What is TrustedDWG™?

Developed by Autodesk, and comprising the core file format for AutoCAD® software and AutoCAD-based products, DWG™ technology is the original, efficient, and accurate way for storing design data created using AutoCAD and AutoCAD-based products. With DWG files circulating throughout virtually every design industry, DWG technology has made the DWG file format the world’s most commonly used design data format.

AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2008 software includes TrustedDWG™ functionality.  At the option of the user, the software will notify users when the DWG file they are opening was saved using an application that was not created by an Autodesk product or RealDWG licensee. This will help Autodesk support its users by identifying those files which Autodesk may not be able to support and by alerting the user that Autodesk cannot guarantee the integrity or compatibility of that DWG file with AutoCAD or any other Autodesk applications.  Much like functionality that allows Internet users to choose which files they download from the Internet, TrustedDWG™ does not itself repair defects, identify or correct integrity or compatibility concerns in the file that may exist but enables the AutoCAD user to choose whether or not to proceed to use DWG files that were not last saved by an Autodesk or RealDWG licensee product.  The TrustedDWG notification may be easily disabled by checking the box identified for that purpose.