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Reading meta information and creating thumbnail view

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Anonymous
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Reading meta information and creating thumbnail view

Hi,

we would like to readout the meta information from AutoCAD files and
possibly create one or more thumbnail views from a file on a server, both
without having the product itself installed. Is the DWF toolkit the right
way to go or which other way would you recommend? - Many thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Marc
marc@nospam.neogeo.com
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Message 2 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

The DWF toolkit can certainly help you get to metadata from DWF files
published by AutoCAD. However, for thumbnails, you will need software that
renders the internal vector streams into a raster image. That is not a
function of the toolkit - you need to use or write a renderer to do that.

"Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
news:42B2C532091C9600EC9565B9C70E9C74@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi,
>
> we would like to readout the meta information from AutoCAD files and
> possibly create one or more thumbnail views from a file on a server, both
> without having the product itself installed. Is the DWF toolkit the right
> way to go or which other way would you recommend? - Many thanks in
advance!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marc
> marc@nospam.neogeo.com
>
>
Message 3 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Thanks Jeffrey.

Is there a list of renderers I can programmatically use for that from
code? - Or do you have any recommendations?

"Jeffrey Klug (Autodesk)" wrote in
message news:F072364A828E6DB2DD8A09B7E2D1FA71@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> The DWF toolkit can certainly help you get to metadata from DWF files
> published by AutoCAD. However, for thumbnails, you will need software
that
> renders the internal vector streams into a raster image. That is not a
> function of the toolkit - you need to use or write a renderer to do that.
>
> "Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
> news:42B2C532091C9600EC9565B9C70E9C74@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hi,
> >
> > we would like to readout the meta information from AutoCAD files and
> > possibly create one or more thumbnail views from a file on a server,
both
> > without having the product itself installed. Is the DWF toolkit the
right
> > way to go or which other way would you recommend? - Many thanks in
> advance!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Marc
> > marc@nospam.neogeo.com
> >
> >
>
>
Message 4 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

You can use AEV to render dwf's to a dc. The only problem is that the
current version of AEV does not run well in a server environment, but you
could use it to pre-render your thumbnails.

"Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
news:338611AAD007C69F6D36A0F24F3F46A2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Thanks Jeffrey.
>
> Is there a list of renderers I can programmatically use for that from
> code? - Or do you have any recommendations?
>
> "Jeffrey Klug (Autodesk)" wrote in
> message news:F072364A828E6DB2DD8A09B7E2D1FA71@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > The DWF toolkit can certainly help you get to metadata from DWF files
> > published by AutoCAD. However, for thumbnails, you will need software
> that
> > renders the internal vector streams into a raster image. That is not a
> > function of the toolkit - you need to use or write a renderer to do
that.
> >
> > "Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
> > news:42B2C532091C9600EC9565B9C70E9C74@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > we would like to readout the meta information from AutoCAD files and
> > > possibly create one or more thumbnail views from a file on a server,
> both
> > > without having the product itself installed. Is the DWF toolkit the
> right
> > > way to go or which other way would you recommend? - Many thanks in
> > advance!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Marc
> > > marc@nospam.neogeo.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Message 5 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Sorry for asking, but what is AEV?

"Ben Cochran" wrote in message
news:F5A48A528E4E43DEE4B8326FB426352A@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> You can use AEV to render dwf's to a dc. The only problem is that the
> current version of AEV does not run well in a server environment, but you
> could use it to pre-render your thumbnails.
>
> "Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
> news:338611AAD007C69F6D36A0F24F3F46A2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Thanks Jeffrey.
> >
> > Is there a list of renderers I can programmatically use for that from
> > code? - Or do you have any recommendations?
> >
> > "Jeffrey Klug (Autodesk)" wrote
in
> > message news:F072364A828E6DB2DD8A09B7E2D1FA71@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > The DWF toolkit can certainly help you get to metadata from DWF files
> > > published by AutoCAD. However, for thumbnails, you will need software
> > that
> > > renders the internal vector streams into a raster image. That is not
a
> > > function of the toolkit - you need to use or write a renderer to do
> that.
> > >
> > > "Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
> > > news:42B2C532091C9600EC9565B9C70E9C74@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > we would like to readout the meta information from AutoCAD files and
> > > > possibly create one or more thumbnail views from a file on a server,
> > both
> > > > without having the product itself installed. Is the DWF toolkit the
> > right
> > > > way to go or which other way would you recommend? - Many thanks in
> > > advance!
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Marc
> > > > marc@nospam.neogeo.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Message 6 of 6
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

AEV = Autodesk Express Viewer

VJoseph
"Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
news:066BD95DCEDAC174F5D26BFE0CB8F54C@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Sorry for asking, but what is AEV?
>
> "Ben Cochran" wrote in message
> news:F5A48A528E4E43DEE4B8326FB426352A@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > You can use AEV to render dwf's to a dc. The only problem is that the
> > current version of AEV does not run well in a server environment, but
you
> > could use it to pre-render your thumbnails.
> >
> > "Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
> > news:338611AAD007C69F6D36A0F24F3F46A2@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Thanks Jeffrey.
> > >
> > > Is there a list of renderers I can programmatically use for that from
> > > code? - Or do you have any recommendations?
> > >
> > > "Jeffrey Klug (Autodesk)" wrote
> in
> > > message news:F072364A828E6DB2DD8A09B7E2D1FA71@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > The DWF toolkit can certainly help you get to metadata from DWF
files
> > > > published by AutoCAD. However, for thumbnails, you will need
software
> > > that
> > > > renders the internal vector streams into a raster image. That is
not
> a
> > > > function of the toolkit - you need to use or write a renderer to do
> > that.
> > > >
> > > > "Marc Hoeppner" wrote in message
> > > > news:42B2C532091C9600EC9565B9C70E9C74@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > we would like to readout the meta information from AutoCAD files
and
> > > > > possibly create one or more thumbnail views from a file on a
server,
> > > both
> > > > > without having the product itself installed. Is the DWF toolkit
the
> > > right
> > > > > way to go or which other way would you recommend? - Many thanks in
> > > > advance!
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Marc
> > > > > marc@nospam.neogeo.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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