| Extension | DWG |
| Full Name | Drawing |
| Type | CAD |
| Mime Type | application/octet-stream |
| Format | Binary |
A DWG file (also known as a Drawing file) is one of the older Computer Aided Design (CAD) formats and is primarily associated with Autodesk's AutoCAD application. The format started out as a format for storing 2D CAD drawings but has evolved to store other CAD-related data, including full 3D CAD models.
The format stores the core CAD data, such as points, lines, elevations, and other 2D and, in more recent versions, 3D modeling data, along with other important metadata related to the drawing. The DWG format is proprietary and is intended for use with the AutoCAD application only.
Although designed for the AutoCAD application, there are other 3D CAD and modeling applications that can open DWG files. As the format is proprietary and has been updated many times over the years, opening a DWG file with any application other than AutoCAD will be met with varying degrees of success.
| Extension | SVG |
| Full Name | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| Type | Vector |
| Mime Type | image/svg+xml |
| Format | Text |
SVG, or Scalable Vector Graphics, is a graphics file format commonly used by websites and the print industry as a means of representing 2D graphics, most notably icons and logos, in a scalable vector format independent of the user's screen resolution.
Unlike other popular bitmap formats, such as PNG or JPG, whose image quality decreases when the image is rendered at a larger size than its native dimensions, SVGs store the image data as a series of points, lines, and curves. This allows the image to scale to any resolution without loss of detail or pixelation.
SVG files are XML formatted, allowing them to be human-readable and extensible, as well as compact, making them ideal for usage on a website. As SVGs are a standard format used by websites, there is widespread support for opening and editing SVG files within most popular graphics editing software.
