v.out.dxf(1)

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version 8.4.2 · 8 versions
, in fedora 44

💅 v.out.dxf — the GRASS GIS manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, welcome to v.out.dxf(1) — it's the GRASS GIS User's Manual page for the little tool that yeets your vector map straight into DXF format. let's get into it 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

v.out.dxf — exports vector map to DXF file format. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💖

🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

vector, export, output, DXF

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the vibe check, in code form:

v.out.dxf
v.out.dxf --help
v.out.dxf input=name  [layer=string]  output=name  [--overwrite]
[--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

🫶 FLAGS 🫶

  • --overwrite — let your output files just go ahead and bulldoze any existing files with the same name. no asking, no warning, she's confident 💅
  • --help — prints the usage summary, aka the "bestie explain" button
  • --verbose — verbose module output, she's telling you everything
  • --quiet — quiet module output, she's giving mysterious, silent, unbothered
  • --ui — force launches the GUI dialog, for when you want the pretty buttons instead of the terminal 🎀

🌈 PARAMETERS 🌈

  • input=name [required] — Name of input vector map. Or data source for direct OGR access. you gotta tell her what to read, she's not a mind reader 😭
  • layer=string — Layer number or name ('-1' for all layers). A single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables. This number determines which table to use. When used with direct OGR access this is the layer name. Default: -1. so like, one vector map can be linked to a bunch of database tables and this is how you pick your fave 💜
  • output=name [required] — Name for DXF output file. what she's gonna call the thing she makes ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The GRASS program v.out.dxf conversion program generates an ASCII DXF (AutoCAD) file from a GRASS vector. The output file is placed in the user's current working directory unless the user specifies a full pathname for the output.

so like, she reads your GRASS vector, she writes you an ASCII DXF for AutoCAD, and where does it land? your current working directory — unless you hand her a full pathname, in which case she'll put it exactly where you said. main character energy, honestly 👑

🔥 NOTES 🔥

DXF files output by AutoCAD have the suffix .dxf

noted. .dxf or it didn't happen 🍓

🦋 REFERENCES 🦋

AutoCad DXF (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • v.in.dxf
  • Introduction to GRASS vector map processing

the round trip!! v.in.dxf and v.out.dxf are literally the duo of all time 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Charles Ehlschlaeger, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, wrote original v.out.dxf program in 4/89.

Update to GRASS 5.7 Radim Blazek, 10/2004

shoutout to the OGs, fr fr 🙏

🧚 SOURCE CODE 🧚

Available at: v.out.dxf source code (history)

Accessed: Saturday Jan 17 05:41:27 2026

Main index | Vector index | Topics index | Keywords index | Graphical index | Full index

© 2003-2025 GRASS Development Team, GRASS GIS 8.4.2 Reference Manual

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 go forth and export your DXF, you're gonna eat, no cap. this was GRASS 8.4.2, v.out.dxf(1) — mwah 💅✨

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