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| File extension | .dwg |
| Category | CAD File |
| Description | The .dwg file extension stands for drawing. One of the oldest file types, it was initially conceived in the 1970s for use with the early Computer Aided Design (CAD) devices for 2D and 3D drawings. The DWG format is licensed to Autodesk for their AutoCAD application which is the de facto standard for CAD drawings. Autodesk have robustly resisted attempts to reverse engineer the DWG format by other freeware applications building watermark protection into certain versions. The DWG files created by CAD applications are used industrially by architects, engineers and designers. |
| Actions | DWG to TIFF - Convert file now View other cad file formats |
| Technical Details | A .DWG file is a binary file that contains vector image data and metadata. The vector image data provides instructions to the CAD application about how to display the DWG on screen. The metadata may contain a variety of information on the file including location specific data and also client data. Files created using AutoCAD 14 also have a file verification checksum included, which validates that the file was created using AutoCAD. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Illustrator AutoCAD Autodesk DWG TrueView CorelCAD |
| Developed by | Autodesk |
| MIME type | application/acad application/x-acad application/autocad_dwg image/x-dwg application/dwg application/x-dwg application/x-autocad image/vnd.dwg drawing/dwg |
| Useful links | DWG File Format Specification More Information on DWG Files Autodesk DWG TrueView (To View) DWG Converter |
| File extension | .tiff |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | Tiff was originally created by a company called Aldus, and is now owned by Adobe systems, it is a file format for storing images, including line art and photographs. It was created due to the popularity of scanners and was thought-up to become the standard scanned image file format. It is a popular format for high-colour-depth images and it has also been adapted to accommodate greyscale images. |
| Actions | TIFF Converter View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | A TIFF file is made up of many different blocks which define the palette data or the LZW-compressed body among other things. The byte order is either Motorola or Intel depending on the first word. if it is MM, then you have Motorola byte ordering and likewise if it is II it means you have Intel byte ordering. Each TIFF file begins with an image file header which then points to an image file directory which contains the image data and image information. |
| Associated programs | CyberLink PowerDVD InterVideo WinDVD VideoLAN VLC Media Player Windows Media Player |
| Developed by | Aldus, Adobe Systems |
| MIME type | image/tiff image/x-tga |
| Useful links | More information about what a TIFF file is How can you open a TIFF file ? TIFF Converter |
Convert DWG file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert DWG files to a variety of other formats
- dwg to bmp (Windows bitmap)
- dwg to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- dwg to jpg (JPEG compliant image)
- dwg to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- dwg to png (Portable Network Graphic)
- dwg to tiff (Tagged image file format)
