Re: removal of dxf term from default build

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On 22/05/17 20:19, Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch wrote:
> 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
> 


Thanks for doing that test.

I looks like gnuplot dxf is a bit flaky in its current state but not 
that far off.

Peter.