Spur gear with a keyed bore
4.72 × 4.72 in · DXF
A 24-tooth spur gear, 120 mm across, with a keyed bore and four lightening holes: every arc is written as a true arc and the four holes as true circles.
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Six SVG to DXF Examples to Try
Six original SVG files we drew in code for this page, each converted from SVG to DXF here: a gear, a living hinge, a three-color coaster, a house sign, a badge saved the Illustrator way and a snowflake ornament. Every card shows the DXF it makes. Open one to load the same file.
Coaster to cut, engrave and score
3.94 × 3.94 in · DXF
A 100 mm round coaster in three colors, red to cut, a black fill to engrave and blue score lines: one layer per color, so laser software gives each its own settings.
Club badge from Illustrator
4 × 4 in · DXF
Saved the way Illustrator writes SVG, with CSS classes, an artboard clip and 72 px per inch: it comes out at 4 in (101.6 mm), the size it was drawn, every shape exact.
Living-hinge box lid
7.87 × 4.72 in · DXF
A 200 × 120 mm lid panel for a laser-cut box, all in red cut lines: the hinge slots stay open lines, cut along their center.
House number sign
11.81 × 4.72 in · DXF
"27 Maple Lane" on a 300 × 120 mm sign: the lettering is traced to clean outlines, ready to cut at size.
Snowflake ornament
3.54 × 3.94 in · DXF
One arm repeated six times by rotation, 90 × 100 mm with a hanging hole: every arc stays a true arc through each turn.
Spur gear with a keyed bore
4.72 × 4.72 in · DXF
A 24-tooth spur gear, 120 mm across, with a keyed bore and four lightening holes: every arc is written as a true arc and the four holes as true circles.
House number sign
11.81 × 4.72 in · DXF
"27 Maple Lane" on a 300 × 120 mm sign: the lettering is traced to clean outlines, ready to cut at size.
Living-hinge box lid
7.87 × 4.72 in · DXF
A 200 × 120 mm lid panel for a laser-cut box, all in red cut lines: the hinge slots stay open lines, cut along their center.
Club badge from Illustrator
4 × 4 in · DXF
Saved the way Illustrator writes SVG, with CSS classes, an artboard clip and 72 px per inch: it comes out at 4 in (101.6 mm), the size it was drawn, every shape exact.
Coaster to cut, engrave and score
3.94 × 3.94 in · DXF
A 100 mm round coaster in three colors, red to cut, a black fill to engrave and blue score lines: one layer per color, so laser software gives each its own settings.
Snowflake ornament
3.54 × 3.94 in · DXF
One arm repeated six times by rotation, 90 × 100 mm with a hanging hole: every arc stays a true arc through each turn.
How to Convert SVG to DXF in 3 Steps
Add your files, check the size and the layers, download. The preview draws each DXF file itself before you save it.
Drop up to 50 SVG files or paste SVG code. Each file is read right in your browser, never uploaded, and opens at the real size saved in it.
Choose mm or inches, keep the Real size or Set the width, and pick Layers by color, Layers as in the file, Cut and engrave layers or One layer.
Click a file to see its DXF, zoom in and pan around, then download each DXF or every file in one ZIP.
What This SVG to DXF Converter Does Best
Six strengths that turn an SVG into a DXF file your laser, CNC router or CAD program opens at the right size, with nothing to redraw.
Real size, in mm or inches
When you convert SVG to DXF here, a file with mm, cm, in, pt or pc on its width and height comes out at exactly that size. A file measured in px is read at 96 px per inch, the web standard, at 72 when it was made in Illustrator and at 90 when it comes from an older Inkscape, all found automatically; Pixel size sets 96, 72 or 90 by hand. Set the width scales the design to the exact width you type. The DXF writes its unit, millimeters or inches, in the header, so CAD and laser software open it at that size. This club badge came out at 4 in, the size it was drawn.
True arcs and circles
Circles and circular arcs in your SVG are written as true DXF circles and arcs, exactly as drawn. Every other curve, Bézier or ellipse, becomes arcs within 0.01 mm, so a router or a laser head moves smoothly and the file stays small. The DXF holds arcs and lines only, with no SPLINE or ELLIPSE entities, the ones many CAM programs read badly. For short straight lines in place of arcs, choose Straight lines only. This gear's arcs came out as true arcs and its holes as true circles.
Layers by color, by file or by process
Layers by color, the default, gives each color its own layer, named like C01_1F3A68 and carrying its own AutoCAD color number, so laser software such as LightBurn sets power and speed per color. Layers as in the file keeps your Inkscape layers or top-level groups. Cut and engrave layers puts filled shapes on ENGRAVE and lines on CUT, and One layer puts everything together. This coaster's red cut, black engraving and blue score lines came out as three layers.
Text and clipped parts, ready to cut
Text is drawn and traced to outlines within about 0.03 mm, so the DXF holds clean letter shapes rather than TEXT entities at the wrong height; Leave text out removes it. For exact letter shapes, convert the text to outlines in your design program first. A clip that holds the whole artwork, like a design program's artboard, changes nothing and the geometry stays exact, while a clip that cuts into shapes, and a mask, are drawn and traced. The lettering on this house sign came out as clean outlines.
