On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Felipe Sanches <[email protected]>wrote:
> Our friend Guruprasad Rane has suggested that we create an XML report based > test suite and I think that it is a great idea. > mee too > - Figure out the legal aspects of this approach. I believe that it is ok to > do it if we get a legal user license for AutoCAD, since we are simply > running a custom script on it - that shouldn't be restricted at all. Perhaps > we should contact FSF lawyers > it is fair use. > - define the XML schema of our CAD XML Dump format. Ideally it should map > directly to the way datastructures are organized inside a DWG file. (follow > the TTX example) > we could also use an extended svg format. > - implement an AutoCAD script (either in autolisp or vba) that generates > XML output based on a given DWG file > we could write it in mono/dotgnu we could make a public dotnet api for autocad > - implement a libredwg application that reads an XML report and outputs a > DWG file > - implement a script that compares XML reports and decide whether the test > has passed or not > > Unfortunately, I think that it is not possible to automate this process > since it involves running AutoCAD. Unless it is possible to run AutoCAD in a > virtual machine in an automated way. But that could possibly infringe some > AutoCAD EULA terms, so we better check that before trying to automate the > process. Doing it in a non-automated way must not be illegal, I think. > > try and run it with mono good ideas here. keep them alive!
