Re: removal of dxf term from default build

[Karl-Friedrich R. <mai...@gm...>]

Am 20.05.2017 um 18:03 schrieb sfeam:

> Can you confirm that at least one of the current generation of CAD
> programs can import something useful from gnuplot?    

I have imported gnuplot dxf into Autodesk Inventor 2012 and 2014,
LibreCAD/QCAD even use dxf as their default format. FEMM (2D finite
element program, www.femm.info) con only use dxf to import model
geometries (gnuplot dxf works), COMSOL 4.2 (~2012) can also import
dxf and I think i tried a gnuplot-made dxf once.

I uploaded a few screenshots on
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/feature-requests/463/

> So on the one hand it's great if code from 23 years is still useful,
> but are there no features from decades of gnuplot development 
> that would make it just a little bit more useful?
> 
> In other words, if the terminal is going to be including in the current
> default build don't you think it should support current default features?
> Wouldn't it be more useful if it handled (off the top of my head)
>   - rectangles/circles/objects in general
>   - control of linetypes, dot-dash patterns, etc

Rectangles come out broken in LibreCAD, but look OK in Inventor.
There's something odd there.

Circles work, as do ellipses.

Some lines come out dashed in both Inventor and LibreCAD, although
not supposed to be.

So I say there are a few hooks and loops than could get fixed, but
all in all the terminal works nicely.

  Karl