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Reading Geometry of the Active Layout

Summary

ODA Product: Drawings SDK
Sample Name: OdVectorizeEx
Categories: C++ / Beginner Developer / Working with .dwg files / Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, Windows
Location: <INSTALL_DIR>/Drawings/Examples/OdVectorizeEx

Description

OdVectorizeEx is a simple console application used for dumping geometry of the active layout to the console. It illustrates:

  • Creating a custom vectorization device that grabs geometry and dumps it.
  • Customizing an assert function.

Run Sample Application

To run the OdVectorizeEx sample application, please do the following:

  1. Open the terminal and go to the directory where the sample binary file is built:
    • For Windows: <INSTALL_DIR>\exe\<PLATFORM_NAME>\
    • For Non-Windows OS: <INSTALL_DIR>/bin/<PLATFORM_NAME>/
    <INSTALL_DIR> is a directory where you unpacked the Drawings SDK archive.
    To determine your <PLATFORM_NAME> parameter, please see the ODA Platform Naming Conventions section in the Downloading Drawings SDK topic.
  2. Run the sample with appropriate arguments:
    OdVectorizetEx <input file>
input file A full path to a drawing file. Please note, that the extension of the drawing file should be .dwg, .dxf or.dxb.

Output is written to the standard output stream (stdout). You can redirect the output if you need it.

If the application executed properly, you will see the source file loading progress and a database dump, that includes all information about the entities and object types located in the file. In case you get the "usage" message, check the parameters. An error message indicates problems with the source file.

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Using the Sample Code

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