The name is taken from an abbreviation of ‘DraWinG’. Although DWG is a proprietary file format, it is supported by much of the software in the CAD ecosystem including those not developed by Autodesk. The DWG file format is architectured by Autodesk – makers of AutoCAD. In order to edit these original drawings in their CAD software they must convert their file to a CAD file format i.e. This CAD software could be AutoCAD, Vectorworks, ArchiCAD, Solidworks, CATIA or any other CAD application. In some cases, these original drawings could even be in a physical format, such as a paper architectural floorplan.Ĭommonly, engineers, designers and draftspeople may need to edit these drawings in their CAD software. Source formats could include raster images such as JPG, BMP, TIF, and even PDF files, which can uniquely contain both raster and vector imagery.
Technical drawings – whether they be architectural plans, electrical schematics, GIS maps, fire safety plans, aerospace drawings, or any other such drawings – can often arrive in an array of different file formats.
4.13 Converting Matterport floorplans to DWG.Which file formats can be converted to DWG?
