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Cross-platform Application for Copying an Existing .dgn File to a New .dgn File

Summary

ODA Product: Drawings SDK
Sample Name: ExDgnCopy
Categories: C++ / Beginner / Working with .dgn files / Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, Windows, WinCE, WinRT
Location: <INSTALL_DIR>/Dgn/Examples/ExDgnCopy

Note: <INSTALL_DIR> is a directory where you unpacked the Drawings SDK archive.

Description

A simple cross-platform console application that copies an existing .dgn file to a new .dgn file.

Run Sample Application

To run the ExDgnCopy 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:
    ExDgnCopy <source file> <destination file> [-DO] [MtLoading]
source file Full path to the source .dgn file to be copied.
destination file Full path to the destination file. Please note, that the extension of the target file should be also specified.
-DO Disable the output of the progress meter.
MtLoading Enable multi-threaded loading.

If the application executed properly, you will see the progress of the source file loading and the destination file saving process (until the -DO parameter is used). 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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