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Re: Reading an autocad dwg file



On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 01:17:10PM IST, Antonio Rodriguez 
<arodriguez31@cfl.rr.com> incoherently babbled:

> What tool could I use to read a dwg autocad file?

Afaik, you can't work directy with dwg files under Linux, since dwg 
is a propriatary AudoDesk file format.


The best you can do is convert it to a DXF either in AutoCAD itself or
using a stand alone convertor.


Take a look at http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_doc_faq.html for details 

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