Convert CAD Drawings to PDF Format

Introduction

This article explains how to convert CAD drawing/image to another format. You can convert CAD Drawings to Portable Document Format (PDF). Aspose.CAD provides the following two APIs to perform the said task:

Resource URI

Aspose.CAD Cloud APIs Swagger UI lets you call these APIs directly from the browser. The description of the APIs and their parameters are also given there.

cURL Example

Option 1: Export existing drawing to another format

Request


// First get Access Token
// Get App Key and App SID from https://dashboard.aspose.cloud/

curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/connect/token" \
-X POST \
-d 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=xxxx&client_secret=xxxx' \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept: application/json"


// cURL example to export Drawing to another format

curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/cad/910609.dxf/saveAs/pdf" \
-X GET \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <jwt token>" \
-o 910609.pdf

Response


PDF Document

Option 2: Export existing an image to PDF format. Image is passed as a request body

Input Document:

Output Document:

Request


// First get Access Token
// Get App Key and App SID from https://dashboard.aspose.cloud/

curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/connect/token" \
-X POST \
-d 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=xxxx&client_secret=xxxx' \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept: application/json"



// cURL example to export Drawing to another format. Image is passed as request body

curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/cad/saveAs/pdf" \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <jwt token>" \
-d {"drawingData":{}}
-o 910609.pdf

Response


PDF Document

SDKs

Using an SDK (API client) is the quickest way for a developer to speed up the development. An SDK takes care of a lot of low-level details of making requests and handling responses and lets you focus on writing code specific to your particular project. Checkout our GitHub repository for a complete list of Aspose.CAD SDKs along with working examples, to get you started in no time. Please check Available SDKs article to learn how to add an SDK to your project.

SDK Examples

Option 1: Export existing drawing to PDF format

	// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-dotnet/

	using Aspose.CAD.Cloud.Sdk.Api;
	using Aspose.CAD.Cloud.Sdk.Model.Requests;

	namespace Aspose.CAD_Cloud_APIs_Examples
	{
	public class CADExamples
	{
	protected string AppKey = ""; // Get App Key and App SID from https://dashboard.aspose.cloud/
	protected string AppSid = ""; // Get App Key and App SID from https://dashboard.aspose.cloud/

	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
	CADExamples cadExamples = new CADExamples();

	// Export existing drawing to another format
	cadExamples.GetImageSaveAs();
	}

	// Export existing drawing to another format
	private void GetImageSaveAs()
	{
	CadApi cadApi = new CadApi(AppKey, AppSid);
	string fileName = "01.026.385.01.0.I SOPORTE ENFRIADOR.dwg";
	// Possible values are jpg, bmp, psd, tiff, gif, png, j2k, wmf and pdf
	string formatToExport = "pdf";
	string destFileName = "01.026.385.01.0.I SOPORTE ENFRIADOR.pdf";

	// Upload document to Cloud Storage
	uploadFileToCloudStorage(fileName);

	var request = new GetDrawingSaveAsRequest(fileName, formatToExport);
	var responseStream = cadApi.GetDrawingSaveAs(request);

	// Save the output file to disk
	saveFileToDisk(responseStream, destFileName);
	}

	private string pathToDataDir()
	{
	string baseDirectory = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
	var folders = Path.GetDirectoryName(baseDirectory).Split('\\').ToList();
	// Get Path to the TestData directory
	var foldersUpToRootDir = folders.Take(folders.Count - 5);
	var pathToRootDir = string.Join("\\", foldersUpToRootDir);
	return Path.Combine(pathToRootDir, "TestData");
	}

	private void uploadFileToCloudStorage(String fileName)
	{
	CadApi storageApi = new CadApi(AppKey, AppSid);

	string dataFilePath = Path.Combine(pathToDataDir(), fileName);

	var putCreateRequest = new UploadFileRequest(fileName, File.OpenRead(dataFilePath));
	storageApi.UploadFile(putCreateRequest);
	}

	private void saveFileToDisk(Stream responseStream, String destFileName)
	{
	var fileStream = File.Create(Path.Combine(pathToDataDir(), "Output", destFileName));
	responseStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
	responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
	fileStream.Close();
	}
	}
	}

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PHP

	/**
	*
	* Scales drawing to a specified size and saves result to storage
	* For complete examples, please visit https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-php
	*/
	<?php
	public function getDrawingResize()
	{
	$localName = "galeon.stl";
	$outputFormat = "jpg";
	$remoteName = $localName;
	$subfolder = "";
	$fullName = self::$baseRemoteFolder . $subfolder . $remoteName;
	$destName = self::$baseTestOut . $remoteName ."." . $outputFormat;

