# Importing autocad dwg file

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-autocad-dwg-file/16375>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-autocad-dwg-file/16375 "2021-12-16T02:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ericnussa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Ericnussa](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ericnussa)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-autocad-dwg-file/16375/1 "2021-12-16T02:45:09Z")

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Good evening I have a AutoCad 2019 file that’s is a DWG file and I am trying to open it but it is importing incomplete. Can shaper3D not read cad files? And if it does then how do I import it complete?

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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:** [December 16, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-autocad-dwg-file/16375/2 "2021-12-16T06:46:26Z")

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Hello, there are some modeling elements that are not supported in the sketching workspace like annotations and layers. Let me share a detailed description with you from another post:

> [@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 …