2D CAD & DXF Editor

Using 2D CAD & DXF Editor

A free 2D CAD program in your browser for opening, checking and editing DXF drawings when you don’t have AutoCAD or your CAD software won’t start. Open a DXF from a client, a laser cutter or a supplier, hide and colour layers, measure distances and areas, draw and edit geometry with object snaps and typed coordinates, add dimensions and text, then save a DXF or export an SVG, a PDF at a true scale or a PNG.

1. Open a .dxf with the Open button or drag it onto the drawing; use Fit (Z) to see the whole drawing. Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag with the middle button (or the hand tool) to pan.
2. Pick a tool on the left or type its short command: L line, PL polyline, REC rectangle, C circle, A arc, T text, DIM dimension, MEA measure.
3. Click points on the drawing (snaps show endpoints, midpoints, centres and intersections) or type coordinates: 10,20 absolute, @5,0 relative, 50<30 for a length and angle, or just a length in the cursor direction.
4. Select objects by clicking or dragging a box, then edit their sizes in Properties, drag their grips, or use M move, CO copy, RO rotate, SC scale and MI mirror.
5. Organise layers in the Layers tab, then save a DXF or export SVG, PNG or a PDF at fit-to-page or a scale such as 1:10.

Example

A laser shop sends a DXF of a mounting plate: open it, click the large hole to read its diameter (40 mm), measure the hole spacing with MEA (130 mm) and export a 1:1 PDF to check against the real part.
To draw a 50 × 30 rectangle starting at 0,0: type REC, Enter, 0,0, Enter, then @50,30 and Enter.

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