ezdxf

Welcome! This is the documentation for ezdxf 0.7.9, last updated February 01, 2017.

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Quick-Info

  • ezdxf is a Python package to read and write DXF drawings (interface to the DXF file format)
  • intended audience: Developer
  • requires Python 2.7 or later, runs on CPython and pypy, maybe on IronPython and Jython
  • OS independent
  • additional packages required: pyparsing
  • MIT-License
  • supported DXF versions read/new: R12, R2000, R2004, R2007, R2010 and R2013
  • support for DXF versions R13/R14 (AC1012/AC1014), will be upgraded to R2000 (AC1015)
  • support for older versions than R12, will be upgraded to R12 (AC1009)
  • preserves third-party DXF content
  • additional Fast DXF R12 File/Stream Writer, just the ENTITIES section with support for LINE, CIRCLE, ARC, TEXT, POINT, SOLID, 3DFACE and POLYLINE.

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News

Version 0.7.9 - 2017-01-31

  • BUGIX: lost data if model space and active layout are called *MODEL_SPACE and *PAPER_SPACE

Version 0.7.8 - 2017-01-22

  • BUGFIX: HATCH accepts SplineEdges without defined fit points
  • BUGFIX: fixed universal line ending problem in ZipReader()
  • Moved repository to GitHub: https://github.com/mozman/ezdxf.git

Version 0.7.7 - 2016-10-22

  • NEW: repairs malformed Leica Disto DXF R12 files, ezdxf saves a valid DXF R12 file.
  • NEW: added Layout.unlink(entity) method: unlinks an entity from layout but does not delete entity from the drawing database.
  • NEW: added Drawing.add_xref_def(filename, name) for adding external reference definitions
  • CHANGE: renamed parameters for EdgePath.add_ellipse() - major_axis_vector -> major_axis; minor_axis_length -> ratio to be consistent to the ELLIPSE entity
  • UPDATE: Entity.tags.new_xdata() and Entity.tags.set_xdata() accept tuples as tags, no import of DXFTag required
  • UPDATE: EntityQuery to support both ‘single’ and “double” quoted strings - Harrison Katz <harrison@neadwerx.com>
  • improved DXF R13/R14 compatibility

Version 0.7.6 - 2016-04-16

  • NEW: r12writer.py - a fast and simple DXF R12 file/stream writer. Supports only LINE, CIRCLE, ARC, TEXT, POINT, SOLID, 3DFACE and POLYLINE. The module can be used without ezdxf.
  • NEW: Get/Set extended data on DXF entity level, add and retrieve your own data to DXF entities
  • NEW: Get/Set app data on DXF entity level (not important for high level users)
  • NEW: Get/Set/Append/Remove reactors on DXF entity level (not important for high level users)
  • CHANGE: using reactors in PdfDefinition for well defined UNDERLAY entities
  • CHANGE: using reactors and IMAGEDEF_REACTOR for well defined IMAGE entities
  • BUGFIX: default name=None in add_image_def()

Version 0.7.5 - 2016-04-03

  • NEW: Drawing.acad_release property - AutoCAD release number for the drawing DXF version like ‘R12’ or ‘R2000’
  • NEW: support for PDFUNDERLAY, DWFUNDERLAY and DGNUNDERLAY entities
  • BUGFIX: fixed broken layout setup in repair routine
  • BUGFIX: support for utf-8 encoding on saving, DXF R2007 and later is saved with UTF-8 encoding
  • CHANGE: Drawing.add_image_def(filename, size_in_pixel, name=None), renamed key to name and set name=None for auto-generated internal image name
  • CHANGE: argument order of Layout.add_image(image_def, insert, size_in_units, rotation=0., dxfattribs=None)

