[GRASS5] v.in.dxf

[Michael Barton]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE  commit it! v.in.dwg is not a better alternative.

I would wager that most people using Windows and Mac versions of GRASS do
not compile it. Hence they cannot use v.in.dwg. We've been trying to add
v.in.dwg to our linux setups and are still going through the license
procedure with Open DWG. They are not being problematic; it just requires
additional bureaucracy of submitting and resubmitting paper forms.

If you add v.in.dxf to the cvs then perhaps others can enhance it and it
will be even better than v.in.dwg AND open source so that it can be
distributed with GRASS.

Michael
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School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University
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> From: Huidae Cho <grass4u at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 05:59:02 -0600
> To: <grass5 at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: [GRASS5] v.in.dxf
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have ported v.in.dxf to GRASS 6 and it's working except for importing labels
> (maybe some database work is needed) and z coordinates (v.in.dxf3d).  I don't
> commit it because I'm not sure if anyone wants this module since there is a
> better(?) alternative, v.in.dwg.  If you think it's worth including the module
> in GRASS 6, please let me know.
> 
> Huidae Cho
>