# Importing a DWG file

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-a-dwg-file/15782>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-a-dwg-file/15782 "2021-11-11T02:57:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-a-dwg-file/15782/4 "2021-11-11T11:28:38Z")

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Hi @kaiaho,  
Please feel free to upload it here, or send us via our support [ticket channel](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)

Also please note that we have a few restrictions regarding the supported drawing types. If you have some time, please have a look at this thread:

> [@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 …

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