# DXF import failure

<span style="font-size: 16px;">Symptoms:</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">DXF file import is unsuccessful. Error message "DXF linework import has failed: Object reference not set to an instance of an object" when importing DXF into T3D.</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">![](https://docs.t3rra.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/sr1lfvbhc11lfq-yglhp1gkjnfb5rvornw-png.png)</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">Cause:</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">DWG saved as R12/LT2 DXF.</span>

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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Solutions:</span>

<span style="font-size: 16px;">DWG saved as 2013 DXF. </span>