Convert DXF to 3DS via Python

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

How to Convert DXF to 3DS Using Python

In order to convert DXF to 3DS, we’ll use

Aspose.3D for Python via .NET

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

NuGet

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

Command line
pip install aspose-3d

Steps to Convert DXF to 3DS via Python

Python programmers can easily load & convert DXF files to 3DS in just a few lines of code.

Load DXF file via the from_file of Scene class
Create an instance of 3dsSaveOptions
Set 3DS specific properties for advanced conversion
Call the Scene.save method
Pass the output path with 3DS file extension & object of 3dsSaveOptions
Check resultant 3DS file at specified path

System Requirements

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

Microsoft Windows or Linux based OS.
Python 3.5 or later.
Aspose.3D for Python 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.

3ds What is 3ds File Format?

A file with 3DS extension represents 3D Studio (DOS) mesh file format used by Autodesk 3D Studio. Autodesk 3D Studio has been in 3D file format market since 1990s and has now evolved to 3D Studio MAX for working with 3D modeling, animation and rendering. A 3DS file contains data for 3D representation of scenes and images and is one of the popular file formats for 3D data import and export. It considers information like camera locations, Mesh data, lighting information, viewport configurations, smoothing group data, bitmap references and attributes to create vertices and polygons for rendering a scene.

Other Supported Conversions

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

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)

DXF TO U3D (Universal 3D)