# acadrust
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**A pure Rust crate for reading, writing, and inspecting CAD files.**
acadrust handles ASCII and binary DXF plus native binary DWG without requiring
an installed CAD application. File support spans DXF and DWG R12 through R2018+.
## Quick Start
```toml
[dependencies]
acadrust = "0.6.2"
```
```rust
use acadrust::{DxfReader, DxfWriter};
fn main() -> acadrust::Result<()> {
let doc = DxfReader::from_file("input.dxf")?.read()?;
println!("{} entities", doc.entities().count());
DxfWriter::new(&doc).write_to_file("output.dxf")?;
Ok(())
}
```
`DxfReader` detects ASCII and binary input automatically. To produce binary
DXF, use `DxfWriter::new_binary(&doc)`.
### Cargo features
| `serde` | No | `Serialize` and `Deserialize` implementations for document types |
| `import` | No | STL, COLLADA, OBJ, glTF/GLB, and FBX importers |
Enable optional features as needed:
```toml
[dependencies]
acadrust = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["serde", "import"] }
```
## Features
- **DXF I/O** — ASCII and binary formats, R12 through R2018+
- **DWG I/O** — Native binary formats, R12 through R2018+
- **Broad entity coverage** — 48 top-level `EntityType` variants covering 2D
geometry, annotations, dimensions, meshes, underlays, viewports, 3D solids,
regions, bodies, and native surfaces
- **ACIS modeling data** — SAT/SAB parsing and writing, B-rep topology, solid
history, and primitive builders
- **Tables and objects** — Layers, linetypes, styles, dictionaries, layouts,
materials, fields, dynamic blocks, and associative data
- **Resilient reads** — Optional failsafe recovery with bounded, structured
diagnostics and read statistics
- **Encoding support** — Automatic handling of roughly 40 code pages for
pre-2007 drawings
- **Optional serialization** — Serde support for document data
- **Optional 3D imports** — STL, COLLADA, OBJ, glTF/GLB, and FBX converted to
acadrust documents
## File Version Support
| AC1009 | R12 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1012 | R13 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1014 | R14 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1015 | 2000 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1018 | 2004 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1021 | 2007 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1024 | 2010 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1027 | 2013 | R/W | R/W |
| AC1032 | 2018+ | R/W | R/W |
`R/W` means read and write support. Entity availability varies by file version.
## Examples
<details>
<summary>DWG Read/Write</summary>
```rust
use acadrust::{CadDocument, Color, DwgReader, DwgWriter, EntityType, Line};
fn main() -> acadrust::Result<()> {
let mut reader = DwgReader::from_file("drawing.dwg")?;
let doc = reader.read()?;
for entity in doc.entities() {
println!("{:?}", entity);
}
let mut doc = CadDocument::new();
let mut line = Line::from_coords(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 50.0, 0.0);
line.common.color = Color::RED;
doc.add_entity(EntityType::Line(line))?;
DwgWriter::write_to_file("output.dwg", &doc)?;
Ok(())
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Paper Space Layouts & Viewports</summary>
```rust
use acadrust::{CadDocument, DxfVersion, DxfWriter};
use acadrust::entities::{EntityType, Viewport};
use acadrust::types::Vector3;
fn main() -> acadrust::Result<()> {
let mut doc = CadDocument::with_version(DxfVersion::AC1027);
// Add geometry to model space
let line = acadrust::entities::Line::from_coords(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0, 0.0);
doc.add_entity(EntityType::Line(line))?;
// Overall viewport (ID=1) for default Layout1
let mut overall_vp = Viewport::new();
overall_vp.id = 1;
overall_vp.center = Vector3::new(148.5, 105.0, 0.0);
doc.add_paper_space_entity(EntityType::Viewport(overall_vp))?;
// Detail viewport using builder pattern
let mut vp1 = Viewport::new()
.with_center(Vector3::new(148.5, 105.0, 0.0))
.with_view_target(Vector3::new(50.0, 50.0, 0.0))
.with_scale(1.0)
.with_locked();
vp1.id = 2;
doc.add_paper_space_entity(EntityType::Viewport(vp1))?;
// Create a second layout with its own viewport
doc.add_layout("Layout2")?;
let mut vp2 = Viewport::with_size(Vector3::new(200.0, 150.0, 0.0), 400.0, 300.0);
vp2.id = 2;
doc.add_entity_to_layout(EntityType::Viewport(vp2), "Layout2")?;
DxfWriter::new(&doc).write_to_file("layouts.dxf")?;
Ok(())
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Failsafe Reading and Diagnostics</summary>
```rust
use acadrust::{DxfReader, DxfReaderConfiguration};
fn main() -> acadrust::Result<()> {
let config = DxfReaderConfiguration {
failsafe: true,
..Default::default()
};
let outcome = DxfReader::from_file("drawing.dxf")?
.with_configuration(config)
.read_with_stats()?;
println!("{} entities", outcome.document.entities().count());
for diagnostic in &outcome.stats.diagnostics {
eprintln!("{}: {}", diagnostic.code, diagnostic.message);
}
Ok(())
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Import a 3D Model</summary>
Requires `features = ["import"]`.
```rust
use acadrust::{import_file, DwgWriter, ImportConfig};
fn main() -> acadrust::Result<()> {
let doc = import_file("model.glb", &ImportConfig::default())?;
DwgWriter::write_to_file("model.dwg", &doc)?;
Ok(())
}
```
</details>
<details>
<summary>Serde / JSON</summary>
```rust
use acadrust::{CadDocument, DxfReader};
fn main() -> acadrust::Result<()> {
let doc = DxfReader::from_file("drawing.dxf")?.read()?;
let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&doc).unwrap();
let doc2: CadDocument = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
println!("Entities: {}", doc2.entities().count());
Ok(())
}
```
</details>
## Documentation
- [API documentation](https://docs.rs/acadrust)
- [Paper-space viewport example](examples/viewport_layouts.rs)
## Development
```console
cargo test
cargo test --all-features
cargo check --all-targets --all-features
```
---
## Used By
- [Open CAD Studio](https://github.com/HakanSeven12/OpenCADStudio) An open-source (GPLv3) CAD application that uses acadrust as its core native DWG/DXF engine for read/write operations and 3D modeling.
- [CADCraft](https://github.com/storytold/cadcraft) An open-source, AutoCAD-style drafting application written in Rust that uses acadrust for DWG read/write operations.
## Support & Sponsorship
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Every contribution helps keep this project active and well-maintained. Thank you!
## License
MPL-2.0 — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).