[Qgis-user] files dwg in QGIS

[Brad Nesom]

I believe dwg is supported in the fdo library.
I have often wondered what kept the qgis dev from using fdo?
http://fdo.osgeo.org/OSProviderOverviews.html
I do see some overlap but adding eliminating providers is a simple task
(that even I can do).

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Even Rouault
<even.rouault at mines-paris.org>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
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