Extract text from Daz, CAD, or FoxPro files (DFX)
To convert DFX files to another format, you need Microsoft Visual FoxPro or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "FoxPro Database Document" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visual FoxPro or a similar tool.
The .DFX file extension is highly fragmented and used by multiple unrelated applications. Most commonly, it acts as a database document or report generated by the legacy Microsoft Visual FoxPro. Alternatively, it is used by Daz Studio as a D-Former file (which is internally ZIP-compressed) to store 3D mesh deformation data. In rarer cases, it serves as an Unreal Engine sound effects package for older games like Duke Nukem Forever, a demolition script file for Thinkbox Deadline, or an obsolete Drafix CAD file.
Because .DFX files belong to discontinued or highly specialized software, they are difficult to manage. FoxPro requires a legacy environment to run properly, meaning its database reports cannot be easily opened on modern operating systems. Daz Studio .DFX files are strictly tied to the Daz ecosystem and cannot be imported directly into other 3D modeling tools without exporting from the native software first.
To make the data usable, FoxPro .DFX reports should be exported or converted to PDF, CSV, or XLSX. Daz D-Former files are typically applied within Daz Studio and then exported to standard 3D formats like OBJ or FBX. Unreal Engine sound packages require specialized extraction tools to pull the raw WAV or OGG audio files.
This file format is exceptionally difficult to convert because the same .dfx extension is shared by completely different, closed, and proprietary data structures. Standard online converters fail because they cannot guess which proprietary engine is needed. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, inspect the file, and view its text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format (like a ZIP archive or raw audio), viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DFX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DXF, JPG, PNG, DWG, SVG, AI, ZIP, RUL, PDF and P83 files.
If you want to convert DFX file to DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT, X_T or X_B, you can use Microsoft Visual FoxPro or similar software from the "Database Report & 3D Deformation" 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 DFX, try Microsoft Visual FoxPro or another comparable tool in the "Database Report & 3D Deformation" category.
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 DFX converter.