Load CAD document with options

GroupDocs.Conversion provides CadLoadOptions to give you control over how the source CAD document will be processed. The following options could be set:

OptionDescription
FormatThe source document type is auto-detected, but you could set the source document format explicitly with this property. Available options are: Dxf, Dwg, Dgn, Dwf, Stl, Ifc, Plt, Igs, Dwt
BackgroundColorSpecifies the background color for a CAD document.
DrawTypeSpecifies the type of drawing of a CAD document.
WidthSets the desired page width
HeightSets the desired page height
LayoutNamesSpecifies which CAD layout to be converted

Specify layouts to be converted

The following code snippet shows how to convert a CAD document and convert only certain layouts:

Contracts.Func<LoadOptions> getLoadOptions = () => new CadLoadOptions
{
    LayoutNames = new []{ "Layout1", "Layout3" }
};
using (Converter converter = new Converter("with_layers_and_layouts.dwg", getLoadOptions))
{
    PdfConvertOptions options = new PdfConvertOptions();
    converter.Convert("converted.pdf", options);
}

Specify width and height

The following code snippet shows how to convert a CAD document and specify the width and height:

Contracts.Func<LoadOptions> getLoadOptions = () => new CadLoadOptions
{
    Width = 1920,
    Height = 1080
};
using (Converter converter = new Converter("with_layers_and_layouts.dwg", getLoadOptions))
{
    PdfConvertOptions options = new PdfConvertOptions();
    converter.Convert("converted.pdf", options);
}

Specify background color

The following code snippet shows how to convert a CAD document and specify its desired background color:

Contracts.Func<LoadOptions> getLoadOptions = () => new CadLoadOptions
{
    BackgroundColor = System.Drawing.Color.White
};
using (Converter converter = new Converter("sample.dwg", getLoadOptions))
{
    PdfConvertOptions options = new PdfConvertOptions();
    converter.Convert("converted.pdf", options);
}