Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)
DXF is Autodesk's documented interchange format for CAD drawings. It is the usual bridge from AutoCAD-compatible planning data into GIS; proprietary DWG is a different format and is not supported by GeoVerto.
- Best used for
- Importing survey, engineering, utility, architecture and planning drawings from CAD into a spatial workflow.
- GeoVerto support
- GeoVerto reads DXF as a source. It does not offer DXF as a target because ordinary GIS attributes have no safe, general mapping into that drawing format.
Coordinates without a CRS
A DXF contains drawing coordinates but does not reliably say whether they are WGS 84 degrees, UTM metres or a local engineering grid. GeoVerto therefore asks for the source CRS instead of guessing.
Layers instead of a GIS schema
Meaning in a CAD drawing often lives in layer names, colours and entity types rather than user-defined attribute columns. GeoVerto retains useful source properties such as layer and entity identifiers as attributes where the driver exposes them.
What may not survive GIS import
- Line weights, colours and CAD styles are presentation, not portable GIS data.
- Dimensions, hatches and block references may be expanded or omitted because they are drawing constructs rather than simple spatial features.
- Text can become an attribute rather than a rendered map label.
- Z coordinates can remain when source entities actually contain 3D coordinates.
Supported conversions
Convert from DXF
- Convert DXF to Shapefile — Move an exchange drawing into a conventional GIS format for spatial analysis and delivery.
- Convert DXF to GeoJSON — Prepare CAD drawing geometry for a browser map or JSON-based spatial pipeline.
- Convert DXF to KML — Place CAD points, lines and compatible areas into their real-world position in Google Earth.
- Convert DXF to GeoPackage — Use a modern single-file GIS container for CAD-derived data without Shapefile's sidecars and ten-character field limit.
Convert DXF now
Choose a verified English workflow for this format, with source checks before conversion and a clear download step.