CAD

In addition to general properties of vector formats, the CAD formats, such as DXF, DWG, CGM, DGN, HPGL, and U3D, support common important properties. Loading from a CAD file data structure is represented in ImageGear as an ImGearDocument Class object with single page as ImGearVectPage Class, which is derived from ImGearVectorPage. This object is part of the ImageGear.Vector Namespace. ImGearVectPage.VectorData property provides access to the ImGearVectorData Class object. This object contains a set of native 2D geometric primitives as well as 3D primitives. Also, this set can contain ImGearVectorView Class objects. The object of this class defines the place and orientation of observer in 2D or 3D space. Although CAD formats do not contain pages, these formats can contain few ImGearVectorView Class objects that provide the ability to see the vector scene from different viewpoints.

ImageGear vector renderer takes advantage of standard system rendering APIs which may be hardware accelerated. Due to differences in graphics chipsets, settings, drivers, and operating systems, performance and appearance (in particular, lighting effects) may vary. It is recommended that you tune and test your application for the environments on which you will be deploying.

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