[Qgis-user] files dwg in QGIS

[Andreas Neumann]

I haven't looked at OpenDWG lately - but last time i checked it was a
rather complicated task to get access to the library. And the license
would not be compatible with distribution as GPL (such as QGIS). It
would lead to the situation where some QGIS could open/write DWG (the
ones who registered and compiled against their library), but the
majority of the QGIS user wouldn't have access to it.

Or did something change in this respect?

Andreas


On 12/19/2011 08:14 PM, Even Rouault wrote:
> Le lundi 19 décembre 2011 13:11:12, Andreas Neumann a écrit :
>>  assuming you want to open DWG files in GIS?
>>
>>  Currently it is not possible to read or write DWG files. QGIS uses OGR
>>  to read/write vector data and DWG is not on the list of supported
>>  formats. There is initial support for dxf (but with some issues).
>>
>>  You can consider sponsoring the development of a DWG driver in OGR if
>>  you are interested in reading/writing these files. It would probably be
>>  based on other existing libraries.
> 
> There is a new driver for DWG based on the Open Design Alliance Teigha 
> Libraries (not FOSS AFAIK) in GDAL 1.9.0dev trunk. I don't know why it is not 
> advertized on the OGR formats page, maybe beacause its status is still a bit 
> experimental. Perhaps FrankW could confirm.
> 
>>
>>  Andreas
>>
>>  On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:28:42 +0100, livreri wrote:
>>> Salve!
>>> Vorrei vedere dei files dwg in QGIS 1.7!
>>> Come posso fare?
>>>
>>> Grazie a tutti
>>>
>>> S. Livreri Console
>>>
>>> Hello!
>>> I wish to see some DWG files in QGIS 1.7!
>>> How can I do it?
>>>
>>> Thank you all
>>>
>>> S. Livreri Console