Turn a DXF into clean vector SVG with layers kept as groups and curves kept as curves. For laser cutters, Inkscape and Illustrator, or a drawing you need to embed in a web page. Five conversions a day, free.
Output: SVG — scalable vector
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5 free conversions a day, no account needed. Create a free account for more and files up to 30 MB.
Working through the drawing. A large plan can take up to a minute.
Going the other way — an SVG you need as CAD geometry? See SVG to DXF.
Need a print sheet rather than a vector file? DXF to PDF plots black-on-white at 300 DPI.
DXF is the interchange format CAD programs agree on, which is exactly why nothing outside CAD reads it well. SVG is the vector format the rest of the software world already speaks — cutting software, browsers, design tools. Converting bridges the gap without flattening the drawing into pixels.
LightBurn, Glowforge and most vinyl cutters read SVG but ignore DXF version quirks entirely. If your DXF loads with missing entities in cutting software, going through SVG usually fixes it in one step.
Figma, Affinity Designer and Illustrator have no DXF importer worth using. SVG lands as editable paths, so a mechanical part can be dropped straight into a spec sheet or a product page.
An SVG stays sharp at any zoom and weighs a fraction of a PNG rendered large enough to read. For an interactive site plan or a parts diagram, SVG is the only sensible target.
DXF is decades old and every vendor wrote a slightly different dialect. The plot renderer reads what is actually in the file and emits clean, current SVG that anything modern opens.
SVG is a drawing format, not a CAD format. These are the things that have no SVG equivalent, listed so you find out here rather than after you have cut a sheet of material.
The reverse trip — turn vector artwork back into CAD geometry.
Same output, starting from a binary DWG instead.
Cutting on a CNC router? Skip SVG — real units, real cutter comp.
If the source was a photo or scan, resize or convert the image first at imageinseconds.com — free, browser-side, nothing uploaded.
Drop your .dxf file on the converter above. The output format is already fixed to SVG, so the file comes straight back as vector SVG ready to download. There is nothing to install and no account needed for five files a day. DWG input works on this same widget too, if that is what you happen to have.
Yes. Every DXF layer is emitted as its own SVG group element carrying the layer name, with the layer colour resolved from its ACI colour index to a hex stroke. That means you can still select, restyle or hide an entire layer in Inkscape or Illustrator after conversion, which is the single biggest reason to convert to SVG rather than to a raster image.
Proportions are exact, absolute scale is not guaranteed. SVG user units are not a physical dimension the way CAD units are, so a 100 mm part is drawn perfectly to proportion but its SVG units may not equal millimetres. Before you cut anything, import the SVG into your cutting software and check one known dimension against the original drawing. If you want dimensional certainty for a CNC router, skip SVG and export G-code from the DXF instead — the toolpath carries real units.
Yes. The renderer emits arcs, circles and ellipses as true vector geometry rather than approximating them with many short straight segments. That matters for cutting: a chorded circle leaves visible facets on the cut edge and inflates the file with thousands of redundant nodes.
Any of them. DXF has been around since the 1980s and every CAD vendor emits a slightly different flavour; the renderer reads the entities that are actually present rather than requiring a specific version header. Files exported from AutoCAD, LibreCAD, QCAD, SolidWorks, Fusion and older or more obscure packages all convert.
Five conversions a day are free with no account, up to 10 MB per file. A free account (no card) removes the daily limit and raises the cap to 30 MB. Your uploaded DXF and the SVG it produced are deleted immediately after the response is sent — neither is retained.
