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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From: Nieminen Mika
Subject: Re: DWG File Format
Date: 20 Jun 1999 04:33:14
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.
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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From: Mark Wagner
Subject: Re: DWG File Format
Date: 25 Jun 1999 00:31:26
Message: <3773061e@news.povray.org>
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
net> 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