How to Run the Examples

Download from GitHub

All examples of Aspose.CAD for Java are hosted on Github. You can either clone the repository using your favorite Github client or download the ZIP file from here.

Extract the contents of ZIP file to any folder on your computer. All examples are located in the Examples folder.

Figure: Aspose.CAD Examples Directory

Import examples into the IDE

The project uses Maven build system. Any modern IDE can easily open or import the project and its dependencies. Below we show you how to use popular IDEs to build and run the examples.

IntelliJ IDEA

Click on the File menu and choose Open. Browse to the project folder and select the pom.xml file.

Figure: Select File or Directory to Import
It will open the project and download the dependencies automatically. From the Project tab, browse the examples in src/main/java folder. To run an example, just right click on the file and choose “Run ..”, the example will be executed and the output will be shown in the built in console output window.

Figure: Run Example

Eclipse

Click on File menu and choose Import. Select Maven - Existing Maven Projects.

Figure: Import
Browse to the folder that you cloned or downloaded from GitHub and select pom.xml file. It will open the project and download the dependencies automatically. From the Package Explorer tab, browse the examples in src/main/java folder. To run an example, just right click on the file and choose Run As - Java Application, the example will be executed and the output will be shown in the built in console output window.

Figure: Run Example

NetBeans

Click on the File menu and choose Open Project. Browse to the folder that you cloned or downloaded from GitHub. The icon of Examples folder will show that its a Maven project. Select Examples and open it.

Figure: Open Project
It will open the project and download the dependencies automatically. From the Projects tab, browse the examples in source packages. To run an example, just right click on the file and choose Run File, the example will be executed and the output will be shown in the built in console output window.

Figure: Run Example

Adding Aspose.CAD Library into Maven Local Repository

When you import Aspose.CAD Examples project into IDE, Maven automatically downloads aspose.cad JAR file from Aspose Maven Repository. In case you do not have access to internet, you can manually add JAR in your local repository.

mvn install

Download the aspose.cad, extract it and copy the aspose.cad-version.jar to somewhere else, for example, c drive. Issue following command:

 mvn install:install-file

    -Dfile=c:\aspose.cad-version.jar

    -DgroupId=com.aspose

    -DartifactId=aspose-cad

    -Dversion={version}

    -Dpackaging=jar

Now, the aspose.cad jar is copied to your Maven local repository.

pom.xml

After installed, just declares the aspose.cad coordinate in pom.xml.

 <dependency>

    <groupId>com.aspose</groupId>

    <artifactId>aspose-cad</artifactId>

    <version>17.11</version>

    <classifier>jdk16</classifier>

 </dependency>

Done

Build it, now the aspose.cad jar is able to retrieve from your Maven local repository.

Contribute

If you like to add or improve an example, we encourage you to contribute to the project. All examples and showcase projects in this repository are open source and can be freely used in your own applications.

To contribute, you can fork the repository, edit the source code and can submit a Pull Request. We will review the changes and include it in the repository if found helpful.