DXF Viewer
Open a DXF drawing in your browser and see where it sits on a real map: every line, polyline, circle, block and text label, with its CAD layer. No AutoCAD, no signup, and the file never leaves your device.
Most CAD drawings are in meters or feet: pick their system so they land in the right place.
Drop your DXF file to view it
or click to browse · also opens KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoJSON, Shapefile (.zip), DXF, GeoPackage, CSV and Excel
Free and private: your file is opened in your browser and never uploaded. Need to convert instead?
How to open a DXF file online
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Choose the coordinate system
Pick the drawing's system above the drop box: a UTM zone, an EPSG code (for example a state plane), or leave it on auto for drawings already in latitude/longitude.
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Drop your .dxf
Drag the file onto the box or click to browse. If the coordinates don't look like latitude/longitude, the viewer asks for the system and reopens the file.
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Check it on the map
Click any entity to see its CAD layer and type, and use the attribute table below the map to review the drawing's contents.
What is a DXF file?
DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) is AutoCAD's open format for sharing CAD drawings. Site plans, survey drawings, utility layouts and subdivision plats are often handed over as DXF, because almost every CAD and GIS program can read it.
A CAD viewer shows the drawing on a blank canvas. This viewer places it on a map instead, so you can check that a site plan lands on the right parcel or that a survey lines up with the streets around it. Most survey drawings use projected coordinates (meters or feet in a UTM zone or a state plane), so you tell the viewer which coordinate system the drawing uses.
- Draws points, lines, polylines, circles, arcs, ellipses, splines, solids and text, and expands block references (nested up to 6 levels). Each feature keeps its CAD layer and entity type.
- Hatches, dimensions and other annotation-only entities aren't drawn. DWG files aren't supported: save the drawing as DXF in your CAD program first.
- Drawings in local coordinates (a site grid not tied to any real-world system) can't be placed on a map.
DXF viewer — FAQ
- How do I open a DXF file without AutoCAD?
- Drop it into the viewer above. It reads the drawing in your browser and shows its lines, shapes, blocks and text on a map, with each feature's CAD layer. Nothing to install.
- Why does the viewer ask for a coordinate system?
- Most survey and site drawings store coordinates in meters or feet in a projected system, such as a UTM zone or a US state plane, not latitude/longitude. Pick the system the drawing was made in (often written on the drawing or in its title block) and the viewer reprojects it onto the map.
- My drawing lands in the wrong place. What's wrong?
- Usually the coordinate system. Try the UTM zone or state-plane EPSG code the drawing was surveyed in. If the drawing uses a local site grid with no real-world reference, it can't be placed on a map.
- Can I open DWG files?
- No. DWG is AutoCAD's closed binary format. Save or export the drawing as DXF (any version) in your CAD program, then open the DXF here.
- Is my DXF uploaded anywhere?
- No. The drawing is read and reprojected entirely in your browser; nothing is sent to a server.
- Can I convert a DXF to KML or a Shapefile?
- Yes. After opening it, use the convert links below the map, for example DXF to KML for Google Earth, or DXF to Shapefile or GeoJSON for GIS.