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Is the DWG graphics file format a bitmap or vector?

Is the DWG graphics file format a bitmap format or a vector format? Or can it be either?

DWG wikipedia article

Solution

  • I'll restate what has already been written below, in layman's terms:

    DWG stores 3D geometry, not images. Geometry is described in terms of points, lines, polygons, etc.

    While a 2D vector image can also be described in terms of points, lines and polygons (aka "shapes"), a file format for 3D geometry is never used for storing 2D vector images.

    As for bitmaps, they are a completely different kettle of fish and DWG is definitely not related to that.

    Thanks for the suggestion to put this in an answer, Rob!