AutoCAD DWG
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DWG is the proprietary file format of AutoCAD AutoCAD. Developed by Autodesk Autodesk over 25 years ago, and comprising the core file format for AutoCAD software and AutoCAD-based products, DWG technology is the format used for storing design data created using AutoCAD and AutoCAD-based products. Autodesk owns, develops, and iterates the DWG file format. The DWG usually changes about every few years, as Autodesk adds new features to AutoCAD.
The DWG format, along with its ASCII variant, DXF, has since become the de facto standard file format for CAD drawing exchange; it has been estimated that there are over one billion DWG files in existence. Several companies exist that reverse-engineer the DWG file format, in an attempt to provide DWG read and write capabilities from other design programs. Autodesk also offers its DWG read/write technology for license, in a developr toolkit called "RealDWG."
New versions of AutoCAD will open many older variants of DWG - AutoCAD 2007 will open versions of DWG back to 2.0; and will save back to version r14. Autodesk also offers a free DWG viewer, "DWG TrueView" to view DWG fies, of any version.
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[edit] Software which supports DWG
[edit] CAD programs
- BricsCad
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk Inventor
- Autodesk Revit
- Microstation
- IntelliCAD
- ArchiCAD
- PowerCAD
- TurboCAD
- Fastcad
- VectorWorks
