Convert CAD Drawings to Raster Image Formats

Introduction

Raster images such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP are some of the widely used file formats and as we are aware that in order to view CAD files, we need specific software to view and edit such files. But in order to share and view the files without any dependency over any specific application, one of the viable solutions is to render the DWG into raster image formats and share across multiple platforms. Aspose.CAD Cloud provides the capabilities to perform this transformation in the cloud.

This article explains how to convert CAD drawing/image to raster image format. You can convert CAD Drawings to BMP, PNG, JPG, JPEG, JPEG2000, TIF, TIFF, PSD, GIF and WMF formats. 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/jpg" \
-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 images to another 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/jpeg" \
-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 another format

Option 2: Export existing images to another format. Image is passed as a request body

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