DXF

Abk. für 'Drawing Exchange Format'.

Ursprünglich proprietäres Speicher- und Austauschformat von AutoCAD. Für den Austausch ist Version 12 empfohlen.

Software

GIS:

• OpenJUMP (Java, Open Source) - DXF plugin, AutoCAD ver 8 to 14/2002. difficulties to open big DXF files.
• OrbisCAD - Open source data editor written in Java. It can open DWG, DXF, DGN, Shape files and PostGIS and save them as Shape file or PostGIS.

Konverter:

• Lx-Viewer (C, Open Source), dxf/dwg viewer (Linux/Windows), saves files to up to 2002 dwg/dxf version.
• DXF2SHP.EXE - from Spatial Order, Command line for Windows or DOS to convert DXF to SHP
• OGR