Version 0.7.4 - 2016-03-13

  • NEW: support for DXF entity IMAGE (work in progress)
  • NEW: preserve leading file comments (tag code 999)
  • NEW: writes saving and upgrading comments when saving DXF files; avoid this behavior by setting options.store_comments = False
  • NEW: ezdxf.new() accepts the AutoCAD release name as DXF version string e.g. ezdxf.new(‘R12’) or R2000, R2004, R2007, ...
  • NEW: integrated acadctb.py module from my dxfwrite package to read/write AutoCAD .ctb config files; no docs so far
  • CHANGE: renamed Drawing.groups.add() to new() for consistent name schema for adding new items to tables (public interface)
  • CHANGE: renamed Drawing.<tablename>.create() to new() for consistent name schema for adding new items to tables, this applies to all tables: layers, styles, dimstyles, appids, views, viewports, ucs, block_records. (public interface)
  • CHANGE: renamed Layouts.create() to new() for consistent name schema for adding new items to tables (internal interface)
  • CHANGE: renamed Drawing.create_layout() to new_layout() for consistent name schema for adding new items (public interface)
  • CHANGE: renamed factory method <layout>.add_3Dface() to add_3dface()
  • REMOVED: logging and debugging options
  • BUGFIX: fixed attribute definition for align_point in DXF entity ATTRIB (AC1015 and newer)
  • Cleanup DXF template files AC1015 - AC1027, file size goes down from >60kb to ~20kb

Version 0.7.3 - 2016-03-06

  • Quick bugfix release, because ezdxf 0.7.2 can damage DXF R12 files when saving!!!
  • NEW: improved DXF R13/R14 compatibility
  • BUGFIX: create CLASSES section only for DXF versions newer than R12 (AC1009)
  • TEST: converted a bunch of R8 (AC1003) files to R12 (AC1009), AutoCAD didn’t complain
  • TEST: converted a bunch of R13 (AC1012) files to R2000 (AC1015), AutoCAD didn’t complain
  • TEST: converted a bunch of R14 (AC1014) files to R2000 (AC1015), AutoCAD didn’t complain

Version 0.7.2 - 2016-03-05

  • NEW: reads DXF R13/R14 and saves content as R2000 (AC1015) - experimental feature, because of the lack of test data
  • NEW: added support for common DXF attribute line weight
  • NEW: POLYLINE, POLYMESH - added properties is_closed, is_m_closed, is_n_closed
  • BUGFIX: MeshData.optimize() - corrected wrong vertex optimization
  • BUGFIX: can open DXF files without existing layout management table
  • BUGFIX: restore module structure ezdxf.const

Version 0.7.1 - 2016-02-21

  • Supported/Tested Python versions: CPython 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, pypy 4.0.1 and pypy3 2.4.0
  • NEW: read legacy DXF versions older than AC1009 (DXF R12) and saves it as DXF version AC1009.
  • NEW: added methods is_frozen(), freeze(), thaw() to class Layer()
  • NEW: full support for DXF entity ELLIPSE (added add_ellipse() method)
  • NEW: MESH data editor - implemented add_face(vertices), add_edge(vertices), optimize(precision=6) methods
  • BUGFIX: creating entities on layouts works
  • BUGFIX: entity ATTRIB - fixed halign attribute definition
  • CHANGE: POLYLINE (POLYFACE, POLYMESH) - on layer change also change layer of associated VERTEX entities

Version 0.7.0 - 2015-11-26

  • Supported Python versions: CPython 2.7, 3.4, pypy 2.6.1 and pypy3 2.4.0
  • NEW: support for DXF entity HATCH (solid fill, gradient fill and pattern fill), pattern fill with background color supported
  • NEW: support for DXF entity GROUP
  • NEW: VIEWPORT entity, but creating new viewports does not work as expected - just for reading purpose.
  • NEW: support for new common DXF attributes in AC1018 (AutoCAD 2004): true_color, color_name, transparency
  • NEW: support for new common DXF attributes in AC1021 (AutoCAD 2007): shadow_mode
  • NEW: extended custom vars interface
  • NEW: dxf2html - added support for custom properties in the header section
  • NEW: query() supports case insensitive attribute queries by appending an ‘i’ to the query string, e.g. ‘*[layer==”construction”]i’
  • NEW: Drawing.cleanup() - call before saving the drawing but only if necessary, the process could take a while.
  • BUGFIX: query parser couldn’t handle attribute names containing ‘_’
  • CHANGE: renamed dxf2html to pp (pretty printer), usage: py -m ezdxf.pp yourfile.dxf (generates yourfile.html in the same folder)
  • CHANGE: cleanup file structure

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