ASCII Drawing Interchange file format
Standard
ASCII text files used in
CAD products such as
AutoCAD to store
vector data. Uses the extension .DXF.
The basic organization of a AutoCAD DXF file is as follows:
- HEADER section - General information about the drawing. Each parameter has a variable name and an associated value.\n*TABLES section - This section contains definitions of named items.\n:::Linetype (LTYPE) table\n:::Layer table\n:::Text style (STYLE) table\n:::View table\n:::User Coordinate System (UCS) table\n:::Viewport configuration (VPORT) table\n*BLOCKS section - This section contains Block Definition entities describing the entities comprising each Block in the drawing.\n*ENTITIES section - This section contains the drawing entities, including any Block References.\n*END OF FILE
online-documentations of several
DXF-versions:
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