Posted by paul.a on Feb 24, 2020; 8:10pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/file-dwg-wont-open-file-dxf-opens-but-can-t-see-on-the-screen-tp5718133p5718452.html

I'm new to this forum, but found this message.  I've just installed librecad on Ubuntu 18.04LTS to use some older architectural .dwg files.  No joy. This thread mentions the error that I am getting "Please check it's existence and permissions" and gives as answer "DWG import is experimental, may work or not."
Well, the file exists, and on the off-chance, I've chmod'ed all the .dwg files to 777

Is there a trick or recommendation? If not, is there another OpenSource Linux/Debian distro that can open .dwg files?

Thanks -- Paul