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DWG - DGN format converter.

If you need to convert drawings from the DWG format (AutoCAD) to the DGN format (Microstation), or vice-versa from DGN to DWG, you can use the CAD program AutoCAD.

Since version 2009, any AutoCAD variant (including AutoCAD LT) supports reading and writing DGN files - both in the new DGN V8 format and in the older DGN V7 format, both 2D and 3D. See the commands DGNIMPORT and DGNEXPORT. DGN files can be also directly referenced and underlaid in AutoCAD (without any conversion).

To translate CAD drawings, you can also try the export of "DWG" files (a data format closely related to Autodesk DWG) available in Microstation.

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT · DWG ·

See also:
Tip 9180:	CAD file formats supported in Autodesk Navisworks 2014.
Tip 8703:	File formats compatible with Autodesk BIM 360 Glue.
Tip 8549:	CAD file formats supported in Autodesk Navisworks 2013.
Tip 8460:	Unusual AutoCAD linetypes - from Microstation RSC files.
Tip 8248:	How to convert RFA format to DWG files for AutoCAD?

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