Revisions to the DXF Reference

This topic lists the revisions to the DXF Reference from the last update to the R14 DXF Reference (version u14.1.04). The version number of this DXF Reference is u15.0.02. Any updates to this reference will be available from http://www.autodesk.com/techpubs/autocad/dxf/

General

• Code ranges 0-9 and 1000-1009 no longer have a 255 character limit. See "Group Code Value Types."
• New ranges: 370-379, 380-389, 390-399, 400-409, 410-419. See "Group Code Value Types."
• New ranges: 290-299, 370-379, 380-389, 390-399, 400-409, 410-419. See "Group Codes in Numerical Order."

HEADER Section

• New DXF header variables: CELWEIGHT, CEPSNID, CEPSNTYPE, DIMADEC, DIMALTRND, DIMATFIT, DIMAZIN, DIMDSEP, DIMFAC, DIMLDRBLK, DIMLUNIT, DIMLWD, DIMLWE, DIMTMOVE, ENDCAPS, EXTNAMES, FINGERPRINTGUID, HYPERLINKBASE, INSUNITS, JOINSTYLE, LWDISPLAY, PSTYLEMODE, PSVPSCALE, PUCSBASE, PUCSORGBACK, PUCSORGBOTTOM, PUCSORGFRONT, PUCSORGLEFT, PUCSORGRIGHT, PUCSORGTOP, PUCSORTHOREF, PUCSORTHOVIEW, TDUCREATE, TDUUPDATE, UCSBASE, UCSORGBACK, UCSORGBOTTOM, UCSORGFRONT, UCSORGLEFT, UCSORGBACK, UCSORGTOP, UCSORTHOREF, UCSORTHOVIEW, VERSIONGUID, XEDIT. See "HEADER Section Group Codes."
• The following system variables are no longer written to a DXF file: ATTDIA, ATTREQ, BLIPMODE, COORDS, DELOBJ, DIMFIT, DIMUNIT, DRAGMODE, HANDLING, OSMODE, PICKSTYLE

CLASSES Section

• New classes: ACDBDICTIONARYWDFLT, ACDBPLACEHOLDER, ARCALIGNEDTEXT, LAYOUT, PLOTSETTINGS, RTEXT, WIPEOUT, WIPEOUTVARIABLES. See "Default Class Values."

TABLES Section

• Common Symbol Table Group Codes: New code 330
• Common Group Codes for Symbol Table Entries: New code 330
• BLOCK_RECORD codes 340, 310, 1001, 1000, 1002, 1070.
• DIMSTYLE: New codes 148, 79, 179, 276, 277, 278, 279, 341, 342, 343, 344, 371, 372. Revised codes 5, 6, 7.
• LAYER codes 290, 370, 390.
• UCS codes 79, 146, 346, 71, 13, 23, 33.
• VIEW codes 281, 72, 110, 120, 130, 111, 121, 131, 112, 122, 132, 79, 146, 345, 346.
• VPORT code 281, 65, 110, 120, 130, 111, 121, 131, 112, 122, 132, 79, 146, 345, 346.

BLOCKS Section

• BLOCK codes 330, 4. Also, new model/paper space definitions.

ENTITIES Section

• Common Group Codes for Entities: New codes 330, 410, 92, 310
• New entities: ARCALIGNEDTEXT, RTEXT, WIPEOUT.
• ACAD_PROXY_ENTITY codes 95, 70.
• DIMENSION: Common Dimension Group Codes: codes 71, 72, 41, 42.
• MTEXT codes 73, 44. Also, possible xdata.
• VIEWPORT codes after code 69 replace the xdata codes used in previous releases.

OBJECTS Section

• Common Group Codes for Objects: New code 330.
• New objects: ACDBDICTIONARYWDFLT, ACDBPLACEHOLDER, LAYOUT, PLOTSETTINGS.
• ACAD_PROXY_OBJECT codes 95, 70.
• DICTIONARY codes 280, 281.
• XRECORD code 280.

THUMBNAIL Section

• New THUMBNAILIMAGE section.