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DWG Import for SolidWorks is an AutoCAD DWG file import add-in for
SolidWorks®. It gives SolidWorks the ability to import solid objects
from AutoCAD DWG files as solids models in SolidWorks.
DWG Import for SolidWorks has the ability to read 3d solid
geometric data such as ACIS 3d solids, bodies and regions in an AutoCAD
DWG file and create corresponding 3d solid models in an SolidWorks part
document. This add-in supports DWG files upto the latest version of
AutoCAD.
DWG Import 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 "DWGImport" to the
SolidWorks menu containing these newly added commands.
DWG Import for SolidWorks comes with detailed documentation 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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