alphabetical list of extensions

File extension .DXF

File description

Drawing exchange format (DXF) is a file format for graphic images. It has been developed by Autodesk. Since 1982, DXF went through many changes. DXF uses vector data format. Impending on the software generating the DXF file, it can be in an ASCII or a binary format. The only disadvantage of DXF is that it is unable to serve sufficient information to allow interoperability between and with other programs.

In the past
Autodesk issued the DXF specifications on its website for different version of DXF. Although, the earlier versions only supported ASCII format. As it was mentioned above, today they support binary format too.

Description of the problem

If you have on your computer a .DXF file that you cannot open, you are in exactly the same situation as thousands of other people who have similar problems with this or any other unknown file.

There may be several reasons why you cannot open the file with .DXF extension. Directly on this website you can find a solution of the most common problem with the .DXF file – that you do not have on your computer the appropriate program to open the file.

Solution

From the list below, select the appropriate program, install it and double click on the icon of a file that did not want to open - the problem with the .DXF file extension should be solved. However, if this does not happen, go back to the website to learn about other possible causes of the error, which have been described at the bottom of the website.

Category

CAD Files

Developer

Autodesk

Popularity

File name: Drawing Exchange Format File

Programs that will open this file:

Windows

ABViewer

Adobe Illustrator

Any DWF to DWG Converter

Any PDF to DWG Converter

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Blender

CadStd

CARTOMAP CAD

CIRDCAD

Corel Presentations

CorelCAD

Creo Parametric

DrawPlus

DWG DXF Sharp Viewer

DWGSee

DXwin

eDrawings Viewer

Free DWG Viewer

MapViewer

PRO Landscape

Pro/Engineer

Solid Edge

SolidWorks

Total GIS Converter

TurboCAD

VariCAD Viewer

Xmap

XnView

Mac OS

Adobe Illustrator

AutoCAD

AutoCAD WS

Cheetah3D

CorelCAD

Microspot DWG Viewer

PowerCADD

Linux

CADEMIA

LibreCAD

LX-Viewer

Android

AutoCAD WS for Android

DWGSee

iOS

Autocad WS for iOS

Remember!

The .DXF file extension can correspond to several not related file formats. If there is more than one file format with the .DXF extension, you will probably find most of them at this website. Remember that you need to download a program to support a particular file type. So first look through the entire contents of the website to select a program to support just the file you have.

Other possible reasons why your .DXF file does not want to open

In addition to the problem described above, i.e. the lack of the appropriate application to support the .DXF file, there may be several reasons that cause problems with opening and operation of the data format:

1. Incorrect version of the installed application

A quite common problem is the lack of application in the appropriate version. Even if you have an application, with the help of which you should open the .DXF file, you may have a problem with it because of its version. Perhaps in previous versions the application has not yet supported the .DXF file, so download the update and check again.

2. Incorrect .DXF file association with the program

If you have already installed the appropriate application, and it is the correct version, the file may not open correctly, because the operating system does not have information that this program supports the file. So you need to "show" which program the computer should use. To do this:

Right-click the .DXF file
Go to the "Open with" - then "Choose default program ..."
Locate the appropriate application
Click "OK"

3. The file is corrupt

It also happens that the file you want to open is corrupt and therefore there is no such possibility. In this situation, you should find its different version, or ask a person from whom you got, to send it again.