Difference between revisions of "Drawing (DWG)"
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The Drawing (DWG) file format developed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk Autodesk] is a proprietary file format and the native file format for a number of proprietary CAD systems. The [[Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)]] is usually a better alternative for free software as it has better support for virtually the same content. | The Drawing (DWG) file format developed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk Autodesk] is a proprietary file format and the native file format for a number of proprietary CAD systems. The [[Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)]] is usually a better alternative for free software as it has better support for virtually the same content. | ||
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There have been two efforts at making a free software library for reading/writing DWG. The most advanced of these is [[LibreDWG]]. | There have been two efforts at making a free software library for reading/writing DWG. The most advanced of these is [[LibreDWG]]. | ||
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The [https://www.opendesign.com Open Design Alliance] has a freely available proprietary [https://www.opendesign.com/guestfiles/oda_file_converter ODA File Converter] for converting between different versions of .dwg and .dxf | The [https://www.opendesign.com Open Design Alliance] has a freely available proprietary [https://www.opendesign.com/guestfiles/oda_file_converter ODA File Converter] for converting between different versions of .dwg and .dxf | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dwg DWG at Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dwg DWG at Wikipedia] | ||
* [[Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)]] | * [[Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)]] | ||
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Revision as of 18:35, 23 August 2020
The Drawing (DWG) file format developed by Autodesk is a proprietary file format and the native file format for a number of proprietary CAD systems. The Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) is usually a better alternative for free software as it has better support for virtually the same content.
Wikipedia has a good article about the DWG format and it's history.
DWG in FOSS Software
There have been two efforts at making a free software library for reading/writing DWG. The most advanced of these is LibreDWG.
You can read about the struggles of supporting DWG in free software in the libregraphicsworld article LibreDWG revived, starts getting regular releases
Free software known to support DWG is limited to FreeCAD from version 0.19. You can read the discussion in Let's talk about libredwg support.
The Open Design Alliance has a freely available proprietary ODA File Converter for converting between different versions of .dwg and .dxf
