
dwg filename extension) was the native file format for the Interact CAD package, developed by Mike Riddle in the late 1970s, and subsequently licensed by Autodesk in 1982 as the basis for AutoCAD.

sv$ (temporary automatic save) files are also DWG files.ĪutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2000i, AutoCAD 2002ĪutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2014, AutoCAD 2015, AutoCAD 2016, AutoCAD 2017ĪutoCAD 2018, AutoCAD 2019, AutoCAD 2020, AutoCAD 2021, AutoCAD 2022, AutoCAD 2023, AutoCAD 2024ĭWG (denoted by the. In addition, DWG is supported non-natively by many other CAD applications. It is the native format for several CAD packages including DraftSight, AutoCAD, BricsCAD, IntelliCAD (and its variants), Caddie and Open Design Alliance compliant applications. JSTOR ( October 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īutodesk, Open Design Alliance and othersĭWG (from drawing) is a proprietary binary file format used for storing two- and three- dimensional design data and metadata.

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