Export to DXF and DWG

DXF is a standard data format developed by Autodesk for exchanging drawings between different CAD programs.

Online Conversion

A free online converter from SXE to DXF is available at https://gallery.proficad.com/tools/proficad-autocad.aspx (in ProfiCAD, use Help - Converter to DXF).

Export Directly from the Program

Available in the commercial version only. Go to Outputs - Export to DXF or DWG to export the current document. A dialog appears where you choose the output location.

You can convert a larger number of drawings to DXF or DWG in batch mode from the command line with the P2A.exe program.

The procedure:

  1. Open the command prompt.
  2. Go to the folder where the program is installed (probably C:\Program Files\ProfiCAD\).
  3. Go to the "lib" subfolder.
  4. Run the command:
    for /r "location_of_the_drawings" %g in (*.sxe) do P2A.exe "%g" dxf
    For example, if the drawings you want to convert are in the folder "h:\test", the command looks like this:
    for /r "h:\test\" %g in (*.sxe) do P2A.exe "%g" dxf
  5. The command converts all drawings in the path including subfolders. Each converted file is saved next to the original drawing, with the same name and the .dxf extension.

To convert to DWG, write dwg instead of dxf.

If you put the command in a batch file (.bat), double the percent sign: write %%g instead of %g.

Full syntax: P2A.exe <drawing.sxe> <dxf|dwg> [output file] [log file]. If you specify an output file, the folder you save it to must already exist.

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