Working with CAD metadata

The GroupDocs Metadata API provides the feature to read basic metadata in CAD files. The supported CAD formats are:

• DWG
• DXF

Reading CAD metadata

To access metadata in a CAD drawing, the GroupDocs.Metadata API provides the CadRootPackage.CadPackage property.

The following code snippet reads metadata associated with a CAD file.

AdvancedUsage.ManagingMetadataForSpecificFormats.Cad.CadReadNativeMetadataProperties

using (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(Constants.InputDxf))
{
	var root = metadata.GetRootPackage<CadRootPackage>();

	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.AcadVersion);
	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.Author);
	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.Comments);
	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.CreatedDateTime);
	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.HyperlinkBase);
	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.Keywords);
	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.LastSavedBy);
	Console.WriteLine(root.CadPackage.Title);

	// ...
}

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GitHub examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

• GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET examples
• GroupDocs.Metadata for Java examples

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