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This is an outdated python package, please switch to ezdxf: https://pypi.org/project/ezdxf/

Advantage of ezdxf over dxfwrite is read/write support for DXF versions:

• R12

• R2000

• R2004

• R2007

• R2010

• R2013

• R2018

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News

Version 1.2.2 - 2020-01-01

• WARNING: OUTDATED PACKAGE - switch to ezdxf: https://pypi.org/project/ezdxf/

Version 1.2.1 - 2017-01-22

• BUGFIX: same layer for polyline and vertex entities (Ken Healy)

• PEP8 refactorings

• Moved to GitHub.com: https://github.com/mozman/dxfwrite.git

Version 1.2.0 - 2012-08-01

• License changed to MIT License

• tested on Win7 with: CPython2.7, CPython3.2, CPython3.3 beta, pypy-1.9

Version 1.1.0 - 2011-12-29

• rewrite of DXF-String building process

• refactored MText class

• changed Viewport table entry to VPort and DXFEngine.viewport to DXFEngine.vport. This was necessary to implement the VIEWPORT (Entity)

• added VIEWPORT (Entity) to create viewports in paper space

• view docs also on http://dxfwrite.readthedocs.org

• added some docs

• changed clothoid mirror parameters

• added methods to class Layer: on(), off(), freeze(), thaw(), lock(), unlock()

• tested on Win7 32 Bit with CPython-2.7, CPython-3.2 and pypy-1.7, IronPython 2.7 failed tests - unicode issues

• tested on Ubuntu 11.10 64 Bit with CPython-2.7, CPython-3.2 and pypy-1.7

Version 1.0.2 - 2011-12-08

• raw unicode encoding by Toni Ruža - use any unicode character for text and table-entries.

Version 1.0.1 - 2011-03-26

• added easy usage of modelspace/paperspace, see examples/paperspace.py

• BUGFIX: removed dict-comprehension in module htmlcolors.py for backward-compatibility to Python 2.5 and 2.6, works with pypy 1.4.1

Version 1.0.0 - 2011-03-11

• changed: set DXF Header variables now looks like dwg.header[‘$VAR’] = value, see http://packages.python.org/dxfwrite/headervars.html

• splitted makedxfexamples.py into several files and moved them into the subdir ‘examples’

• curves.Ellpise: radiusx -> rx; radiusy -> ry

• moved documentation to: http://packages.python.org/dxfwrite, and using Sphinx (http://sphinx.pocoo.org)

• tested with Python 3.2 - OK

• further compatibility-tests only for CPython 2.7 & CPython 3.2+

• added Drawing.add_xref(filename), for usage see examples/xref.py

• adding relative attributes by Insert.add() consider the xy-scaling

• added Howtos section to documentation

Version 0.3.6 - 2010-11-14

• moved dxfwrite.drawing.ENCODING to class Drawing

• Python 3.1 support

Version 0.3.5 - 2010-09-10

• new: package and tests run with Python 2.7

Version 0.3.4 - 2010-08-29

• status: 5 - Production/Stable

• new: package and tests run with Python 2.5 (tests need unittest2)

Version 0.3.3 - 2010-04-27

• BUGFIX: makedxfexamples.py - attdef keyword error

Version 0.3.2 - 2010-04-27

• BUGFIX: Drawing.__dxf__() - StringIO() does not support ‘with’ statement

Version 0.3.1 - 2010-04-24

• new: insert2, insert block reference with automatic attrib filling

• changed interface for DXFEngine.attrib()

Version 0.3.0b1 - 2010-03-28

• new: subpackage algebra: circle, ray, clothoid, cspline, bezier (27.03.2010)

• new: Spline, Bezier, Clothoid and Ellipse - curves (27.03.2010)

• new: acadctb.py to read, write and create AutoCAD ctb-files (25.03.2010)

• splitted buildups.py into mtext.py and rect.py