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Rasterex Web SDK

Rasterex Web SDK is a JavaScript based library that is created to enable viewing and annotating using a large variety of file formats. This is accomplished using a server back-end that provides processed data based on the original file format.

We render content using using HTML5 canvas for 2D formats and WebGL for 3D formats. Rasterex Web SDK is compatible with most modern browsers.

The web client can read the following formats natively.

  • PNG, used for pixel based formats, like TIFF, BMP and JPEG.
  • Rx2B, our propietary binary format used for all vector based formats like DWG and DGN.
  • PDF used for PDF and Office formats like MS Word, MS Excel and others.

Two versions

There are two versions of the Rasterex Web SDK

Pro version - Uses Foxit web SDK to display and handle PDF.

Basic version – Uses PDFJS to display and handle PDF.

Many methods are provided to perform operations on the drawing/document. These operations include.

  • Annotation and comments.
  • Data extraction and manipulation
  • Selected visualization based on underlying structures.
  • Measurement take/off operations.
  • Document page manipulation (Pro version only)
  • Text search and extract.
  • Extraction of other relevant data from CAD drawings.
  • Compare/Overlay

Supported file formats

Click here to see a list of supported file formats.

Supported file formats

Pro Version
https://github.com/Rasterex-Software/Rasterex-Web-Viewer

Basic Version
https://github.com/Rasterex-Software/Rasterex-Web-Viewer-main-pdfjs