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Essential versions of DWG files are,

DWG R1.0 MC0.0 AutoCAD Release 1.0

DWG R1.2 AC1.2 AutoCAD Release 1.2

DWG R1.40 AC1.40 AutoCAD Release 1.40

DWG R2.05 AC1.50 AutoCAD Release 2.05

DWG R2.10 AC2.10 AutoCAD Release 2.10

DWG R2.21 AC2.21 AutoCAD Release 2.21

DWG R2.22 AC1002, AC2.22 AutoCAD Release 2.22

DWG R2.50 AC1002 AutoCAD Release 2.50

DWG R2.60 AC1003 AutoCAD Release 2.60

DWG R9 AC1004 AutoCAD Release 9

DWG R10 AC1006 AutoCAD Release 10

DWG R11/12 AC1009 AutoCAD Release 11, AutoCAD Release 12

DWG R13 AC1012 AutoCAD Release 13

DWG R14 AC1014 AutoCAD Release 14

DWG 2000 AC1015 AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2000i, AutoCAD 2002

DWG 2004 AC1018 AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2005, AutoCAD 2006

DWG 2007 AC1021 AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009

DWG 2010 AC1024 AutoCAD 2010

DWG 2012 AC1026 AutoCAD 2012

DWG 2013 AC1029 AutoCAD 2013

 

To upgrade or downgrade your DWG drawing, follow the steps,

1. Open a drawing from File->Open or click the Open button on the toolbar.

2. Save the drawing by clicking the Save button on the toolbar or click from the menu File->Save As.

3. Select DWG from save as type list.

4. Select a version as the specification for your DWG file to be created.  Available options are AutoCAD R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.

5.  Click Save button to convert and save your drawing.