Open DWG File

Excellent DWG viewer that is free to access and easy to install. Lets you zoom the file, magnify it and also rotate it. Comes with an animation view feature that helps you view the DWG files in animated formats. Helps you measure the DWG sheets and change the background color of the drawing sheets. This is a free online DWG viewer & editor, easy & fast to view and edit CAD drawings. DWG FastView is the comprehensive software to view & edit Autocad drawings in PC, mobile phone and web browsers. Browse a wide collection of AutoCAD Drawing Files, AutoCAD Sample Files, 2D & 3D Cad Blocks, Free DWG Files, House Space Planning, Architecture and Interiors Cad Details, Construction Cad Details, Design Ideas, Interior Design Inspiration Articles and unlimited Home Design Videos. ABOUT: These free files are mostly saved in an AutoCAD 2000 DWG format. So you can open them in whatever version of CAD software you have. They have been carefully screened and cleaned. Most blocks are on layer 0, byblock or bylayer and insert at 0,0,0. A PURGE and AUDIT has been run on each block. DWG TrueView is the official free DWG viewer software from AutoDesk which can be downloaded from their website. Aside from being able to view DWG drawings, DWG TrueView was for the conversion of DWG and DXF files into 3D DWF for quick markup and publishing.

DWG file extension is used to store files in DWG format. DWG file format was first introduced by Mike Riddle in 1970s and later was licensed by Autodesk Inc.. It became a default file format used by Autodesk and several other companies including IntelliCad, Caddie, DraftSight and Open Design Alliance compliant applications.

To quickly view what is inside DWG file there is no need to purchase a full featured Autodesk AutoCAD software. You can either use Autodesk DWG online viewer or download DWG TrueView. Autodesk DWG online viewer is available at https://viewer.autodesk.com/ - it can import DWG, STEP, RVT and Solidworks files and show it in your browser.

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You can download Autodesk DWG TrueView from https://www.autodesk.com/products/dwg. Autodesk DWG TrueView can open DWG file both on Windows 32-bit or 64-bit platforms and is available in English, French and Japanese.

If you want to view an AutoCAD drawing on your mobile device you can download AutoCAD mobile app which is available both for iOS and Android in Free and Premium versions. AutoCAD mobile only supports 2D drawings at this moment. For detailed comparison of the features of different mobile app subscriptions visit Autodesk mobile product comparison page.

Following file extensions are frequently used together with DWG:

.BAK: drawing backup file stored in DWG file format
.DWS: drawing standards file
.DWT: drawing template file
.SV$: temporary save file
.DWF: design web format file format was introduced by Autodesk to distribute AutoCAD data in a large groups and design projects in order to restrict access to intellectual project. Publishers of DWF files can selectively choose what parts of file to allow access to and which to restrict.
DXF: drawing exchange file format was created by Autodesk to facilitate data exchange between its software and third-party CAD software vendors. DXF implements limited subset of DWG format and not all details could be transferred using it.

Open DWG File on Windows OS

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Try double clicking on a DWG file in Windows File Explorer.
If the DWG compatible software is associated correctly then the file will open
If the file did not open you should install Autodesk AudoCAD
To open DWG file in Autodesk AutoCAD you need to launch it and then select File->Open... in the main menu
In the File Open dialog select DWG file and click 'Open'

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DWG files are transferred over e-mail or internet using following multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME) types:

application/acad
application/x-acad
application/autocad_dwg
image/x-dwg
application/dwg
application/x-dwg
application/x-autocad
image/vnd.dwg
drawing/dwg