[Qgis-user] CAD import project funding state

[Nathan Woodrow]

Hey Andreas,

That is great to hear. Using the GPL driver is also great.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 8:42 pm Neumann, Andreas <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The good news is that the CAD import project is now fully funded. One of
> the existing funders stepped in to cover the rest.
>
> If you are still interested in helping to fund CAD related QGIS projects,
> we will also come up with a related proposal to make a vector georeferencer
> part of QGIS core. Many CAD files aren't properly georeferenced and it
> would be a useful side-project to offer a user-friendly tool to
> georeference existing QGIS vector layers.
>
> I know that a plugin already exists - but this should really be a core
> tool in QGIS. One tool to georeference both vector and raster files.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andreas
>
> On 2016-03-16 09:23, Neumann, Andreas wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to inform about the CAD import project funding state.
>
> Please see
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0h3PAH5uoY6c2hHTlBvWjdqQTQ/view?usp=sharing for
> project details.
>
> Jürgen will try to base the work on libdxfrw (GPL2+ based) instead of
> Teigha, to avoid licensing issues and regular payments toward the ODA (Open
> Design Alliance). DGN won't be supported, as it isn't supported by
> libdxfrw.
>
> The whole project will cost 32k € out of which 28.5 k € are already
> confirmed. So we are still missing 3.5k €.
>
> Please contact me off-list if you are interested in this functionality and
> able to contribute.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Andreas
>
>
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