Opened 6 years ago
Last modified 3 years ago
#170 new enhancement
Add ogr support for DWG format — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | TC Haddad | Owned by: | Jeff McKenna |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | enhancement | Milestone: | 5.0.0 release |
| Component: | MS4W - GDAL | Version: | 3.2.7 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: |
Description
Not sure if this is possible, as it is unclear to me if a user must have a license to use this format or not. However I'm submitting here in case it seems possible. It has been a format that users have requested in the past.
For some reason there are 2 different gdal reference pages:
http://www.gdal.org/drv_cad.html
http://www.gdal.org/drv_dwg.html
Also these might be helpful:
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DxfDwg
https://github.com/sandyre/libopencad
https://www.opendesign.com/files/guestdownloads/OpenDesign_Specification_for_.dwg_files.pdf
If building DWG into ogr is not possible, it appears an alternative for users is to use a converter tool to change files from DWG to DXF, which is already in ogr:
