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.
- TABLES section - This section contains definitions of named items.
- Linetype (LTYPE) table
- Layer table
- Text style (STYLE) table
- View table
- User Coordinate System (UCS) table
- Viewport configuration (VPORT) table
- BLOCKS section - This section contains Block Definition entities describing the entities comprising each Block in the drawing.
- ENTITIES section - This section contains the drawing entities, including any Block References.
- END OF FILE