you mean the .DWG, no there isn't anything available,
though some have "cracked" the .DWG structure but it isn't something we
publish or intend to at this time.
Jamie
This is a policy you may want to change (releasing the DWG format). I work
for CRSS (one of the largest A/E firms in the US) and that is enough to keep
us from investing a lot of resources in ACAD. Intergraph is over helpful in
providing support such as that so we can develop internal routines such as
importing specs done on a Wang into one of their IGDS file formats.
Ken —
Maybe I'm missing something here. We support an file format called
DXF (in fact, we invented it) which allows us to represent an AutoCAD
drawing in an ASCII file. DXF is designed to be used by third-party
applications as a means of passing drawing data back and forth between
AutoCAD and the particular application, and is fully documented in the
AutoCAD Reference Manual.
Why aren't you able to use DXF in your application?
— Brad
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