ACadSharp 3.3.23

.NET 5.0 This package targets .NET 5.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Framework 4.8 This package targets .NET Framework 4.8. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package ACadSharp --version 3.3.23
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package ACadSharp -Version 3.3.23
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="ACadSharp" Version="3.3.23" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="ACadSharp" Version="3.3.23" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="ACadSharp" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add ACadSharp --version 3.3.23
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: ACadSharp, 3.3.23"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package ACadSharp@3.3.23
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=ACadSharp&version=3.3.23
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=ACadSharp&version=3.3.23
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

ACadSharp Build&Test License nuget Coverage Status

C# library to read/write cad files like dxf/dwg.

Features

ACadSharp allows to read or create CAD files using .Net and also extract or modify existing content in the files, the main features may be listed as:

  • Read/Write Dxf binary files
  • Read/Write Dxf ASCII files
  • Read Dwg files
  • Write Dwg files
  • Extract/Modify the geometric information from the different entities in the model
  • Control over the table elements like Blocks, Layers and Styles, allows you to read, create or modify the different tables

For pdf export check 🚧 ACadSharp.Pdf 🚧.

Compatible Dwg/Dxf versions:
DxfReader DxfWriter DwgReader DwgWriter
AC1009 ✔️ ❌ ❌ ❌
AC1012 ✔️ ✔️ ❌ ❌
AC1014 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
AC1015 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
AC1018 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
AC1021 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ❌
AC1024 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
AC1027 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
AC1032 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

Code Example

public static void Main()
{
	string path = "sample.dwg";
	CadDocument doc = DwgReader.Read(path, onNotification);
}

// Process a notification form the reader
private static void onNotification(object sender, NotificationEventArgs e)
{
	Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}

For more code examples check.

Visit the 🚧 wiki 🚧 for the API specification of the library.

Check the documentation for specific information about some use cases.

Building

Before building run:

git submodule update --init --recursive

This command will clone the submodules necessary to build the project.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 is compatible.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 is compatible.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 is compatible. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 is compatible.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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Library to generate Pdf files from dwg and dxf files read by ACadSharp.
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