	$file = realpath(__DIR__ . self::$relativeRootPath) . '/TestData/' . $localName;
	$putRequest = new \Aspose\Storage\Model\Requests\PutCreateRequest($fullName, $file);
	$this->storage->PutCreate($putRequest);

	$request = new \Aspose\CAD\Model\Requests\GetDrawingResizeRequest($remoteName, $outputFormat, 320, 240, $folder=trim(self::$baseRemoteFolder . $subfolder));

	list($response, $code, $headers) = $this->CAD->getDrawingResizeWithHttpInfo($request);
	Assert::assertEquals(200, $code);
	}
	?>

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Ruby

	#
	# Convert Drawing into PDF and save result to storage
	# For complete examples, please visit https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-ruby
	#
	def test_get_drawing_save_as
	filename = '910609.dxf'
	remote_name = filename
	output_format = "jpg"
	dest_name = remote_test_out + remote_name

	st_request = PutCreateRequest.new remote_test_folder + remote_name, File.open(local_test_folder + filename, "r").read
	@storage_api.put_create st_request

	request = GetDrawingSaveAsRequest.new remote_name, output_format, remote_test_folder, nil, nil
	result = @Cad_api.get_drawing_save_as_with_http_info request
	assert_equal 200, result[1]
	end

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Python

	# For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-python/
	from asposecadcloud import CadApi
	import asposecadcloud.models.requests as Requests
	import json as json

	class GetImageSaveAs(object):

	def __init__(self):
	# Setup CAD and Storage API clients
	with open("config.json") as f:
	server_file_info = json.load(f)

	api_key = server_file_info['AppKey']
	api_sid = server_file_info['AppSid']
	base_url = server_file_info['BaseUrl']

	self.cad_api = CadApi(api_key, api_sid, base_url)

	self.storage_api = CadApi(api_key, api_sid, base_url)

	def save_file_to_storage(self, filename):
	local_folder = "data"
	remote_file_name = filename
	storage_name = ""
	# Upload file to remote storage
	f = open(local_folder + "/" + filename, "rb").read()
	upload_request = Requests.UploadFileRequest(remote_file_name, f, storage_name)
	self.storage_api.upload_file(upload_request)

	def get_image_save_as(self, filename):
	self.save_file_to_storage(filename)

	# Possible values are jpg, bmp, psd, tiff, gif, png, j2k, wmf and pdf
	output_format = "pdf"

	destFileName = "result.pdf"

	# Convert image to PDF
	save_as_request = Requests.GetDrawingSaveAsRequest(filename, output_format, out_path=destFileName)
	resized_file = self.cad_api.get_drawing_save_as(save_as_request)
	return resized_file


	obj=GetImageSaveAs()
	print(obj.get_image_save_as("01.026.385.01.0.I SOPORTE ENFRIADOR.dwg"))

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Node.js

	// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-nodejs
	var cadAPI = new cad.CadApi(APIKey, APISID);
	var filename = "test.dwg";
	// convert image from storage to PDF
	var request = new cad.GetDrawingSaveAsRequest({
	name: filename,
	folder: "",
	storage: "First Storage",
	outputFormat: "pdf",
	outPath: "result.pdf"
	});
	var response = cadAPI.getDrawingSaveAs(request);

view raw Save-As-PDF.js hosted with ❤ by GitHub

Option 2: Export existing image to PDF format, where Image is passed as a request body

	// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-dotnet/

	using Aspose.CAD.Cloud.Sdk.Api;
	using Aspose.CAD.Cloud.Sdk.Model.Requests;

	namespace Aspose.CAD_Cloud_APIs_Examples
	{
	class CADExamples
	{
	protected string AppKey = ""; // Get App Key and App SID from https://dashboard.aspose.cloud/
	protected string AppSid = ""; // Get App Key and App SID from https://dashboard.aspose.cloud/

	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
	CADExamples cadExamples = new CADExamples();

	// Export existing image to another format. Image is passed as request body
	cadExamples.PostImageSaveAs();
	}

	// Export existing image to another format. Image is passed as request body
	private void PostImageSaveAs()
	{
	CadApi cadApi = new CadApi(AppKey, AppSid);
	string fileName = "01.026.385.01.0.I SOPORTE ENFRIADOR.dwg";
	// Possible values are jpg, bmp, psd, tiff, gif, png, j2k, wmf and pdf
	string formatToExport = "pdf";
	string dataFilePath = Path.Combine(pathToDataDir(), fileName);
	string destFileName = "01.026.385.01.0.I SOPORTE ENFRIADOR.pdf";

	var request = new PostDrawingSaveAsRequest(File.OpenRead(dataFilePath), formatToExport);
	var responseStream = cadApi.PostDrawingSaveAs(request);

