AutoCAD DXF Drawing Exchange Format
File type: 3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Files with dxf extension can be typically found as 2D CAD drawings saved in the Drawing Exchange Format, a common format for exchange of engineering drawings.
Found 2 different file type records with the same dxf filename suffix.
File type category:
3d graphics, CAD-CAM-CAE file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
File extension dxf is used for Drawing Exchange Format developed by Autodesk in an effort to create a stable exchange format between AutoCAD and other CAD software, first released in 1982. Autodesk published the DXF specifications for DXF dating from AutoCAD Release 13 to AutoCAD 2012.
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) drawing files from virtually any CAD system. An exchange format for CAD files. A format for storing vector data in ASCII or binary files; used by AutoCAD and other CAD software and convertible to ARC/INFO coverages.
MIME types:
application/dxf
application/x-autocad
application/x-dxf
drawing/x-dxf
image/vnd.dxf
image/x-autocad
image/x-dxf
zz-application/zz-winassoc-dxf
DXF is a CAD interchange format, which means all modern CAD programs are able to open it.
All modern CAD programs are able to import or open the .dxf and export or save them to their or another file format.
AutoCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Pro/Engineer (Creo Elements/Pro) (Microsoft Windows)
Corel Presentations (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Inventor (Microsoft Windows)
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Solid Edge (Microsoft Windows)
Creo Parametric (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Design Review (Microsoft Windows)
CIRCAD (Microsoft Windows)
CARTOMAP CAD for Windows (Microsoft Windows)
DXwin (Microsoft Windows)
CATIA (Microsoft Windows)
TopSolid (Microsoft Windows)
IntelliCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Blender (Microsoft Windows)
DoubleCAD (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoCAD WS for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Afanche 3D Viewer for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoQ3D for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
CAD.Plus (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Embroidermodder 2 (Multiplatform)
Canvas X (Multiplatform)
Autodesk Fusion 360 (Multiplatform)
CARTOMAP CAD for iOS (Apple iOS)
Autocad WS for iOS (Apple iOS)
AutoCAD WS for Android (Google Android)
AutoCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Pro/Engineer (Creo Elements/Pro) (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Inventor (Microsoft Windows)
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Solid Edge (Microsoft Windows)
Creo Parametric (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Design Review (Microsoft Windows)
CIRCAD (Microsoft Windows)
CARTOMAP CAD for Windows (Microsoft Windows)
CATIA (Microsoft Windows)
IntelliCAD (Microsoft Windows)
TopSolid (Microsoft Windows)
Blender (Microsoft Windows)
DoubleCAD (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoCAD WS for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoQ3D for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
CAD.Plus (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Autodesk Fusion 360 (Multiplatform)
CARTOMAP CAD for iOS (Apple iOS)
Autocad WS for iOS (Apple iOS)
AutoCAD WS for Android (Google Android)
AutoCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Pro/Engineer (Creo Elements/Pro) (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Inventor (Microsoft Windows)
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Solid Edge (Microsoft Windows)
Creo Parametric (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Design Review (Microsoft Windows)
CIRCAD (Microsoft Windows)
CARTOMAP CAD for Windows (Microsoft Windows)
CATIA (Microsoft Windows)
IntelliCAD (Microsoft Windows)
TopSolid (Microsoft Windows)
SmartDraw (Microsoft Windows)
Blender (Microsoft Windows)
DoubleCAD (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoCAD WS for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoQ3D for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
CAD.Plus (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Canvas X (Multiplatform)
Autodesk Fusion 360 (Multiplatform)
CARTOMAP CAD for iOS (Apple iOS)
Autocad WS for iOS (Apple iOS)
AutoCAD WS for Android (Google Android)
DXwin (Microsoft Windows)
Myriad CAD Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
eDrawings Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Free DWG Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
VariCAD Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
DWG TrueView (Microsoft Windows)
MapViewer (Microsoft Windows)
CADS Planner Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Creo View (Microsoft Windows)
3D-Tool (Microsoft Windows)
eDrawings Viewer for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
DWG Viewer for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Afanche 3D Viewer for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microspot DWG Viewer (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
LX-Viewer (Linux/Unix)
VariCAD Viewer for Linux (Linux/Unix)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Apache OpenOffice Draw (OpenOffice.org Draw) (Multiplatform)
CARTOMAP CAD for iOS (Apple iOS)
TurboViewer (Apple iOS)
Autocad WS for iOS (Apple iOS)
AutoCAD WS for Android (Google Android)
AutoCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Pro/Engineer (Creo Elements/Pro) (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Inventor (Microsoft Windows)
NX (Microsoft Windows)
Solid Edge (Microsoft Windows)
CARTOMAP CAD for Windows (Microsoft Windows)
IntelliCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Blender (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoQ3D for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
CAD.Plus (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Autodesk Fusion 360 (Multiplatform)
