How are AutoLISP programs affected by changes in AutoCAD 2007?
AutoLISP program routines that have been written for AutoCAD 2004/2005/2006 should work in AutoCAD 2007; no changes have been made that would affect them. Has the AutoCAD 2007 DWG drawing file format changed from the AutoCAD 2004/2005/2006 products? Yes, the AutoCAD 2007 DWG file format has been updated and is different from the 2004/2005/2006 DWG file format. This new format is also the same DWG file format that is used in the latest releases of the Autodesk industry-specific products such as Autodesk Architectural Desktop, Autodesk Map 3D, Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD Electrical and AutoCAD Mechanical software applications. Nonetheless, you can still easily share files between design teams using any previous version of AutoCAD. As in the past, this version of AutoCAD opens DWG files from all earlier DWG versions of the software created by any Autodesk product. Does AutoCAD 2007 read and save drawings created by earlier releases of AutoCAD? AutoCAD 2007 reads drawing files from all prev