If the specific version is required do a text string search of a u t o c a d (with spaces between characters) You may need to cycle through a few options. Refer to this table to find out what DWG version it is A question often asked is how I can find out what version of AutoCAD created it without installing a newer build of AutoCAD?Īn answer is to open the DWG file in Notepad and look in the first line of text. AutoCAD tends to update its DWG format every 3 or 4 releases which means sometimes users are unable to open an AutoCAD drawing that was created in a newer version.
