Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CF2 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CF2 to another file type
To convert CF2 CAD files to another format, you need Esko ArtiosCAD or other Cad software.
Convert a file to CF2
To convert other file formats to the "Packaging Dieline Design" file type, you need software like Esko ArtiosCAD or a similar tool.
About CF2 files
The .CF2 file extension primarily represents a CFF2 (Common File Format version 2) file. It is an industry-standard data exchange format used for packaging dielines and die-cut designs. Structural designers use it to create folding carton and corrugated box blueprints. A secondary use is the Common Loudspeaker Format (CLF), utilized in audio engineering to map directional acoustic data. The .CF2 packaging format is highly specialized and often functions like a closed, proprietary format because standard vector software cannot interpret its specialized line types, such as crease, cut, and perforate rules. You typically need expensive, industry-specific software like Esko ArtiosCAD or Adobe Illustrator equipped with premium packaging plugins to open these files properly. Users frequently need to convert .CF2 to universal formats to share design proofs with clients or graphic designers who lack specialized CAD tools. The best conversion targets are DXF, DWG, or PDF. However, a major disadvantage is that converting to standard vector graphics usually strips away crucial 3D folding behaviors and exact material thickness data, flattening the blueprint into a simple 2D drawing. Standard online converters routinely fail to process .CF2 files because they lack the specific parsing libraries required to interpret the packaging coordinates or acoustic data arrays. Because it is so complex, often only the original software can properly read or export the exact design data. Our platform can inspect the file, display raw text or internal structures, and if a supported underlying format is detected, viewing or conversion may still be successfully completed.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CF2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CF2 file to PDF, DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT or X_T, you can use Esko ArtiosCAD or similar software from the "CAD Packaging Data Exchange" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to CF2, try Esko ArtiosCAD or another comparable tool in the "CAD Packaging Data Exchange" category.
The CF2 Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CF2 converter.