Vector Image File Formats DXF

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 supports all current variations of the DXF format (versions 2.6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) with the following entities:

• 3DFACE
• 3DSOLID
• ARC
• ATTDEF
• ATTRIB
• CIRCLE
• DIMENSION
• ELLIPSE
• INSERT
• LEADER
• LINE
• LWPOLYLINE
• MTEXT
• POINT
• POLYLINE
• SEQEND
• SOLID
• SPLINE
• TEXT
• TOLERANCE
• TRACE
• VERTEX

LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging can load any of the DXF files as either vector images or raster images. Users can load a DXF file, and save it to any of file formats supported by LEADTOOLS.

This file format is not supported in the non-vector toolkits. Read support and write support for this format are provided in theLEADTOOLS Vector toolkits.

LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging also supports the ability to save a vector image as a DXF within a TIFF.

For DXF files, you can read and write (Vector toolkits only ) the following bits per pixel: 8

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Pricing Structure

Product	Price	Purchase	Try
LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro	$1995		Free Trial