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This code should create a new DXF file for every new features contained in an attribute of a shapefile.

layer = QgsProject.instance().mapLayersByName('LAYER NAME')[0]
filename = 'FILE NAME'

objects = []


for l in layer.getFeatures():
    objects.append(l["ATTRIBUTE NAME"])


object = set(objects)


print(objects)
print(object)


for o in objects:
    layer.selectByExpression(""type"= {}".format(o))
    QgsVectorFileWriter.writeAsVectorFormat(layer, filename + o + '.dxf', 'utf-8', layer.crs(), driverName='DXF', onlySelected=True, skipAttributeCreation=True)

But the following error occurs (the dxf file is created on the computer, but it doesn’t contain any information) :

(5, "Creation of field ID failed (OGR error: DXF layer does not support arbitrary field creation, field 'ID' not created.)")

As mentioned in this post Export DXF from QGIS layer using PyQGIS?, if skipAttributeCreation=True is set, no error occurs, the dxf files are created but there’s no information…

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The problem is due to the "Select by Expression" line that gives nothing (None)...

for o in object:
    layer.selectByExpression('\"YOUR FIELD\"=\'%s\'' % o)
    QgsVectorFileWriter.writeAsVectorFormat(layer, filename + o + '.dxf', 'utf-8', layer.crs(), driverName='DXF', onlySelected=True, skipAttributeCreation=True)

These lines should work. Unfortunately, you have to keep skipAttributeCreation=True, I don't know why...

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