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Working with AVE

Summary

ODA Product: Drawings SDK
Sample Name: OdAveEx
Categories: C++ / Working with .dwg files, Working with .dgn files / Linux, Windows
Location: <INSTALL_DIR>/Drawing/Examples/OdAveEx

Description

The sample illustrates working with old-style materials, lights, scenes (AVE) used in early versions of .dwg files.

Run Sample Application

To run the OdAveEx 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:
    OdAveEx <option> <filename>
option -r — Dump AVE information from file.
-w — Create a sample file with AVE information using box.sat file data.
filename Full path to a .dwg file.

If the application executed properly, you will see the progress of loading or saving a file (depending on the option) and information about the AVE data dump. 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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