Read and display EPS

tonylmiller · 09-16-2011, 02:23 PM

Hi all,

I've done some poking around but haven't had any promising hits. So, I'm turning to the experts!

I'm absolutely new to the world of Core Graphics or OpenGL and am wondering if there's some way to read an EPS file (as created by AutoCAD) and display it. I'm going to need to zoom in and out of it to get to more detail, kind of like a custom Google map, and drop pins and "know" where the pin is dropped.

If anyone has any direction, it will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

**smithdale87** · 09-16-2011, 04:48 PM

Can AutoCad export in any other formats? such as PDF? or something that the iPhone can already natively render?

tonylmiller · 09-16-2011, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smithdale87

Can AutoCad export in any other formats? such as PDF? or something that the iPhone can already natively render?

I need to talk to my client more about that possibility, but the point is really that these are large, detailed drawings, so using something like EPS to have the scalable graphics is the requirement. Given that requirement, is there a file format that would meet it that is native? If so, we'll look into even having a converter change the format before sending it to the device.

Thanks!

MattW · 09-16-2011, 05:43 PM

How large are you talking?

Your best bet might be to convert the images to PDF... there are plenty of PDF readers available for iPhone and iPad that allow you to zoom and scroll around.