CARTOMAP CAD for iOS (Apple iOS)
ViewMate Pro (Microsoft Windows)
DWG TrueView (Microsoft Windows)
IVCon (Microsoft Windows)
Autoconverter (Microsoft Windows)
meshconv (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Embroidermodder 2 (Multiplatform)
SolidWorks (Microsoft Windows)
3DField (Microsoft Windows)
T-FLEX CAD (Microsoft Windows)
CIRCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Graphite (Microsoft Windows)
Creo Parametric (Microsoft Windows)
MEDUSA4 (Microsoft Windows)
CadStd (Microsoft Windows)
Total GIS Converter (Microsoft Windows)
IronCAD (Microsoft Windows)
VTBuilder (Microsoft Windows)
eQuinoX (Microsoft Windows)
Autodesk Design Review (Microsoft Windows)
AccuTrans 3D (Microsoft Windows)
FelixCAD LT (Microsoft Windows)
DeskProto (Microsoft Windows)
ViaCAD 2D/3D (Microsoft Windows)
PC Draft (Microsoft Windows)
VectorWorks (Microsoft Windows)
LogiKal (Microsoft Windows)
FastCAM MTO (Microsoft Windows)
Autoconverter (Microsoft Windows)
Caxa (Microsoft Windows)
Cimatron (Microsoft Windows)
CADVANCE (Microsoft Windows)
DesignCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Drawing Express (Microsoft Windows)
Vue (Microsoft Windows)
KeyCreator (Microsoft Windows)
TurboCAD (Microsoft Windows)
RAM Elements (Microsoft Windows)
MicroStation (Microsoft Windows)
cncKad (Microsoft Windows)
3ds Max (3D Studio Max) (Microsoft Windows)
OCAD (Microsoft Windows)
WaterCAD (Microsoft Windows)
CoCreate (Microsoft Windows)
ACE 3000 (Microsoft Windows)
Cadwork 3D (Microsoft Windows)
CrossManager (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Alibre Design Professional (Microsoft Windows)
ViaCAD Pro (Microsoft Windows)
PolyTrans|CAD+DCC (Microsoft Windows)
Poser (Microsoft Windows)
pCon.planner (Microsoft Windows)
BobCAD-CAM Mill (Microsoft Windows)
3D-Tool (Microsoft Windows)
eMachineShop (Microsoft Windows)
TurboCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
EazyDraw (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Cenon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microspot DWG Viewer (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apache OpenOffice Draw (OpenOffice.org Draw) (Multiplatform)
Inkscape (Multiplatform)
OpenSCAD (Multiplatform)
Canvas Workspace (Multiplatform)
Shapr3D (Multiplatform)
Autodesk Fusion 360 (Multiplatform)
3D Transform (On-line services)
Online 3D Model Converter (On-line services)
Pocket Zone (Other operating systems or devices)
SolidWorks (Microsoft Windows)
Any DWF to DWG Converter (Microsoft Windows)
MEDUSA4 (Microsoft Windows)
Any PDF to DWG Converter (Microsoft Windows)
CATIA (Microsoft Windows)
Graphite (Microsoft Windows)
PolyTrans-for-CINEMA-4D (Microsoft Windows)
CadStd (Microsoft Windows)
IronCAD (Microsoft Windows)
AccuTrans 3D (Microsoft Windows)
PointLineCAD 2D (Microsoft Windows)
Creo Parametric (Microsoft Windows)
FastCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Circuit Wizard (Microsoft Windows)
Parasolid (Microsoft Windows)
TunnelCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Xmap (Microsoft Windows)
MDL2DXF (Microsoft Windows)
VariCAD (Microsoft Windows)
VectorWorks (Microsoft Windows)
CAD Exchanger (Microsoft Windows)
AutoDWG DGN to DWG Converter (Microsoft Windows)
RTV Tools (Microsoft Windows)
Pointor (Microsoft Windows)
Caxa (Microsoft Windows)
wrltodxf (Microsoft Windows)
sld2dxf (Microsoft Windows)
MicroStation (Microsoft Windows)
DesignCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Drawing Express (Microsoft Windows)
TurboCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Vertex BD (Microsoft Windows)
CINEMA 4D (Microsoft Windows)
OCAD (Microsoft Windows)
Wintrack (Microsoft Windows)
CADVANCE (Microsoft Windows)
3ds Max (3D Studio Max) (Microsoft Windows)
LogiKal (Microsoft Windows)
CADINT PCB (Microsoft Windows)
CoCreate (Microsoft Windows)
ACE 3000 (Microsoft Windows)
CrossManager (Microsoft Windows)
CorelDraw Graphics Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Alibre Design Professional (Microsoft Windows)
PolyTrans|CAD+DCC (Microsoft Windows)
ViaCAD Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Poser (Microsoft Windows)
pCon.planner (Microsoft Windows)
eMachineShop (Microsoft Windows)
Cinema 4D for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
TurboCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
EazyDraw (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Cenon (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Afanche 3D Viewer for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Xenon (Multiplatform)
ViaCAD 2D (Multiplatform)
XTrkCAD (Multiplatform)
Inkscape (Multiplatform)
OpenSCAD (Multiplatform)
Meshlab (Multiplatform)
Shapr3D (Multiplatform)
Autodesk Fusion 360 (Multiplatform)
eDrawings Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
Free DWG Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
VariCAD Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
CARTOMAP CAD for Windows (Microsoft Windows)
Creo Parametric (Microsoft Windows)
DWG TrueView (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
DWG Viewer for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Afanche 3D Viewer for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Microspot DWG Viewer (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoQ3D for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
LX-Viewer (Linux/Unix)
VariCAD Viewer for Linux (Linux/Unix)
DXwin (Microsoft Windows)
Creo Parametric (Microsoft Windows)
Xmap (Microsoft Windows)
AutoCAD for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
AutoCAD WS for Android (Google Android)
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 13, 2017
The dxf file extension was used by Micrografx Picture Publisher version 8. The company was later acquired by Corel and the product line was discontinued some time after.
The .dxf files contain special effects.
It is not meant to be opened manually by the user.
Files with dxf extension are not convertable.
Micrografx Picture Publisher (Microsoft Windows)
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