v.out.dxf(1grass)

✨ v.out.dxf 💅

okay bestie, so you know how you have a whole GRASS vector map and you wanna yeet it into the AutoCAD-verse? yeah. that's this. this is the glow-up portal. it's the v.out.dxf manual page from the GRASS User's Manual, and honestly it's giving "tiny tool, huge dreams" energy 💖

🌈 NAME 🌈

v.out.dxf — Exports vector map to DXF file format. periodt. that's the whole job, and it does it flawlessly 💅

🎀 KEYWORDS 🎀

vector, export, output, DXF

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

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🦋 Flags 🦋

• --overwrite — bestie this one lets your output files just bulldoze over existing files. no asking, no crying, just overwrite. iconic but use with intention 👑
• --help — prints the usage summary. the lil "what even is this" button 🫶
• --verbose — verbose module output. she's chatty, she tells you everything 🔥
• --quiet — quiet module output. she is silent. she is mysterious. she is ✨nothing✨ 💀
• --ui — forces the GUI dialog to pop up. graphic interface main character energy 🎀

🌸 Parameters 🌸

• input=name [required] — Name of input vector map. Or like… a data source for direct OGR access, if that's your vibe. you gotta give her something bestie, it's required 😭
• layer=string — Layer number or name ('-1' for all layers). here's the tea: a single vector map can be connected to multiple database tables, and this number determines which table to use. when you're rolling with direct OGR access, this is the layer name instead. Default: -1
• output=name [required] — Name for DXF output file. this is where the magic gets written, no cap ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

The GRASS program v.out.dxf conversion program generates an ASCII DXF (AutoCAD) file from a GRASS vector. wait that's literally the whole thing. lemme say it again with feeling: it takes your GRASS vector and spins it into an ASCII DXF (AutoCAD) file. 🧚

and where does it go? the output file is placed in the user's current working directory — unless the user specifies a full pathname for the output. so you can let it land right where you're standing, or you can send it somewhere specific. your call, bestie 🦋

📝 NOTES 📝

DXF files output by AutoCAD have the suffix .dxf. that's it, that's the note, lowkey obsessed with how simple that is 🎀

📚 REFERENCES 📚

• AutoCad DXF (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

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

(the round trip!! you can go out and back in, we love a full circle moment 🫶)

👑 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

legends. both of them. fr fr 💖

⭐ SOURCE CODE ⭐

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

Latest change: Friday May 09 14:33:40 2025 in commit: b356c7e108fcbeca77474c8e83ebec8f1e7b3e4a

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

© 2003-2026 GRASS Development Team, GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual

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okay that's the whole page bestie, every flag, every default, every author, every last crumb 💀✨ this was v.out.dxf from the GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual — and yes, the latest change was Friday May 09 14:33:40 2025, so she's fresh, she's current, she ate and left no crumbs. now go export something cute 🎀💖🌈