DXF is what CAD programs, sign and engraving software, and many laser and CNC controllers
import. This page turns the drawing of an EZCAD2 .ezd project into a DXF, so a part you only
have as an EZCAD job can be measured, edited or reused elsewhere.
How to convert EZD to DXF
- Upload the
.ezdfile; Convert to is preset to DXF. - Under More options, pick where the drawing should go (see below).
- Check the preview, then download the DXF.
What the DXF contains
The file is AutoCAD 2000 format (AC1015) in millimetres, which practically every program reads.
- One DXF layer per pen and use, named like the layers in LightBurn ("Pen 0", "Pen 0 hatch"), coloured like the EZCAD pen.
- Outlines as polylines. Curves and arcs are converted to fine polylines that stay within 0.01 mm of the original shape, so they open the same way everywhere.
- Hatched shapes are written as their outlines on the hatch layer. To get the hatch itself, choose Exact hatch lines: every line EZCAD computed is then in the DXF.
- Text, barcodes and QR codes are outlines, exactly as EZCAD drew them.
Where the drawing goes
EZCAD measures from the centre of the lens field. The default moves the drawing by half the field size, so it lands at the same place in a galvo field whose 0,0 is a corner, as in LightBurn. You can instead keep EZCAD's own coordinates, with 0,0 at the centre, which is handy for comparing with the numbers EZCAD shows, or move the design's bottom-left corner to 0,0.
What is left out
Pictures are not part of a DXF made of outlines; use the SVG or LightBurn file for them. Laser settings (power, speed, frequency) have no place in a DXF either: the layer names tell you which pen each layer came from, and the result page lists every pen's settings.
More about what this tool reads and writes: EZCAD .ezd & .ez3 to LightBurn, SVG & DXF Converter.