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See a DXF the way AutoCAD sees it — by layer
A DXF file is really a database: every line, circle, arc and piece of text is tagged with a layer, and the layer is what makes a drawing readable — dimensions on one layer, hatching on another, the actual outline on a third. This tool opens a DXF file, reads its layer table, and groups every entity under the layer it belongs to, so you can inspect the drawing the same way a CAD program would.
What it shows
Each layer gets its own row: its name, its colour (as declared in the DXF file), whether it's frozen, and how many entities sit on it. A toggle next to each layer hides or shows it in the preview canvas below — useful for checking whether a drawing still makes sense with the dimension layer or the construction lines turned off. A separate breakdown counts entities by type across the whole drawing — lines, arcs, circles, text, and so on.
The 2D preview
The canvas draws lines, polylines, circles, arcs, ellipses, points and text directly from the DXF geometry, flipped from DXF's Y-up coordinate system to the screen's Y-down one, and scaled to fit. It is a flat 2D read of the drawing, not a 3D model — DXF geometry has no third dimension to render here.
What this does not read
dxf-parser, the library behind this tool, understands the common DXF entity set — lines, polylines, circles, arcs, text, inserts, hatches and more — but not every exotic entity a CAD export can produce. When a drawing contains something outside that set, this tool says so plainly rather than pretending the drawing is complete, and lists exactly which entity types were skipped.
Privacy
The file never leaves your browser. Parsing, layer grouping and rendering all happen locally; nothing is uploaded anywhere.