A note on every file, and a clean DXF
Each file's row says its size, its shape and layer counts, how its size was read, what was traced, which lines are cut on their center line, how many lines are open and what was left out. The file is AutoCAD R12 ASCII DXF, the version the widest range of software reads: every outline a closed polyline, duplicates and zero-length pieces removed, inner shapes before outer ones and the drawing at 0,0, checked in LibreCAD and Inkscape. This hinge panel's note counts its open hinge lines.
Many files at once, in your browser
Convert up to 50 SVG files to DXF in one go, or paste SVG code, and download each DXF or all of them in one ZIP. Everything runs in your browser, so files are never uploaded, with no sign-up and no watermark. CSS classes, style rules, inline styles, transforms, use and symbol elements, nested SVGs and gradients are all read, and a gradient takes its first color. Click any file to see the DXF itself, drawn from the written file, and zoom and pan to check the details. Drop all six examples at once and they come back as one ZIP.
SVG to DXF Guide: Units, Curves, Layers and Cutting
How an SVG becomes a DXF: the difference between the two, size and units, strokes and fills, text and clips, layers for laser software, and opening the file.
SVG vs DXF: what changes
SVG and DXF are both vector files, made of shapes rather than pixels. SVG is a web and design format, read by browsers, Illustrator, Inkscape and Cricut Design Space. DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) is the CAD format that laser cutters, CNC routers, plasma and waterjet tables and CAD programs share, with units, and with layers that machines sort their work by. To convert SVG to DXF, this converter reads every shape in the file as geometry, applies its transforms and styles, and writes it as lines, arcs and circles at real size. Your shapes go across exactly; only text and parts cut by a clip or a mask are drawn and traced, within about 0.03 mm.
Size and units: mm, inches and px
A DXF stores numbers, and its unit decides what they mean: when a program reads millimeters as inches, a part comes in 25.4 times too big or too small. This SVG to DXF converter writes the unit in the header, millimeters or inches, and draws everything at 1:1. The size comes from the SVG's width and height, where mm, cm, in, pt and pc give it directly. Pixels have no real size of their own, so a file in px is read at 96 px per inch, the web standard; Illustrator counts 72 and older Inkscape versions 90, and both are recognized automatically. Pick Pixel size to set it yourself, or Set the width to give the design an exact width.
Fills, strokes and open lines
A filled shape is cut along its edge, and so is a filled shape with a stroke. A shape drawn only with a stroke, such as a red hairline in a laser file, is cut along its center line: open lines stay open and the stroke width isn't added, so a score line or a hinge slot stays a single line. Each file's note counts the lines cut on their center line and the open lines, which cutting software runs as lines. CSS classes, style rules, inline styles, transforms, use and symbol elements, nested SVGs and gradients are all read, and a gradient takes its first color.
Text, clip paths and pictures
When you convert an SVG to DXF here, its text is drawn and traced to outlines within about 0.03 mm, so it cuts in the font and at the size you see; Leave text out removes it. For exact letter shapes, convert the text to outlines in your design program before you export the SVG. A clip path that holds the whole artwork, as a design program's artboard does, changes nothing, and the geometry stays exact. A clip that cuts into shapes, and a mask, are drawn and traced like text. Pictures inside the SVG and effects such as shadows and blurs aren't lines, so the DXF holds the shapes themselves.
Layers for laser software
Laser software sorts its work by color: each color gets its own power, speed and order, for example a cut, a score and an engraving. When you convert SVG to DXF with Layers by color, every color becomes its own DXF layer, named from its place and HEX code like C01_1F3A68 and given its own AutoCAD color number, so the colors stay apart when you import the file into LightBurn or xTool Creative Space. Layers as in the file keeps the layers you named in Inkscape, or the top-level groups. Cut and engrave layers puts filled shapes on ENGRAVE and lines on CUT, and One layer puts everything on one.
Opening the DXF in CAD, laser and CNC software
Every file from this SVG to DXF converter is AutoCAD R12 ASCII DXF, the version the widest range of CAD, laser and CNC software reads, with every outline a closed polyline and the drawing at 0,0. AutoCAD, LibreCAD and QCAD open it directly in its saved unit, and in Fusion you insert the DXF into a sketch. Laser software such as LightBurn and xTool Creative Space imports it with its layers. In Inkscape, choose Read from file as the scaling method in the DXF import dialog. After you import, measure one length you know, the quick check every workshop makes. Need a DWG? Open the DXF in your CAD program and save it as DWG.
What People Make with SVG to DXF
Four kinds of work where SVG to DXF takes a design to a machine or into a CAD drawing.
Laser cutting and engraving
Boxes, signs, coasters and ornaments in wood or acrylic, with cut, score and engrave each on its own layer.
CNC routing
Gears, brackets, signs and inlays at real size, with true arcs a router follows smoothly.
Plasma and waterjet
Metal parts and wall art as closed outlines and true circles for the torch or the jet.
CAD drawings
A logo or an outline in AutoCAD, Fusion, LibreCAD or QCAD, in millimeters or inches, ready to dimension.
SVG to DXF FAQ
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