AutoCAD 2017 was just released today. One of the most common questions I get is “did Autodesk change the DWG file format version?”
Answer:
No, AutoCAD 2017 uses the same AutoCAD 2013 (AC1027) DWG format so you will not have any front and backwards compatibility issues. Never before has AutoCAD kept the same DWG file format for over four releases.
So with AutoCAD 2017 you can open all valid DWG files from the early1980’s AutoCAD version 2.x and up and can save DWG back to 1998 version DWG of AutoCAD R14.
It's like a time machine.
DWG Versions:
AC1027 AutoCAD 2013/2014/2015/2016/2017
AC1024 AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012
AC1021 AutoCAD 2007/2008/2009
AC1018 AutoCAD 2004/2005/2006
AC1015 AutoCAD 2000/2000i/2002
AC1014 Release 14
AC1012 Release 13
AC1009 Release 11/12
AC1006 Release 10
AC1004 Release 9
AC1003 Version 2.60
AC1002 Version 2.50
AC1001 Version 2.22
AC2.22 Version 2.22
AC2.21 Version 2.21
AC2.10 Version 2.10
AC1.50 Version 2.05
AC1.40 Version 1.40
AC1.2 Version 1.2
MC0.0 Version 1.0
Cheers,
Shaan
