CAD Formats - DWT Files

What is a DWT file?

A DWT file is a drawing template file of an AutoCAD program. The .dwt file is used as a starter for creating drawings, which can then be saved as DWG files.

Template files contain initial presets such as length and angle unit types, required precision, precision required, title blocks, layer names, line types, and other similar information for lateral conversion to the corresponding drawing files.

Both AutoCAD and IntelliCAD programs such as ActCAD or ZwCAD can be used to read *.dwt template files and process them further.

We can assume that DWT is a DWG file with predefined read-only attributes, similar to a Microsoft Word DOT file is a DOC file.

The DWT file format can also be considered as DWG with predefined values that can be easily utilized.

DWG is one of the commonly used drawing file formats in many CAD applications. Since DWG is a binary file format, it is not directly readable like the ASCII DXF file format.

The DWT file is saved in the native drawing file format for the version of the software in which the DWT file was created.  To adapt a DWT file created in a newer version of the application for use in an older version as a drawing file, save it in an older version of the DWG format, and then change the file extension to .dwt in Windows Explorer, another application that allows you to change file extensions.