DXF cad file to jpg or gif or pdf

[Bill Weiler]

I have a design file I want to put on my website but I don't want to pay a lot for a converter for this one time use. Does anyone know of a free tool or service?

Bill W.

[michael gregg]

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I have used lx-viewer in the past.

It's a windows program, but here are rumors of somebody having compiled
it for linux.

http://lx-viewer.sourceforge.net/

[Michael]

Can you take a screen shot of it in your CAD software?  Or are you lacking the ability to open the DXF to begin with? Or do you need more pixels than that?

[anfederman@comcast]

I believe Google Sketchup(free version)  can be used to import dxf, 

 

http://softwaretopic.informer.com/import-dxf-to-sketchup-8/

 

and then print to PDF.

[Terry Slocum]

Have you looked at Autodesk TrueView and AutoCAD WS? They are free applications made for sharing DWG and DXF files for design reviews. I believe TrueView will convert to bitmaps.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=6703438&siteID=123112