The compilers of this resource have chosen to describe the DXF ASCII format variants in a single document for the format family. The DXF Reference documentation is available through AutoCAD Help and DXF References on the AutoDesk Developer Network has links to documentation, mainly as PDF files, back to 1994 (Release 12).Īs of November 2016, PRONOM has identified 19 chronological versions. The documentation was first released in 1982, and has been updated frequently as the AutoCAD product has been enhanced. The DXF format specification is maintained and has been openly published by AutoDesk.
A DXF_ASCII file is an ASCII text file a binary version of DXF has also been defined, but is less widely used and not described separately in this resource.
AutoCAD Drawing Interchange File (DXF), ASCII FamilyĭXF is an exchange format for content of AutoCAD Drawing Files ( DWG).
