Convert DXF to U3D via C#

Render DXF as U3D without any 3D modeling and rendering software.

How to Convert DXF to U3D Using C#

In order to convert DXF to U3D, we’ll use

Aspose.3D for .NET

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation and conversion API for C# platform. Open

NuGet

package manager, search for Aspose.3D and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console Command
PM> Install-Package Aspose.3D

Steps to Convert DXF to U3D via C#

.NET programmers can easily load & convert DXF files to U3D in just a few lines of code.

Load DXF file via the constructor of Scene class
Create an instance of U3dSaveOptions
Set U3D specific properties for advanced conversion
Call the Scene.Save method
Pass the output path with U3D file extension & object of U3dSaveOptions
Check resultant U3D file at specified path

System Requirements

Before running the .NET conversion code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Mono.
Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.
Aspose.3D for .NET DLL referenced in your project.

A 3D File Processing Library to manipulate 3D files without any modeling and rendering software. The 3D API supports Discreet3DS, WavefrontOBJ, FBX (ASCII, Binary), STL (ASCII, Binary), Universal3D, Collada, glTF, GLB, PLY, DirectX, Google Draco file formats and more. Developers can create, read, convert, modify and control the substance of 3D document formats easily.

DXF What is DXF File Format?

DXF, Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format, is a tagged data representation of AutoCAD drawing file. Each element in the file has a prefix integer number called a group code. This group code actually represents the element that follows and indicates the meaning of a data element for a given object type. DXF makes it possible to represent almost all user-specified information in a drawing file. DXF file format was developed by Autodesk as CAD data file format for data interoperability between AutoCAD and other applications. Thus, data can be imported from other formats to DXF to AutoCAD as per the DXF file format interoperability specifications.

u3d What is u3d File Format?

U3D (Universal 3D) is a compressed file format and data structure for 3D computer graphics. It contains 3D model information such as triangle meshes, lighting, shading, motion data, lines and points with color and structure. The format was accepted as ECMA-363 standard in August 2005. 3D PDF documents support U3D objects embedding and can be viewed in Adobe Reader (version 7 and onwards). U3D format was developed keeping in view the aim to establish a universal standard for three-dimensional data storage and exchange. However, the format finds its main utilization in encoding for 3D PDF rather than being used as an interchange format. Acrobat 3D converts a supported 3D file type to either U3D or PRC upon conversion into the PDF.

Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert DXF into many other file formats including few listed below.

DXF TO 3DS (3D Studio DOS Mesh)

DXF TO AMF (Additive Manufacturing Format)

DXF TO DAE (Digital Asset Exchange)

DXF TO FBX (3D Format)

DXF TO HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)

DXF TO OBJ (3D File Format)

DXF TO PDF (Portable Document Format)

DXF TO PLY (Polygon File Format)

DXF TO RVM (AVEVA Plant Design Model)

DXF TO STL (Interchangeable 3D Surface Geometry)