	// Save the output file to disk
	saveFileToDisk(responseStream, destFileName);
	}

	private string pathToDataDir()
	{
	string baseDirectory = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
	var folders = Path.GetDirectoryName(baseDirectory).Split('\\').ToList();
	// Get Path to the TestData directory
	var foldersUpToRootDir = folders.Take(folders.Count - 5);
	var pathToRootDir = string.Join("\\", foldersUpToRootDir);
	return Path.Combine(pathToRootDir, "TestData");
	}

	private void uploadFileToCloudStorage(String fileName)
	{
	CadApi storageApi = new CadApi(AppKey, AppSid);

	string dataFilePath = Path.Combine(pathToDataDir(), fileName);

	UploadFileRequest putCreateRequest = new UploadFileRequest(fileName, File.OpenRead(dataFilePath));
	storageApi.UploadFile(putCreateRequest);
	}

	private void saveFileToDisk(Stream responseStream, String destFileName)
	{
	var fileStream = File.Create(Path.Combine(pathToDataDir(), "Output", destFileName));
	responseStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
	responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
	fileStream.Close();
	}
	}
	}

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PHP

	/**
	*
	* Scales drawing to a specified size retrieves result on a response
	* For complete examples, please visit https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-php
	*/
	<?php
	public function postDrawingResize()
	{
	$localName = "910609.dxf";
	$outputFormat = "pdf";
	$remoteName = $localName;
	$subfolder = "";
	$fullName = self::$baseRemoteFolder . $subfolder . $remoteName;
	$destName = self::$baseTestOut . $remoteName . "." . $outputFormat;

	$file = realpath(__DIR__ . self::$relativeRootPath) . '/TestData/' . $localName;
	$putRequest = new \Aspose\Storage\Model\Requests\PutCreateRequest($fullName, $file);
	$this->storage->PutCreate($putRequest);

	$request = new \Aspose\CAD\Model\Requests\PostDrawingResizeRequest($file, $outputFormat, 320, 240, $folder=trim(self::$baseRemoteFolder . $subfolder, ""));

	list($response, $code, $headers) = $this->CAD->postDrawingResizeWithHttpInfo($request);
	Assert::assertEquals(200, $code);
	}
	?>

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Ruby

	#
	# Convert Drawing into PDF and fetch result through response
	# For complete examples, please visit https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-ruby
	#
	def test_post_drawing_save_as
	filename = '01.026.385.01.0.I SOPORTE ENFRIADOR.dwg'
	remote_name = filename
	output_format = 'pdf'
	dest_name = remote_test_out + remote_name + '.' + output_format

	st_request = PutCreateRequest.new remote_test_folder + remote_name, File.open(local_test_folder + filename, "r").read
	@storage_api.put_create st_request

	request = PostDrawingSaveAsRequest.new File.open(local_test_folder + filename, "r"), output_format, remote_test_folder + filename, nil
	result = @Cad_api.post_drawing_save_as_with_http_info request
	assert_equal 200, result[1]
	end

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Python

	# For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-python/
	from asposecadcloud import CadApi
	import asposecadcloud.models.requests as Requests
	import json as json

	class PostImageSaveAs(object):

	def __init__(self):
	# Setup CAD and Storage API clients
	with open("config.json") as f:
	server_file_info = json.load(f)

	api_key = server_file_info['AppKey']
	api_sid = server_file_info['AppSid']
	base_url = server_file_info['BaseUrl']

	self.cad_api = CadApi(api_key, api_sid, base_url)

	self.storage_api = CadApi(api_key, api_sid, base_url)

	def get_file_data(self, filename):
	file_data = open("data/" + filename, "rb").read()

	return file_data

	def post_image_save_as(self, filename):
	file_data = self.get_file_data(filename)

	# Possible values are jpg, bmp, psd, tiff, gif, png, j2k, wmf and pdf
	output_format = "pdf"

	destFileName = "result.pdf"

	# Convert image to PDF
	save_as_request = Requests.PostDrawingSaveAsRequest(file_data, output_format, out_path=destFileName)
	resized_file = self.cad_api.post_drawing_save_as(save_as_request)
	return resized_file


	obj = PostImageSaveAs()
	print(obj.post_image_save_as("01.026.385.01.0.I SOPORTE ENFRIADOR.dwg"))

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Node.js

	// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-cad-cloud/aspose-cad-cloud-nodejs
	var cadAPI = new cad.CadApi(APIKey, APISID);
	var input = fs.readFile("test.dxf");
	// convert image from storage to PDF
	var request = new cad.PostDrawingSaveAsRequest({
	drawingData: input,
	storage: "First Storage",
	outputFormat: "pdf",
	outPath: "result.pdf"
	});
	var response = cadAPI.postDrawingSaveAs(request);

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