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AutoDWG

CAD converters, viewers and developer SDKs for DWG, DXF, PDF and DGN files.

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AutoDWG provides desktop converter programs for moving files between PDF, DWG, DXF, DWF, DGN and image formats without AutoCAD. Its converter range includes PDF to DWG, DWG to PDF, DWG to SVG, DWG to DWF, DWF to DWG, DGN to DWG, DWG to image, raster to DWG and SVG to DXF, alongside a DWG DXF converter and an attribute extractor. Free online tools cover PDF to DWG, PDF to DXF, DWG to PDF, DWG to DXF, DXF to SVG and an online DWG viewer.

The DWGSee family adds a lightweight CAD program and viewer for viewing, measuring, marking up and printing DWG and DXF files; DWGSee Pro adds PDF publishing with layers, drawing and modification. DWGSee CAD is described as compatible with AutoCAD, and DWGSee is also available for Android. For developers, AutoDWG offers self-hosted COM/ActiveX SDKs for Windows, including DWGViewX, DWG2PDF-X, DWGDXF-X, DWG2DWF-X, DWG2Image-X, DWG2SVG-X, DWGCompare-X and Attribute-X, plus a cloud conversion REST API for DWG, DXF, PDF and SVG. The homepage notes lifetime licenses for DWGSee CAD and a DWGLock conversion server, but does not state pricing or plan structure.

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