Basic Concepts

The Basic Concepts section teach the intended meaning of DXF attributes and structures without teaching the application of this information or the specific implementation by ezdxf, if you are looking for more information about the ezdxf internals look at the Reference section or if you want to learn how to use ezdxf go to the Tutorials section and for the solution of specific problems go to the Howto section.

• What is DXF?
• DXF Entities and Objects
• AutoCAD Color Index (ACI)
• True Color
• Transparency
• Layers
• Linetypes
• Lineweights
• Coordinate Systems
• Object Coordinate System (OCS)
• DXF Units
• Modelspace
• Paperspace
• Blocks
• Layout Extents and Limits
• Font Resources