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Asked: 2026-05-26T13:29:38+00:00

I would like to extract the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and some properties like name

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I would like to extract the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and some properties like name and colour of Autocad files. I may do this from a Java program.

From Autocad, which is the right format to export to so I can programmatically parse the file, look for objects and get their properties? (coordinates, name, colour…)

I know Autocad DWG format is a propietary binary file that changes its format every 3 years, so I need to find a file format to export to that allow me to read it easily.

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  1. Editorial Team

    DXF is what you’re looking for. It’s a documented format for drawing exchange in plain text.

    http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/acad_dxf0.pdf

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