# Import any dwg or dxf from autocad problems

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-any-dwg-or-dxf-from-autocad-problems/23643>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-any-dwg-or-dxf-from-autocad-problems/23643 "2023-01-18T16:22:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coffeliten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@Coffeliten](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Coffeliten)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-any-dwg-or-dxf-from-autocad-problems/23643/1 "2023-01-18T16:22:45Z")

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Have the premium version on iPad Pro but can’t open any step, dwg or dxf from autocad, when I open the file in dwg drawings doesn’t show, just empty  
Loading an step file does not work either, it just get stuck at loading

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**Author:** ![p.schmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@p.schmi](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/p.schmi)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-any-dwg-or-dxf-from-autocad-problems/23643/2 "2023-04-25T08:29:08Z")

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did you get any answer so far?

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**Author:** ![KPeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kpeter/32/7644_2.png) [@KPeter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/KPeter)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/import-any-dwg-or-dxf-from-autocad-problems/23643/3 "2023-04-25T11:51:24Z")

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Hi,  
Could you please check if this thread provides an answer for you?

> [@Can’t import DWG or DXF](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-t-import-dwg-or-dxf/7642/29):
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> Thank you for your patience dear people of the forum, let me share some basic info about the dxf/dwg file transfer with Shapr3D. If you wish to import a drawing, please pay attention to the supported data types which are lines, polylines, arcs, Bezier curves, circles, and ellipses. Annotations, text elements, and 3d objects are not supported. If text elements are exported as curves, Shapr3D is fine with them but you may end up in letters that are defined by ridiculously lot control points - it …