DXF Group Codes
General DXF Conventions
Group Code Ranges

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.

Group code ranges
Code range Group value type

0-9

String (255 characters maximum; less for Unicode strings)

10-59

Double precision 3D point

60-79

16-bit integer value

90-99

32-bit integer value

100

String (255 characters maximum; less for Unicode strings)

102

String (255 characters maximum; less for Unicode strings)

105

String representing hexadecimal (hex) handle value

140-147

Double precision scalar floating-point value

170-175

16-bit integer value

280-289

8-bit integer 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

999

Comment (string)

1000-1009

String (255 characters maximum; less for Unicode strings)

1010-1059

Floating-point value

1060-1070

16-bit integer value

1071

32-bit integer value