How to see DXF

This is a simple help page to help you view DXF files on any computer. If you have a CAD program, likely it will be able to view dxf files. Otherwise you will have to download a program to do the viewing for you. The program we describe how to configure is called dxfview and it is jave based so it runs on almost all desktops. Here are the steps.
  1. Create a DXF file for testing. Use WebMaple to create a dxf file using the dxf mode and a maple command like: When prompted save the file as `sin.dxf' or whatever.
  2. You can download dxfview.jar from its home page
  3. Test it. At a unix or dos prompt type (replace sin.dxf with what name saved your test file in step 1.
  4. If it works you, you can skip this step. If it failed, then likely you do not have java installed. Java is a free program which you can get from Sun. After installing the correct Java for your platform. Try step 3 again.
  5. This step is optional, your can create a shell script or window's shortcut to run the command in step 3. And you can make your browser automatically run this script or shortcut when it gets a dxf file from WebMaple. The example below is for unix.