How to convert AutoCad drawings to lower versions

For those who have to draw and design on a computer, AutoCad software is always an essential and important tool. And AutoCad constantly releases new versions to improve the quality, as well as meet the needs of richer users. However, the disadvantage of upgrading which version of AutoCad version will only create the cad drawing file of that life only.

For example, AutoCad 2007 will produce the .dwg 2007 drawing file, AutoCad 2016 for the 2016 version version file. So if you use the old version of AutoCad, it will be difficult to read the drawing file of the new version .dwg, but must Use the upgraded version software. If you want to switch to a lower version of .dwg file, you can use DWG Trueview software under the following article of Network Administration.

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Instructions for using DWG Trueview

Step 1:

We access the link below to download DWG Trueview software. You will be able to choose the 32-bit or 64-bit version to match the version of Windows you are using.

1. https://www.autodesk.com/products/dwg

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Step 2:

Next, the user selects the folder where the software installation file is stored on the computer.

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The DWG Trueview file extraction process will take place soon after to proceed with the software installation.

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Step 3:

Switch to the new interface and click the Install button to install the software on the computer.

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Click Accept to agree to the terms of the program.

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Then wait for the DWG Trueview installation to complete. The software has a capacity of over 600MB so the installation process will take place in a few minutes.

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Step 4:

Open the software and then click the Open files button to open the dwg file on your computer to view the drawing content if needed.

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Display the folder on your computer so you can locate the drawing file. Users can select multiple drawing files at the same time to open on the software.

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The Preview interface will display the preview content of the drawing.

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Step 5:

In the software user interface, press the DWG Convert button to proceed to convert the drawing file to the lower version.

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Display the new interface and click on the Add file icon . to add the drawing file to convert the version.

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Step 6:

Click on the drawing files you want to move to the lower version. In the interface that displays the file as shown below, on the right will be the dwg versions that the software provides to users. Click on the version you want to switch to .

By default the files after conversion will be overwritten with the original file. If the user wants to change, click the Convertion Setups .

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Show new interface click on Modify button . to change settings.

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Step 7:

At this interface, if the user does not want the new file to overwrite the original file, please select Folder (set offile) . Conversion file folder will be the place to change the folder to save the new file after the conversion.

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Finally click the Convert button to proceed with the conversion after the setup is complete.

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The conversion process is fast or slow depending on the number of drawing files that the user has selected.

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Step 8:

Open the drawing file folder and will see 2 files, one file directory with a Conversion.txt file reported. The new dwg file will be in the remaining directory. Depending on the computer, we can open through many subdirectories inside.

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File transfer drawings version will be as below.

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DWG Trueview supports converting drawing files to a lower version to be read on an older version of AutoCad. Please select the right drawing version to convert to that DWG Trueview provides.

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I wish you all success!