dxf2elmt

dxf2elmt is CLI program which can convert .dxf files into QElectroTech .elmt files. The program supports both ascii and binary .dxf files.

The goal of this program is to create a fast and accurate conversion tool to be used with QElectroTech.

How to Use

dxf2elmt requires only one input from the user, the input file.

For example:

./dxf2elmt my_file.dxf

The .elmt file will be output into the same directory as the executable. It will retain the name of the .dxf file.

If you wish to forgo creating an .elmt file, you can use the "-v" argument for verbose output. This will output the contents of the .elmt file to stdout without actually creating the file. For example:

./dxf2elmt my_file.dxf -v

Supported Entities

• Lines
• Circles
• Arcs
• Texts
• Ellipses
• Polylines
• LwPolylines
• Solids
• Splines
• Blocks (there are still some known issues for deeply nested block)
• MText (partial support)
• Leader

To Do

• Support for the following

  • Remaining 2d entities
  • Styling (such as Dimension Styles)

• Better error messages

• Logging

Compiling

Compiled using Rust (MSRV 1.79.0).

Credits

• Antonioaja for creating the initial versions of dxf2elmt. Thank you for all your work.
• QElectroTech
• dxf-rs
• simple-xml-builder
• bspline
• tempfile