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| − | {{Infobox file format
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| − | | owner = [[Autodesk]]
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| − | '''AutoCAD DXF''' (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a [[Computer-aided design|CAD]] data [[file format]] developed by [[Autodesk]] for enabling [[CAD data exchange|data interoperability]] between [[AutoCAD]] and other programs.
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| − | DXF was originally introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCAD 1.0, and was intended to provide an exact representation of the data in the AutoCAD native file format, [[.dwg|DWG]] (Drawing), for which Autodesk did not — and, as of 2008, does not — publish specifications. Autodesk now publishes specifications on its website for versions of DXF dating from AutoCAD Release 13 (November 1994) to AutoCAD 2008 (March 2007).
| + | '''Title(s):''' [[Title::AutoCAD DXF]], [[Title::Drawing Interchange Format]], [[Title::Drawing Exchange Format]], [[Title::Autodesk Drawing Interchange Format]] |
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| − | Versions of AutoCAD from Release 10 (October 1988) and up support both [[ASCII]] and [[binary file|binary]] forms of DXF. Earlier versions support only ASCII.
| + | '''Creator(s):''' [[Creator::Autodesk, Inc.]] |
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| − | As AutoCAD has become more powerful, supporting more complex object types, DXF has become less useful. Certain object types, including [[ACIS]] solids and regions, are not documented. Other object types, including AutoCAD 2006's dynamic blocks, and all of the objects specific to the vertical-market versions of AutoCAD, are partially documented, but not well enough to allow other developers to support them.
| + | '''Contributor(s):''' [[Contributor::Autodesk, Inc.]] |
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| − | Almost all significant commercial application software developers, including all of Autodesk's competitors, choose to support DWG as their primary format for AutoCAD data interoperability, using libraries from the [[Open Design Alliance]] — a non-profit industry consortium which has reverse-engineered the DWG file format.
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| − | ==File structure==
| + | * '''Family Format(s):''' [[Family Format::AutoCAD Format]] |
| − | ASCII versions of DXF can be read with a text-editor. The basic organization of a DXF file is as follows:
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| − | *'''HEADER''' section – General information about the drawing. Each parameter has a variable name and an associated value.
| + | '''Description:''' [[Description::The AutoCAD DXF format is designed for the proprietary application AutoCAD and also works with many other CAD applications.]] |
| − | *'''CLASSES''' section – Holds the information for application-defined classes whose instances appear in the BLOCKS, ENTITIES, and OBJECTS sections of the database. Generally does not provide sufficient information to allow interoperability with other programs.
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| − | *'''TABLES''' section – This section contains definitions of named items.
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| − | :Application ID (APPID) table
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| − | :Block Recod (BLOCK_RECORD) table
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| − | :Dimension Style (DIMSTYPE) table
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| − | :Layer (LAYER) table
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| − | :Linetype (LTYPE) table
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| − | :Text style (STYLE) table
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| − | :User Coordinate System (UCS) table
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| − | :View (VIEW) table
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| − | :Viewport configuration (VPORT) table
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| − | *'''BLOCKS''' section – This section contains Block Definition entities describing the entities comprising each Block in the drawing.
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| − | *'''ENTITIES''' section – This section contains the drawing entities, including any Block References.
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| − | *'''OBJECTS''' section – Contains the data that apply to nongraphical objects, used by AutoLISP and ObjectARX applications.
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| − | *'''THUMBNAILIMAGE''' section – Contains the preview image for the DXF file.
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| − | *'''END OF FILE'''
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| − | ==Software which supports DXF==
| + | '''File Extensions:''' [[File Extension::dxf]] |
| − | *[[Adobe Illustrator]]
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| − | *Alibre Design
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| − | *[[Altium]]
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| − | *[[ArchiCAD]]
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| − | *[[ArcMap]]
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| − | *[[AutoCAD]]
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| − | *[[Blender (software)]] - Using an import script
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| − | *[[CADian (powered by IntelliCAD)]]
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| − | *[[CAD/TQS]]
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| − | *[[Cadwork]]
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| − | *[[Corel Draw]]
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| − | *[[Cycas/Amiga]]
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| − | *DWGeditor
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| − | *[[Manifold System]]
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| − | *[[Mathematica]]
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| − | *[[Microsoft Word]]
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| − | *[[Microsoft Visio]]
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| − | *[[miniPLAN]]
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| − | *[[Modo (software)]]
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| − | *[[Microstation]]
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| − | *[[OmniWin Cadnest]]
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| − | *[[QCad]]
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| − | *RackTools
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| − | *[[WYSIWYG]]
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| − | ==See also==
| + | '''Applications:''' |
| − | *[[DWF]]
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| − | *[[.dwg|DWG]]
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| − | *[[Autodesk]]
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| − | *[[AutoCAD]]
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| − | *[[CAD]]
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| − | *[[QCad]]
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| − | *[[OpenDWG]]
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| − | *[[ArcMap]]
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| − | ==External links==
| + | * '''Native application(s):''' [[Native Application::AutoCAD]] |
| − | * [http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=8446698 DXF Specifications] - Autodesk documentation on versions of DXF from Release 13 to current. | + | |
| − | * [http://www.opendesign.com Open Design Alliance] - Non-profit industry consortium which provides program libraries to read and write DWG and DXF files.
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| − | * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxf/ Open Source software] - Read, write, and draw to DXF files, export to image, print, zoom, pan
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| − | {{AutoCAD_related_articles}}
| + | * '''Interoperable applications:''' [[Interoperable Application::QCad]], [[Interoperable Application::Pro/ENGINEER]] |
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| − | [[Category:Autodesk]]
| + | '''File classification:''' |
| − | [[Category:CAD file formats]]
| + | * '''Geometric representation:''' |
| − | | + | *** '''Point set:''' |
| − | [[cs:DXF]]
| + | **** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Point Set - Is Supported::true]] |
| − | [[de:Drawing Interchange Format]]
| + | ** '''Mesh:''' |
| − | [[fr:Drawing eXchange Format]] | + | *** '''Non-manifold meshes:''' |
| − | [[ko:DXF]]
| + | **** '''Is Supported:''' [[File Classification Non-manifold Meshes - Is Supported::true]] |
| − | [[it:AutoCAD DXF]]
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| − | [[ja:DXF]]
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| − | [[pl:DXF]]
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| − | [[sl:DXF]]
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