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Sample VB code demonstrates how to use the PDFTron CAD module for direct, high-quality conversion from DWG, DXF, DGN, DWF, and RVT to PDF. Learn more about our VB PDF Library and PDF Conversion Library.
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Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports pdftron
Imports pdftron.Common
Imports pdftron.PDF
Imports pdftron.SDF
Namespace CAD2PDFTestVB
Class Class1
Private Shared pdfNetLoader As pdftron.PDFNetLoader = pdftron.PDFNetLoader.Instance()
Private Shared Function IsRVTFile(ByVal input_file_name As String) As Boolean
Dim rvt_input As Boolean = False
If input_file_name.Length > 2 Then
If input_file_name.Substring(input_file_name.Length - 3, 3) = "rvt" Then
rvt_input = True
End If
End If
Return rvt_input
End Function
Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
PDFNet.Initialize(PDFTronLicense.Key)
PDFNet.AddResourceSearchPath("../../../../../Lib/")
If Not CADModule.IsModuleAvailable() Then
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Unable to run CAD2PDFTest: PDFTron SDK CAD module not available.")
Console.WriteLine("---------------------------------------------------------------")
Console.WriteLine("The CAD module is an optional add-on, available for download")
Console.WriteLine("at http://www.pdftron.com/. If you have already downloaded this")
Console.WriteLine("module, ensure that the SDK is able to find the required files")
Console.WriteLine("using the PDFNet::AddResourceSearchPath() function.")
Console.WriteLine()
End If
Dim input_path As String = "../../../../TestFiles/CAD/"
Dim output_path As String = "../../../../TestFiles/Output/"
Dim input_file_name As String = "construction drawings color-28.05.18.dwg"
Dim output_file_name As String = "construction drawings color-28.05.18.pdf"
If args.Length <> 0 Then
input_file_name = args(0)
output_file_name = input_file_name & ".pdf"
End If
Console.WriteLine("Example cad:")
Try
Using pdfdoc As PDFDoc = New PDFDoc()
If IsRVTFile(input_file_name) Then
Dim opts As CADConvertOptions = New CADConvertOptions()
opts.SetPageWidth(800)
opts.SetPageHeight(600)
opts.SetRasterDPI(150)
pdftron.PDF.Convert.FromCAD(pdfdoc, input_path & input_file_name, opts)
Else
pdftron.PDF.Convert.FromCAD(pdfdoc, input_path & input_file_name, Nothing)
End If
pdfdoc.Save(output_path & output_file_name, SDFDoc.SaveOptions.e_remove_unused)
End Using
Console.WriteLine("Done.")
Catch e As PDFNetException
Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
End Try
PDFNet.Terminate()
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace