Tutorials/Guide/Files and exchange

PDF, SVG and DXF

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PDF

File › Sheets as PDF writes every sheet as a page of one vector PDF, with hatches, dimensions, notes in their real fonts and shaded views. Ready to print or send.

SVG

File › This view or sheet as SVG writes the drawing or sheet in the area you last worked in:

  • a sheet, at its paper size;
  • a plan, section or elevation, at its scale.

SVG opens in Inkscape, Illustrator, Affinity and web browsers, for presentation work.

DXF and SVG title blocks

File › Sheet templates… › Import DXF or SVG… brings in your own title block or sheet frame from a CAD drawing. Any {name} in its text becomes a field. See Sheets and title blocks.

Note: CreaBIM doesn't write DXF yet. To get drawings into a DXF-only program, export SVG or PDF, or the model as IFC.