Computer-aided design (CAD) specialist Autodesk late last week reversed a long-standing policy and released free viewing software for its proprietary DWG file format, which has long been the standard ...

The DWG format was originally designed by Mike Riddle in 1977 and licensed to AutoDesk Inc. in 1982 for creating two- and three-dimensional drawings. Although DWG is designed for AutoCAD, other ...

The people have spoken and the message is clear: “We want CAD blocks, reference drawings in DWG format and templates of all kinds!” Well, feast your eyes on this latest discovery, www.linecad.com. The ...