topic Converting DWF to a drawing file in AutoCAD Forum

Converting DWF to a drawing file

lbellino4 — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 20:52:50 GMT

Hello.

Are we able to convert DWF files to a DWG file in AutoCAD? Or is this still not a possibility? I'm currently using ACAD 2022, 64bit. Thanks in advance.

Re: Converting DWF to a drawing file

pendean — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 20:55:16 GMT

Nothing built-in does that, sorry. There are some interesting workarounds posted on the web, which have you had a chance to try so far https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+convert+dwf+to+dwg

Re: Converting DWF to a drawing file

lbellino4 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:19:28 GMT

Unfortunately, this link did not work for me. AutoCAD 2022 version that I'm working on does not provide a DWF option when doing a save as. But when reaching out to Autodesk support, they said to download Design Review to do this, and can't seem to figure how to when I open this software. So if you know how to use this software for what I'm trying to accomplish, please let me know. But I also tried doing what it says at this link: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/how-to-convert-dwf-files-to-dwg-format.html

And get an error message that I've attached. So I'm still trying to figure out how to do this.

Re: Converting DWF to a drawing file

cadffm — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:39:08 GMT

>>"And get an error message that I've attached. "

That's is a problem with this .dwf or your Installation.

Autodesks Rasterdesign: Plot to PDF,

in ACAD: PDFIMPORT

works if all is fine

Or try one of the DWF2DWG convert tools which you will find by your favorite search engine

Re: Converting DWF to a drawing file

lbellino4 — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:41:25 GMT

Sorry for the delay in responding, but in my case where I'm trying to convert a DWF of a 3D model, converting it to a drawing is impossible at this time. Apparently, 2D is an option, but not 3D from researching this. I've sent feedback to Autodesk hoping that they update this. Thanks for the help.

Re: Converting DWF to a drawing file

pverteourisb&m — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:40:12 GMT

I know this is an old topic but for those still struggling to convert DWF to DWG there is a workaround. Download CELLBIM's plugin https://apps.autodesk.com/NAVIS/en/Detail/Index?id=514523720351006496&appLang=en&os=Win64 for Navisworks and export the DWF file to IFC. Once installed ensure your Navisworks model is in millimeters before using CELLBIM to export. Then install Blender which can be found here https://www.blender.org/download/releases/4-2/ once installed click on 'File' menu then 'New IFC project' then select 'New Metric project'. Then select 'File' menu again and select 'Import' then IFC. Let it import as it might take some time depending on size of IFC. Once completed then select 'File' menu again and select 'Export' to DXF. Make sure on the next window you deselect 'Only Selected' before exporting DXF. Once exported, open in AutoCad and then save as a DWG. If this works for you please accept as a solution, thank you.