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Compare two DWG drawings - identify their differences.

A - answer If you need to compare two DWG files a find their differences - changed, erased and added geometry - you can use the free application Autodesk Design Review (see Download).

This tool employs the DWF/DWFx drawing format and its function "Compare Sheets" allows to highlight in color all differences in the geometry of both drawings.

The workflow of generating DWF from a drawing and comparing two schemes from AutoCAD P&ID is described in a video available in the CAD Video section - see AutoCAD video #12

P&ID-compare

or on the CAD Studio's YouTube channel:

ACADLTPIantDWGDWF
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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT · PIant · DWG · DWF/Design Review ·

See also:
Tip 13800:Visually compare 3D geometry in CAD and BIM files.
Tip 13683:Limitations of the LISP language (AutoLISP, VisualLISP) in AutoCAD LT - what to watch out for
Tip 13522:LookupXLS - populating DWG texts from Excel spreadsheets.
Tip 13459:DWG drawing version history directly in AutoCAD.
Tip 13082:PDF published from AutoCAD shows blurred lines.


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