JavaScript DXF writer

Simple DXF writer.

Installing

npm install dxf-writer

Node.js example

const Drawing = require('dxf-writer');
const fs = require('fs');

let d = new Drawing();

d.setUnits('Decimeters');
d.drawText(10, 0, 10, 0, 'Hello World'); // draw text in the default layer named "0"
d.addLayer('l_green', Drawing.ACI.GREEN, 'CONTINUOUS');
d.setActiveLayer('l_green');
d.drawText(20, -70, 10, 0, 'go green!');

//or fluent
d.addLayer('l_yellow', Drawing.ACI.YELLOW, 'DOTTED')
 .setActiveLayer('l_yellow')
 .drawCircle(50, -30, 25);

fs.writeFileSync(__filename + '.dxf', d.toDxfString());

Example preview in the LibreCAD:

Browser examples

• demo

• editor

Supported entities:

• arc
• circle
• line
• point
• polyline
• polyline 3D
• text
• 3DFace

Supported colors:

• red
• green
• cyan
• blue
• magenta
• white

Supported units:

• Unitless
• Inches
• Feet
• Miles
• Millimeters
• Centimeters
• Meters
• Kilometers
• Microinches
• Mils
• Yards
• Angstroms
• Nanometers
• Microns
• Decimeters
• Decameters
• Hectometers
• Gigameters
• Astronomical units
• Light years
• Parsecs

Line types

3 line type out of the box (CONTINUOUS, DASHED, DOTTED) with the ability to add a custom line type.

let d = new Drawing();
d.addLineType('DASHDOT', '_ . _ ', [0.5, -0.5, 0.0, -0.5]);