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DWG Export for SolidWorks - AutoCAD DWG file export add-in for SolidWorks
DWG Export for SolidWorks
is an AutoCAD DWG file export add-in for SolidWorks®. This add-in
gives SolidWorks the ability to export 3D solid data from a SolidWorks
part and assembly document to 3d solids or meshes in an AutoCAD DWG
file.
DWG Export for SolidWorks reads the solid models from the current
SolidWorks part or assembly and writes them as 3d solids in an AutoCAD
DWG file. It can also tessellate the solid bodies into individual
triangular meshes. These meshes are then exported to a DWG file as 3D
Polyface Mesh, 3D Face, Line or Point objects.
DWG Export for SolidWorks is very easy to use. It adds new
commands to SolidWorks. Once installed, it automatically loads itself
into SolidWorks and adds a new submenu called "DWGExport" to the
SolidWorks menu containing these newly added commands.
DWG Export for
SolidWorks comes with detailed documentation for
each command as well as a tutorial
to get you started in the shortest possible time.
If you need any additional information please
contact SYCODE.
The DWG File Format
DWG is a format used for storing two and three dimensional design data
and metadata. It is the native format for the AutoCAD Computer Aided
Design package, as well as IntelliCAD (and its variants), and PowerCAD.
DWG is supported non-natively by several hundred other software
applications.
DWG (denoted by the .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. From 1982 to 2007, Autodesk created versions of AutoCAD which
wrote no less than 18 major variants of the DWG file format, none of
which it publicly documented.
The DWG format, has become a de facto standard for CAD drawing
interoperability. It has been estimated that there are in excess of two
to four billion DWG files in existence.
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