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The AutoCAD drafting software uses the DWG file extension to store full 2- and 3-D drawings and the DWF extension to store highly-compressed design data in vector form. Because of their smaller size, ...

The DWG format was originally designed by Mike Riddle in 1977 and licensed to AutoDesk Inc. in 1982 for creating two- and three-dimensional drawings. Although DWG is designed for AutoCAD, other ...