Does anyone know where I can find the specification for the AutoCAD DWG file
format?

Mark

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Mark Wagner wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know where I can find the specification for the AutoCAD DWG file
> format?
> 
> Mark

  It is my understanding the the makers of autocad jealously guard that
format type and refuse to make it public for economic reasons. There
are a few 3rd party utilities that will read a .dwg file but I think they
are a reversed engineering byproduct rather than an officially supported
product. You might take a look at my recently published bookmark file in
the announcement group for some autocad related sites. You may find a
pointer to the info you seek but I have never seen it published.

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Ken Tyler

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
:   It is my understanding the the makers of autocad jealously guard that
: format type and refuse to make it public for economic reasons. There
: are a few 3rd party utilities that will read a .dwg file but I think they
: are a reversed engineering byproduct rather than an officially supported
: product.

  If you would like to see one of these 3rd parties, see
http://www.opendwg.org/

  You can also download directly a documentation:
http://wotsit.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi?dwg13_14

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Nieminen Mika wrote in message <376ca74a@news.povray.org>...
>Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>:   It is my understanding the the makers of autocad jealously guard that
>: format type and refuse to make it public for economic reasons. There
>: are a few 3rd party utilities that will read a .dwg file but I think they
>: are a reversed engineering byproduct rather than an officially supported
>: product.
>
>  You can also download directly a documentation:
>http://wotsit.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi?dwg13_14

I downloaded a copy of the documentation, and I plan to have a basic
converter done sometime in the next few months.

Mark

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