Welcome! This is the documentation for ezdxf release 0.16.1b1, last updated Apr 08, 2021.

Quick-Info¶

ezdxf is a Python package to create new DXF files and read/modify/write existing DXF files
the intended audience are developers
requires at least Python 3.7
OS independent
additional required packages: pyparsing
optional Cython implementation of some low level math classes
MIT-License
read/write/new support for DXF versions: R12, R2000, R2004, R2007, R2010, R2013 and R2018
additional read support for DXF versions R13/R14 (upgraded to R2000)
additional read support for older DXF versions than R12 (upgraded to R12)
read/write support for ASCII DXF and Binary DXF
preserves third-party DXF content

Included Extensions¶

drawing add-on to visualise and convert DXF files to images which can be saved to various formats such as png, pdf and svg
geo add-on to support the __geo_interface__
r12writer add-on to write basic DXF entities direct and fast into a DXF R12 file or stream
iterdxf add-on to iterate over entities of the modelspace of really big (> 5GB) DXF files which do not fit into memory
importer add-on to import entities, blocks and table entries from another DXF document
dxf2code add-on to generate Python code for DXF structures loaded from DXF documents as starting point for parametric DXF entity creation
acadctb add-on to read/write Plot Style Files (CTB/STB)
pycsg add-on for Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) modeling technique