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title: DXF
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<h4>Simple export</h4>

<p>
    Call <code><a href="/docs/api/modules/makerjs.exporter.html#todxf">makerjs.exporter.toDXF</a>(model)</code> passing your model. This function returns a string of DXF.
</p>

<p>
    If your drawing has layers with names that match the following reserved color names,
    paths on that layer will have a stroke color automatically:
    <br/>
    aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, green, gray, lime, maroon, navy, olive, orange, purple, red, silver, teal, white, yellow
</p>

<h4>Captions</h4>

<p>
    A <a href="/docs/intermediate-drawing/#Captions">caption</a> will inherit the <code>layerOptions</code> that are applied to its model's layer name unless overridden by the anchor layer.
</p>

<h4>Advanced options</h4>

<p>
    You may override the default export behavior by calling <code><a href="/docs/api/modules/makerjs.exporter.html#todxf">makerjs.exporter.toDXF</a>(model, options)</code> and passing an options object.
    The options object has these properties:

    <table>
        <tr>
            <th>property</th>
            <th>values / effects</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><a href="/docs/api/interfaces/makerjs.exporter.idxfrenderoptions.html#units">units</a></td>
            <td>
                <a href="/docs/api/index.html#unittype">Maker.js unit type</a> - unit system (default: extracted from drawing. If unit system is not in drawing or not passed, it will use DXF default of inches)
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><a href="/docs/api/interfaces/makerjs.exporter.idxfrenderoptions.html#fontsize">fontSize</a></td>
            <td>
                number - font size of captions (default: 9).  The font size is in the same unit system as the <code>units</code> property.
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><a href="/docs/api/interfaces/makerjs.exporter.idxfrenderoptions.html#layeroptions">layerOptions</a></td>
            <td>
                object map - keys are the layer names, values are an object with these properties:
                <table>
                    <tr>
                        <th>property</th>
                        <th>values</th>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td><a href="/docs/api/interfaces/makerjs.exporter.idxflayeroptions.html#color">color</a></td>
                        <td>
                            number - <a href="/docs/api/modules/makerjs.exporter.html#colors">Maker.js color</a>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td><a href="/docs/api/interfaces/makerjs.exporter.idxflayeroptions.html#fontsize">fontSize</a></td>
                        <td>
                            number - font size of captions.  The font size is in the same unit system as the <code>units</code> property.
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</p>