To convert a DWG to DXF for free, drop the .dwg on this page, sign in with the one-click link we email you (free account, no card) and download the DXF. CADdillo reads DWG from R11 through the 2018 format that AutoCAD 2018 and later save, files up to 30 MB, and writes a modern DXF every current CAD program opens: in the drawing’s own release where it can, otherwise as an R2000 DXF.
Convert a DWG to a clean modern DXF that every copy of AutoCAD opens. Reads DWG r11 through r2018. Drop one file in — no install, free account (no card), no watermark, and your drawing is deleted the moment it converts.
| AutoCAD release | DWG format | DXF you get |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 and later | AC1032 | R2018 DXF |
| 2013 to 2017 | AC1027 | R2013 or R2000 DXF |
| 2010 to 2012 | AC1024 | R2010, R2004 or R2000 DXF |
| 2007 to 2009 | AC1021 | R2007 or R2000 DXF |
| 2004 to 2006 | AC1018 | R2004 or R2000 DXF |
| 2000 to 2002 | AC1015 | R2000 DXF |
| R14 | AC1014 | R14 DXF |
| R13 | AC1012 | R13 DXF |
| R11 / R12 | AC1009 | R2000 DXF |
Where two releases are listed, most drawings come back in their own release; a drawing that cannot be written back in it is rebuilt as an R2000 DXF (R2004 when the drawing needs it). R11 and R12 drawings come back as R2000. Current CAD programs open all of these.
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Email sign-in required: files are converted on our servers, so we verify every user. One-click link, no password. We never sell your email to third parties. Create a free account (no card) to convert files up to 30 MB. How it works: drop your file, enter your email, click the link we send you, and your file opens converted, ready to download.
Reading the DWG and writing a clean modern DXF. This usually takes a few seconds.
What this drawing can become: open it in the free editor to measure, mark up and change it, ask Dillo Bot to edit it, or export it again as DWG, DXF, PDF, PNG, SVG or G-code.
Need to view a drawing without converting or uploading it? Open it in the free browser viewer — it parses DXF entirely on your machine.
Cutting the part on a CNC? Once you have the DXF you can export GRBL G-code from it — free, with real cutter compensation.
DWG is Autodesk’s binary format; DXF is the open interchange format every CAD program reads. Converting DWG to DXF frees the drawing from version-lock — open it in CADdillo, LibreCAD, BricsCAD, DraftSight or any AutoCAD.
Drawing arrived as a photo or scan instead of a DWG? Resize or convert the image first at imageinseconds.com — free, in the browser, nothing uploaded.
Drop your .dwg file on this page and CADdillo converts it to a clean modern DXF you can download. It reads DWG r11 through r2018 and returns a DXF that every version of AutoCAD, LibreCAD, BricsCAD and DraftSight opens. A single small file needs no software install.
The converter reads DWG from r11 all the way to r2018 and writes a modern DXF that every current CAD program opens. Older AutoCAD drawings, vendor files and archived plans all convert the same way.
Email sign-in required: files are converted on our servers, so we verify every user. One-click link, no password. We never sell your email to third parties. A free account (no card) converts files up to 30 MB each. Very large drawings (tens of thousands of entities) are better opened in the free DWG/DXF viewer, which streams geometry client-side without a size ceiling.
The conversion runs server-side to read the binary DWG format, and the uploaded file plus its converted output are deleted immediately after the response is returned — they are transient, not stored. For fully local, no-upload work, use the in-browser DWG/DXF viewer instead.
DXF is the open, text-based interchange format every CAD program reads and writes. Converting a DWG to DXF lets you open it in tools that do not read DWG natively — including CADdillo’s in-browser viewer and editor — and share it without version-lock headaches.
Yes. Once you have the DXF, open it in CADdillo and edit it with real drafting tools — or tell Dillo Bot what to change and let the engine draft it. Everything stays as editable CAD geometry on real layers.
No watermark, and no geometry changes. The conversion is a format transcode, not a redraw: entities, layers, blocks and text come across as they were, written into DXF instead of DWG. What you download is your drawing, not a stamped or degraded copy of it.
Genuinely free — not a trial and not a teaser. Converting needs a free account (no card) and handles files up to 30 MB. The converter is not the thing we sell; the editor is, and only if you decide you want it.
If a file fails to convert or display, we keep that one file privately so we can find and fix the cause. It is reviewed anonymously, with no name or email attached, never shared with or given to any third party, sold, or used to train AI, and deleted once the bug is fixed (within 30 days at most). Files that convert successfully are never kept.
