Activity log for bug #171859

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2007-11-27 04:51:14 Bug Importer bug Imported SF tracker item #1695320
2007-12-17 18:34:46 nightrow inkscape: importance Undecided Wishlist
2007-12-17 18:34:46 nightrow inkscape: status New Confirmed
2008-02-02 01:21:21 Tom Davidson description It would be nice to be able to "paint" the files my CAD system generates. Most of these systems generate simple shapes, such as lines, arcs, and polygons. If Inkscape could translate them into the corresponding SVG shapes, we could decorate our engineering reports more tastefully. :) DXF seems to be the lowest common denominator of mechanical CAD files: <http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/acad_dxf0.pdf> Most printed circuit boards are generated from "Gerber files", which are a specialized adaptation of the general RS-274 or EIA-274 language for numerically controlled machine tools. A free, mostly complete description is here: <http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/personnel/kramer/pubs/RS274NGC_3.web/RS274NGC_ 33a.html> Also ESRI shapefiles would be nice. These are the dominant file format for Geographic Information Systems (GIS): <http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf> It would be nice to be able to "paint" the files my CAD system generates. Most of these systems generate simple shapes, such as lines, arcs, and polygons. If Inkscape could translate them into the corresponding SVG shapes, we could decorate our engineering reports more tastefully. :) DXF seems to be the lowest common denominator of mechanical CAD files: <http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/acad_dxf0.pdf> [See bug 170957 for DXF import -TD] Most printed circuit boards are generated from "Gerber files", which are a specialized adaptation of the general RS-274 or EIA-274 language for numerically controlled machine tools. A free, mostly complete description is here: <http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/personnel/kramer/pubs/RS274NGC_3.web/RS274NGC_ 33a.html> Also ESRI shapefiles would be nice. These are the dominant file format for Geographic Information Systems (GIS): <http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf>
2008-02-02 01:21:21 Tom Davidson title import engineering files: DXF / Gerber / Shapefiles import engineering files: Gerber / Shapefiles
2008-02-02 01:21:59 Tom Davidson description It would be nice to be able to "paint" the files my CAD system generates. Most of these systems generate simple shapes, such as lines, arcs, and polygons. If Inkscape could translate them into the corresponding SVG shapes, we could decorate our engineering reports more tastefully. :) DXF seems to be the lowest common denominator of mechanical CAD files: <http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/acad_dxf0.pdf> [See bug 170957 for DXF import -TD] Most printed circuit boards are generated from "Gerber files", which are a specialized adaptation of the general RS-274 or EIA-274 language for numerically controlled machine tools. A free, mostly complete description is here: <http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/personnel/kramer/pubs/RS274NGC_3.web/RS274NGC_ 33a.html> Also ESRI shapefiles would be nice. These are the dominant file format for Geographic Information Systems (GIS): <http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf> It would be nice to be able to "paint" the files my CAD system generates. Most of these systems generate simple shapes, such as lines, arcs, and polygons. If Inkscape could translate them into the corresponding SVG shapes, we could decorate our engineering reports more tastefully. :) DXF seems to be the lowest common denominator of mechanical CAD files: <http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/acad_dxf0.pdf> [See bug 170440 for DXF import -TD] Most printed circuit boards are generated from "Gerber files", which are a specialized adaptation of the general RS-274 or EIA-274 language for numerically controlled machine tools. A free, mostly complete description is here: <http://www.isd.mel.nist.gov/personnel/kramer/pubs/RS274NGC_3.web/RS274NGC_ 33a.html> Also ESRI shapefiles would be nice. These are the dominant file format for Geographic Information Systems (GIS): <http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf>