If your design contains an unsupported entity, a warning will be displayed. 2d DXF files have to be opened in the normal LayoutEditor window.
DXF in the LayoutEditorĭXF is supported in the normal 2d and 3d LayoutEditor. The DXF fileformat can handle a large variety of different elements.
Therefore the DXF was introduced (Drawing exchange format) as standard ASCII text files to store the vector data of the drawing. AutoCAD's native file format is DWG (Drawing) and so couldn't be opened by other CAD programs. AutoCAD DXF is a file format, developed by Autodesk, which enables other CAD programs to open AutoCAD drawings.