There a requirement to rendering AutoCad DWG file in Python. My first Question is, 1:- Is is possible to render/load dwg file in python and view the file/image in python environment? 2:- How can I do that? I tried using arcpy, but as it is a proprietary software of ArcGIS, it is not possible to directly import the library? What are the alternatives to that? I even explored a lot of sources on the internet but not found anything useful. Tried comtypes.client also for importing and viewing the same. import array import comtypes.client acad = comtypes.client.GetActiveObject("AutoCAD.Application") doc = acad.ActiveDocument ms = doc.ModelSpace doc.Import("sample.dwg", array.array('d', [0, 0, 0]), 1.0) I am getting this error, I have downloaded AutoCAD software also still I am getting this error. Please suggest what I am missing and what is the error actually means. OSError Traceback (most recent call last) in 3 try: ----> 4 acad = comtypes.client.GetActiveObject("AutoCAD.Application") 5 except: ~\Anaconda3\envs\py36\lib\site-packages\comtypes\client_init_.py in GetActiveObject(progid, interface, dynamic) 172 """ --> 173 clsid = comtypes.GUID.from_progid(progid) 174 if dynamic: ~\Anaconda3\envs\py36\lib\site-packages\comtypes\GUID.py in from_progid(cls, progid) 77 inst = cls() ---> 78 _CLSIDFromProgID(str(progid), byref(inst)) 79 return inst _ctypes/callproc.c in GetResult() OSError: [WinError -2147221005] Invalid class string Continue reading...
