Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

ACAD

Reader/Writer

Both

Dataset Type

File

Licensing Level

Base

Dependencies

None

Feature Type

Layer name

Typical File Extensions

.dwg, .dxf

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

Yes

Coordinate System Support

Yes

See Coordinate System Information.

Generic Color Support

Yes

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type Attribute

autocad_entity

Encoding Support

Yes

DWG Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

no

circles

yes

circular arc

yes

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

yes

ellipses

yes

line

yes

none

no

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

yes

solid

yes

surface

yes

text

yes

z values

yes