File formats used in design

[Anonymous]

What is the file formats used in design?

[essam-salah]

@Anonymous

what do you mean , more details plz

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

1. The best format is the native format of used programversion.

2. The fileformat you can see after you opened a file, in textscreen [F2]

 or

  Open the dwg/dxf with a texteditor, in the first two lines you find the formatversion as "ACnnnn" code.

For example, AC1032 is formatversion 2018.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/drawing-...

Or you need a plugin for windows to see the version in windows explorer and other programs

[beyoungjr]

Your question has a very broad answer.  You can find a very comprehensive list of CAD file formats by extension >here<.

The native AutoCAD file extension is .dwg but this database extension gets revised every few years.  You may choose a target version of the .dwg file to save when working with AutoCAD.

The Drafix extension .dxf that is also very common with AutoCAD is a very broadly used extension for sharing AutoCAD files with other application platforms.

If you are seeking more specific information please state the question more specifically.

Hope this helps,

Blaine

[beyoungjr]

Correction...

The .dxf file extension is not a format bound to Drafix, as I mistakenly wrote prior, but instead is fully native to AutoCAD since 1982.

See >here< for a brief history if interested.

Blaine