# DWG Convert [GstarCAD 2018](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/Index.md) → [What's new](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2018/What's%20new/(What's%20new).md) ## DWG Convert **Command name: DWGCONVERT** Converts one or a bunch of selected drawing files to an older or current dwg version available. The newly generated file can overwrite the original file, and it can also be compressed into a self-extracting EXE file or a ZIP file to facilitate batch format conversion of the entire project drawing. The DWG file format can be changed in the following version:(AutoCAD 2013/ AutoCAD 2010/AutoCAD 2007/AutoCAD 2004/AutoCAD 2000/AutoCAD R14 (AutoCAD LT 98/AutoCAD LT 97).If you want to share drawings created in later versions with users who use earlier versions of the product, you can go to "File menu" \> "DWG Convert" option or execute DWGCONVERT command to start performing batch conversion to an earlier version of the format. You can choose different conversion package type; In place (overwrite files), Folder (set of files), self-extracting executable (\*.exe) and Zip (\*.zip).  --- Xi'an Gstarsoft Ltd ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2019](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2019/What's%20new/DWG%20Convert.md)