Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)
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.
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.DXF: Drawing Exchange Format
.DOC: Document file (ASCII or Microsoft Word)
.DLG: Digital Line Graph ...
DXF (Drawing eXchange Format) - The digital file format for exchanging data between AutoCAD and other graphics data processing software packages. It has now become the industry standard for graphics file exchange between CAD and GIS applications.
AutoCAD (.dwg)
Drawing Exchange File (.dxf)
7. ESRI® Software Formats
ARC/INFO (Coverages, Shapefiles, GeoDatabase, etc.)
ArcCAD
ArcView
PC ARC/INFO
Interchange Files (.E00) ...
dxf - Drawing exchange file
e00 - ARC/INFO export file
ecw - ER Mapper Enhanced Compressed Wavelet
eps - Encapsulated PostScript
ers - ER Mapper raster file format
exe - DOS/Windows executable file ...
The two systems had only one common exchange format for unattributed line and polygon data: the AutoCAD(TM) (Autodesk Inc.) Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) (Autodesk 1993). Exchange of other data is limited to column-formatted text files.
Elevations, given in an AutoCAD DXF (Drawing eXchange File) as 3D contour lines,
Land cover (CORINE), given in ESRI Shape file
As, Zn, etc. measurements at sample points as an ascii file
location of pit-heaps ...
AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk[citation needed] for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs.
A CAD feature dataset is comprised of five read-only feature classes: points, polylines, polygons, multipatch and annotation. ArcGIS supported formats include DWG (AutoCAD), DXF (AutoDesk Drawing Exchange Format), ...
 See also: DXF, AutoCAD, Software, Feature, Information
  
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