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Hi guys,

does anyone know if / when the DWG format changes in AutoCAD 2018 will be supported in FME? Will it be in FME 2018.0 or is it in 2017.1?

There's some brief info about the format changes on the AutoCAD website here

 

"There are no specific changes that you need to make to use your existing
drawing files with the latest release, but you might need to save any
new drawing files that you create to an earlier drawing file format to
exchange or use them in a previous release."

The current FME documentation states that there is support for "reading and writing AutoCAD file versions up to and including 2013"

Cheers

Batesy

 

Hi @batesy. Development is targeting FME 2018 to support AutoCAD 2018.

Good stuff, thanks Natalie!

From AnnabelleAtSafe

"I'm pleased to announce that AutoCAD (ACAD) and Civil 3D version 2018 files are supported in FME 2018.0 betas from build 18191 and later. You will be able to find these this and later builds containing this format support on our downloads page. Thank you for the opportunity to improve FME!" ref: any updates for civil 3d 2018?

If you want to DWG read files created with AutoCAD 2018:

  • using the REALDWG format, you will need FME 2017.1.1 or higher
  • using the ACAD format, you will need FME 2018.0 or higher

Or In AutoCAD 2018, automatically save files in 2013 DWG format using: (setenv "DefaultFormatForSave" "60")
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Changing-the-default-file-save-format-in-AutoCAD.html

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