Geometry
Lines, polylines (lightweight and classic), arcs, circles, ellipses, splines, points, solids and traces.
DXF viewer Open and view DXF files in your browser
DXF is the drawing format nearly every CAD program can write. Cadlite reads it right in your browser: the file is parsed on your own machine, not sent away for conversion.
What Cadlite reads from a DXF
The 2D entities a real drawing is made of, with their layers, colours and linetypes.
Annotation
Single-line text, multiline text and dimensions, drawn with the drawing's own styles.
Hatches
Area fills and hatch patterns, kept as hatches rather than exploded into loose lines.
Blocks
Block definitions and their inserts, with attributes - a door stays one door.
Multilines
Wall-style multilines, which many plans are drawn with.
Units
The drawing's insertion units, so a plan drawn in millimetres measures in millimetres.
From opening to sending it back
- 01
Open
Choose the DXF from your computer. It is read in the browser and saved to your account as a project.
- 02
Check and change
Measure, look through the layers, or edit it with the same commands you would use at a desk.
- 03
Export
Save it back out as DXF at no cost, as a PDF or PNG to hand over, or as DWG for somebody who needs that.
Questions about DXF files
Why is DXF read in the browser and DWG is not?
DXF is an open, documented format, so the browser can read it directly. DWG is closed, and needs converting on our servers first - see the DWG viewer page for how that works.
Is exporting to DXF free?
Yes, always. Exporting to DWG uses tokens based on the file's size, because it runs the same conversion in reverse.
What if part of my drawing is 3D?
Cadlite is a 2D editor. It is built for plans, sections, details and diagrams - the drawings that are 2D to begin with.
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