Some days ago I mentioned that Open Design Alliance supports DWG 2007. Now it seems to be used by SolidWorks an ODA member. The beta for DWGgateway that works for AutoCAD 2007 can be downloaded. Notice that this link must be used to get the beta.
According to their email:
DWGgateway 3.0 (beta) now works with AutoCAD 2007
If you’re an AutoCAD® user who occasionally has issues sharing files with colleagues, DWGgateway™ can make your life easier than ever now that it reads files created with AutoCAD 2007 and converts older AutoCAD file formats to 2007 format
Try DWGgateway 3.0 beta
Use DWGgateway to:
* Open files from any version of AutoCAD.
* Create Adobe PDF documents.
* Eliminate the need to upgrade your AutoCAD licenses.
Notice the following. When I installed the software and started ADT 2007 I got a dialog box forcing me to activate the product using name, email, title and country.
It still forces me for example to plot both the model and the layout to PDF even though I just want the layout. It uses the saved page setup and does not use the AutoCAD plot interface.
Uninstalling DWGgateway does not clean up fully from CUI. The menu and toolbar show up as unresolved.
For some DWGgateway can be useful no doubt. But if you want PDF files I recommend CutePDF instead and if you want to convert between different DWG versions I recommend DWG TrueConvert 2007.
Here is what I said about DWGgateway almost a year ago.
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ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
Hello,
I don't understand exaclty your post :
Dwggateway is a plug in of Autocad : the v2007 works INSIDE Autocad. So, it uses the native functions of Autocad...
It should be a great news if DwgGateway 2007 works inside Autocad 2006 !!
From Open design, i can't see any new information about v2007 since May 2006... (no new files in members files )
If you have any thing about dwg2007, I am interested.
Patrick
September 04, 2006
JTB World said...
Actually it does not use native AutoCAD functions. The thing is that it can be installed for AutoCAD 2006 and older versions and still save to 2007 DWG format.
September 05, 2006