DWG to PDF
Free online DWG to PDF converter. Convert DWG to PDF and get a sharp PDF, ready to print, share or send. Reads AutoCAD DWG drawings without AutoCAD. Runs in your browser: nothing uploaded, no sign-up.
Works with: AutoCAD · Fusion 360 · LibreCAD · QCAD · DraftSight
Drop several files at once to convert the whole folder in one pass. Got a different format? A PNG, JPG, HEIC, PDF, SVG or DXF still comes out as PDF.
× removes a colour and its shapes; click a swatch to change it. Every format follows.
- Runs in this tab
- No sign-up
- Full resolution out
Batch
Every file is traced on its own at its own resolution, with the settings in the panel. A file converted here comes out identical to the same file converted by itself.
Every format
Conversion settings
Machine output
Height follows the source aspect ratio.
Laser and Router follow the traced outlines. Engrave photo burns the picture itself, line by line, for photos and portraits.
Heat transfer vinyl is pressed face down, so it has to be cut mirrored. The second box is the overcut in millimetres: a drag knife starts each shape pointing the wrong way, and running past the start covers that stretch properly so the piece weeds out clean.
Beam or bit width. Left at zero the tool runs down the centre of the line, so a part finishes one tool width undersize. Set it and the path is offset by half, with holes offset the opposite way.
Holes before the part that holds them, so nothing comes loose while there is still cutting to do. Also shortens the travel between cuts.
See it on your product
Put this artwork on a 3D mug, tumbler, sign, phone case or canvas, turn it all the way round, or drop it onto a photograph of your own blank. The preview page has the product picker, the colours and the placement controls.
Open the preview and renderHow it works
Upload the drawing
Read in the browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Check units and extents
The checker reports what the file declares before you rely on it.
Export
Units are written into the output so the next program does not have to guess.
DWG to PDF converter: AutoCAD drawings as vector PDF
DWG to PDF here reads the AutoCAD drawing itself - lines, arcs, circles, polylines, text and layer colours - and writes them into the PDF as vector lines, so the drawing stays sharp however far you zoom.
This dwg to pdf converter reads DWG files saved by AutoCAD R13 through 2018 and later formats that keep the same structure. The page is sized to the drawing, at its real scale.
It works as a free autocad to pdf converter with no AutoCAD licence and nothing to install: the file is read in your browser and never uploaded, which matters for drawings under NDA.
To convert dwg to pdf, drop the file in, check the preview, and download. AutoCAD to PDF in one step, for sending a drawing to a client, a printer or a site team who do not have CAD.
How to convert DWG to PDF
- Drop in the .dwg file.
- Check the drawing in the preview: layers, colours and text.
- Download the PDF, with vector lines at the drawing's real size.
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Why it matters
Units survive the trip
The most common way a CAD interchange goes wrong is a file arriving with no declared units. Our DXF output always states them.
Extents reported, not assumed
The real drawing bounds are read from the geometry rather than trusted from a header that may be stale.
Entity types flagged
SPLINE, ELLIPSE, HATCH and TEXT are the entities that most often fail on import. They are reported before you find out at the machine.
Nothing uploaded
Client drawings stay on your machine, which matters when the work is under NDA.
Questions
Can you read DWG?
Yes, in your browser: AutoCAD R13 to 2018 files, with the exception of the 2007 format, which is refused with a message rather than misread. Lines, arcs, circles, polylines, splines, ellipses, blocks and layers are read; text and hatch fills are counted and reported but not drawn. DWG can be written too, as AutoCAD 2000, which every current CAD program opens.
What DXF version do you write?
R2000 by default, which current CAD and CAM packages read. R12 is available for older controllers.
Will my layers survive?
Layer names and colours are kept, and layers that were off or frozen stay that way. Blocks are exploded into their shapes; attributes and paper-space layouts are not carried across.
Reading on PDF and machine files
DWG to PDF: here, by hand, or on a server
| Veconvert | Illustrator, by hand | A paid vectorizer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Free preview; one file for $3.49 as a guest ($3.99 for technical files), $6.50 in bulk | $23 a month | $8–15 a month |
| How long it takes | Seconds | 30–60 minutes by hand | Seconds |
| Skill needed | None. Drop the file | You have to be able to draw | None |
| Where your file goes | Nowhere. It stays in this tab | Stays on your machine | Uploaded to a server |
| PDF with real units | Yes | Yes, with setup | Usually pixels |
| Machine files too | DXF, G-code, PLT, STL from the same trace | Separate export each time | Rarely |
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