AutoCAD® 2002 - Autodesk

Drawing Interchange File
Formats
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This appendix describes the various file formats
In this chapter
AutoCAD ® uses to interchange drawing data with other
applications. The formats presented are Drawing
Interchange File (DXF), binary DXF, Slide (SLD), and
the Slide Library (SLB) file formats.
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ASCII DXF Files
Binary DXF Files
Slide Files
Slide Library Files
DXF files can be either ASCII or binary formats. Because
ASCII DXF files are more common than the binary
format, the term DXF file is used to refer to ASCII DXF
files and the term binary DXF file is used for the binary
format.
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