Converting .dxf files to jpegs

[cavermark]

Does anyone know of other software to convert dxf files to jpeg (or png or other more commonplace graphic file types)?
I use adobe acrobat but i'm wondering if there's anything that is free etc.
How do other non Therion people deal with the graphic output from pocket topo (eg. To overlay a survex centreline for drawing up).
Thanks

 

[PeteHall]

I use these for work.

http://anydwg.com/

Free* and very effective. Converting back to .dxf or .dwg sometimes causes scaling issues depending on how the original file was saved, but never had a problem going the other way. 

*edit: it used to be free, but batch size for converts was limited to 3, now it seems it is only free for a trial period of 30 goes. Still not bad though

 

[Bob Mehew]

http://www.irfanview.com/ is claimed by http://file.org/extension/dxf to be able to open .dxf files and thus you should be able to save to another format such as jpg.  HTH

 

[ChrisJC]

JPEG is a very bad choice for compressing 'line drawn' images. The output will be non-optimum and full of artifacts. You would be much better to use PNG or GIF.

Chris.

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Agreed, and quality is progressively reduced each time a jpg is resaved.

 

[mulucaver]

Does anyone know of other software to convert dxf files to jpeg (or png or other more commonplace graphic file types)?
I use adobe acrobat but i'm wondering if there's anything that is free etc.
How do other non Therion people deal with the graphic output from pocket topo (eg. To overlay a survex centreline for drawing up).
Thanks

Try this http://www.dxfconverter.org

 

[cavermark]

thanks all for info