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Drawing Interchange Format (DXF)

Drawing Interchange Format (DXF)

DXF (Drawing Interchange Format) was first introduced by AutoDesk AutoCAD, and is one of the most widely used CAD/CAM/CAE applications in the world. DXF is very popular and is supported by most 3D formats on PC platforms.

A DXF file is an ASCII file containing 2D and 3D components representing a drawing. Those components are known as Entities. The DXF file can represent almost any CAD drawing using those entities, and can connect a group of entities together (such as windows, doors, etc.) and use them later in the file. The DXF file has seen many changes through the years, from version 2.6 to the latest release version 14. However, the latest release of AutoCAD still manages to open files created with any of the earlier versions.

LEADTOOLS ePrint Professional supports all current variations of the DXF format (versions 2.6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14).

Users can save a DXF file to any file format supported by LEADTOOLS ePrint Professional.

DXF format supports saving with the following versions:

When DXF files are rasterized, they are 24 BPP.

The following table indicates which objects LEADTOOLS ePrint Professional can save:

Object:

Save:

Arc

Supported

Attdef

Not Supported

Attrib

Not Supported

Circle

Supported

Clone

Supported

Ellipse

Supported

Elliptical Arc

Not Supported

Insert

Not Supported

Leader

Not Supported

Lines

Supported

Mtext

Supported

Polygons

Supported

PolyLine

Supported

Raster

Not Supported

Solid

Not Supported

Spline

Not Supported

Text

Supported

Tolerance

Not Supported

Vertex

Supported

WpolyLine

Not Supported

3Dface

Not Supported

 

Related Formats: CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile, DRW - Micrografx Designer DRaWing, DWF - DWF Format, EMF - Windows Metafile Formats, GBR - Gerber Format, PCL - Printer Command Language Format, PCT - Macintosh Pict Format, PDF - Portable Document Format, PLT - PLT / HPGL Format, SHP - ESRI Shape Format, WPG - WordPerfect Vector Format, WMF - Windows Metafile Formats