DXF viewer
Open DXF drawings in your browser: layers, zoom, 3D wireframe and export to PDF or PNG. No CAD software, no account, and the file is never uploaded.
This tool does not upload your files. Close the tab and nothing is left behind.
Open DXF files in the browser
Why a supplier sends you DXF
DXF is what you get when a drawing has to travel between programs. A laser cutter's software, a CNC shop, a solar installer's site survey, a plotter bureau: they all read and write DXF because it is the format Autodesk publishes for exchange, while DWG is the house format. So the file in your inbox is often DXF precisely because the sender did not know what you run.
It opens here the same way a DWG does, through the same reader, with the same layer list and the same pan-and-zoom. Switch layers off to get rid of dimension text or hatching, and use 'Fit to screen' when a drawing arrives scattered in several clusters and the first view looks empty. If the file carries three-dimensional geometry, a 3D button appears and shows it as a wireframe you can spin.
Two limits are worth knowing. Older DXF files store their text in a regional code page rather than Unicode; the reader follows the code page recorded in the file, but text drawn with SHX shape fonts lives on the author's machine and is approximated with a substitute font. And this is a viewer only: it will export PDF or PNG, but it cannot save a DXF back out or convert a drawing to an older version.
How to use
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Pick a .dxf file — ASCII or binary, from any CAD program.
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Pan and zoom, and switch off layers you do not need.
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Save what you see as PNG or as a vector PDF.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the difference between DXF and DWG?
- DWG is AutoCAD's own format; DXF is the interchange format almost every CAD program can write. DXF is usually the safest thing to ask a supplier for, and both open here.
- Which DXF versions open?
- Both ASCII and binary DXF written by AutoCAD R13 and later, and by the many programs that follow that spec.
- Can I edit or save the file?
- No. This is a viewer: it reads the drawing, shows it and exports PDF or PNG. It cannot write DXF back out.
- My DXF has odd characters in the labels.
- Older files store text in a regional code page rather than Unicode. The reader follows the code page recorded in the file, which fixes most of it; text drawn with SHX shape fonts is a separate problem and falls back to a substitute font.
- Is a big DXF a problem?
- There is no size limit because nothing is uploaded, but a very large drawing takes longer to parse and uses your device's memory.