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Convert DXF to GeoParquet

Free, in-browser conversion from DXF (.dxf) to GeoParquet. Drop a file below — the converted output downloads automatically. No account, no software install, no upload retention for direct conversions.

Or open the full viewer to preview on a 3D map first.

About DXF

DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) is the open ASCII variant of AutoCAD's drawing format. Civil engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects ship site plans and topographic surveys as DXF when sharing across tools. CAD coordinate systems are arbitrary — rooot viewer renders the geometry as-is on a globe centered at the origin if no georeference is present.

Typical producers: AutoCAD, BricsCAD, QGIS, OGR/GDAL, Rhino.
Typical consumers: AutoCAD, QGIS, GIS workflows, most CAD tools.

About GeoParquet

GeoParquet is the OGC-blessed extension to Apache Parquet that adds geometry columns (WKB-encoded by default) and a `geo` schema-metadata block. It is the format of choice for analytical pipelines — Athena, BigQuery, DuckDB, Polars, and Spark all read it directly.

Typical producers: DuckDB, GeoPandas, Sedona, BigQuery, Athena.
Typical consumers: DuckDB, GeoPandas, Polars, pyarrow, Sedona.

How to convert DXF to GeoParquet

  1. Drop your DXF file (.dxf) on the area above, or click to browse.
  2. The file is parsed server-side — geometries are normalised to a GeoJSON FeatureCollection internally, then written out as GeoParquet.
  3. The converted file downloads automatically. No retention; nothing is kept on the server.

Want to inspect the geometry before converting? Use the full 3D viewer instead — it renders the file on a MapLibre globe with toggleable layers, then lets you convert from the same toolbar.

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FAQ

Is the DXF to GeoParquet converter free?

Yes. rooot viewer is free and requires no account. There are no per-conversion charges.

Do I need to install software?

No. The conversion runs server-side, the result is delivered as a download. Works in any modern browser.

Are my files kept after conversion?

Direct conversions through this page (the form above) do not persist files at all — the bytes are parsed in memory and the result returned. Persistence only happens when you use the main viewer's Open in roooute button, and persisted files are deleted within 24 hours.

What is the maximum DXF file size?

50 MB per file.

Does the converter preserve attribute properties?

Yes — feature properties round-trip through the canonical GeoJSON intermediate. Schema differences between source and target formats may force lossy coercions (e.g. shapefile DBF column-name length limits), but rooot viewer applies sensible defaults.