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hmahdavi
hmahdavi

Reputation: 2354

Why AutoCAD cannot open dwf files, directly?

I use AutoCAD 2015. When try to open dwf files with AutoCAD get error that

Can not find the specified drawing file. Please verify that the file exists.

I search in web and found this solution : I open in AutoCAD empty project and type in command dwfattach and press enter. One windows opened then I select my file and click ok.

In main windows request position that I set all to 0. I open layout windows and dwf file displayed.

I must do all this steps for all files.

I need a solution that open dwf files directly!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2687

Answers (1)

Jeff
Jeff

Reputation: 654

According to AutoDesk you cannot open a DWF file. Their website says:

AutoCAD, DWG TrueView, and Design Review do not have a conversion feature to change DWF files into DWG format. DWF/DWFx files are a "digital plot" file containing only low-intelligence entities. It is not intended for use as a drawing file exchange format and cannot be fully recovered or changed back to a standard drawing file.

AutoDesk has a process to convert a DWF file into a DWG file in this article:

How to convert DWF files to DWG format

Upvotes: 0

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