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Alok Kapoor

May 01, 2018; 7:39am

Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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I am a new member of the forum. Recently I downloaded LibreCAD as an alternative to AutoCAD. I have Auttrue oCAD True View on my computer. I am unable to either convert the .dwg files to .dwf and even if I do, the AutoCAD True Viewer does not allow LibreCAD to open the file. What should I do?

LordOfBikes

May 02, 2018; 8:01am

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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Welcome Alok Kapoor,

from your statements it is not clear what your problem is. Can you clarify this please.

The DWG support in LibreCAD is marginal, there may be issues opening DWG files in LibreCAD.
Even if you can open a DWG file in LibreCAD you can save it only in DXF format.
DWF is a format not supported in LibreCAD.
True View is only a viewer, it doesn't convert formats or let you modify drawings as far as I know.

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Alok Kapoor

May 03, 2018; 8:32am

RE: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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Thanks a lot Armin. Is there a way I can convert the .dwg drawings in to DXF format?

Is there any other substitute for Autocad which can open .dwg files and allow editing and does not cost that much?

Thanks and Regards

Alok Kapoor

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dellus

May 03, 2018; 12:24pm

RE: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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To convert and then use LibreCAD, you may try the Teigha - file converter. Google for it. It seems they don't provide a free version anymore, but maybe it still works.
Or, as a full system, try Draftsight. It's not open source, but they provide a free version. It's more complex than LibreCAD. You can use it as a converter only by opening and saving again as dxf.
LibreCAD supports dxf only up to version 2007, to be safe also use ASCI type.
LibreCAD only supports 2-D drawings.

demetrio

Feb 25, 2019; 10:20am

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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If you are not able to open autocad using LibreCAD, then you can go with Total CAD Converter tool introduced by COOLUTIL company. This tool is easy to use and if you are noob just like me, you can use their video tutorial to how to open autocad files using this tool.

davecoventry

Mar 30, 2020; 6:55am

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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I notice that the version of libreCAD in the Ubuntu repo (which is 2.1.3) can open DWG files.

The version in github (libreCAD_3 - not sure where to find the version numbering) does not.

~Dave

renatops

Apr 19, 2021; 10:51pm

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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I have a libreCad version is 2.1.3, installed in a linux Mint, and it do not open a DWG file. Do anyone knows how to solve the problem?

aman

Apr 20, 2021; 3:33pm

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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Welcome renatops!

Please read the whole thread!

Lexy

Apr 24, 2021; 2:36pm

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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I used this website and ik worked, https://cloudconvert.com/dwg-to-dxf

g16688

May 10, 2023; 1:29am

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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Hola a la comunidad. Doy mi pequeño granito de arena para los que tengan problemas con los archivos dwg. Lo que a mí más me funcionó es usar el conversor de oda desing y luego tienen una carpeta de entrada donde se encuentran los archivos que quieren convertir y una carpeta de salida con los archivos convertidos. Acá viene lo más importante y lo que me dió mayor compatibilidad con archivos dwg 2018 pasarlos a dxf r12 y no 2007. se ven perfectamente en ese formato en librecad. Espero que le sirva a alguien y ayude a ser libres de formatos y softwares para trabajar y estudiar. Saludos

easydawg2024

Jan 26, 2024; 3:58am

Re: Opening autocad drawings in LibreCAD

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Wow after tearing up the internet looking at ODA File Converter and everything else that did not work the Cloud Converter did the deed in less than one minute! No sign up or registration, just BAAM!

Thank you!

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