Yanni,
I know this post is old but try to save the .dxf in release 12 or 14 and that should do it, I tested all the other possible scenarios, 2000 on up and they acted as you described...
I created the autocad release 14 .dxf in Libre cad 2.02 on Linux, then open into windows 8.1 release 14 autocad. Worked fine..
Neal
PCLOS-LibreCad 2.02
Windows, 7 & 8.1, Librecad, 2.06