Object and Entity Codes
DXF Format
Group Codes in Numerical Order
Group codes define the type of the associated
value as an integer, a floating-point number, or a string, according
to the following table of group code ranges. For information about
abbreviations and formatting used in this table, see Formatting Conventions in This
Reference.
Group code value types
|
Code range
|
Group value type
|
0-9
|
String (with the introduction
of extended symbol names in AutoCAD 2000, the 255-character limit
has been increased to 2049 single-byte characters not including
the newline at the end of the line)
|
10-39
|
Double precision 3D point
value
|
40-59
|
Double-precision floating-point
value
|
60-79
|
16-bit integer value
|
90-99
|
32-bit integer value
|
100
|
String (255-character maximum;
less for Unicode strings)
|
102
|
String (255-character maximum;
less for Unicode strings)
|
105
|
String representing hexadecimal
(hex) handle value
|
110-119
|
Double precision floating-point
value
|
120-129
|
Double precision floating-point
value
|
130-139
|
Double precision floating-point
value
|
140-149
|
Double precision scalar floating-point
value
|
170-179
|
16-bit integer value
|
210-239
|
Double-precision floating-point
value
|
270-279
|
16-bit integer value
|
280-289
|
16-bit integer value
|
290-299
|
Boolean flag value
|
300-309
|
Arbitrary text string
|
310-319
|
String representing hex value
of binary chunk
|
320-329
|
String representing hex handle
value
|
330-369
|
String representing hex object
IDs
|
370-379
|
16-bit integer value
|
380-389
|
16-bit integer value
|
390-399
|
String representing hex handle
value
|
400-409
|
16-bit integer value
|
410-419
|
String
|
420-429
|
32-bit integer value
|
430-439
|
String
|
440-449
|
32-bit integer value
|
450-459
|
Long
|
460-469
|
Double-precision floating-point
value
|
470-479
|
String
|
999
|
Comment (string)
|
1000-1009
|
String (same limits as indicated
with 0-9 code range)
|
1010-1059
|
Double-precision floating-point
value
|
1060-1070
|
16-bit integer value
|
1071
|
32-bit integer value
|