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DGN

DGN (design) is the name used for CAD file formats supported by Bentley Systems, MicroStation and Intergraph's Interactive Graphics Design System (IGDS) CAD programs. The DGN format is used in construction projects, including buildings, highways, bridges, process plants, shipbuilding. DGN is a competing format to Autodesk's DWG.

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DGN

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples41
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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DGN

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related to history · 18
DGN → AEC, Alliance, Alliance's, APIs, Autodesk, Autodesk RealDWG, Bentley, Bentley Systems, CAD, DGNdirect, DWG, In, Incorporated, Open Design Alliance, OpenDWG, Teigha, The Open Design Alliance, V8 DGN
related to Versions · 12
DGN → Bentley Systems, DGN's, In, Intergraph, Intergraph DGN, Intergraph Standard File Formats, ISFF, ISFF-based DGN, There, This, V7 DGN, V8 DGN
related to External links · 10
DGN → Bentley's OpenDGN, CAD, Element Structure, Information, Intergraph Standard File Formats, ISFF Description, ISFF Specification, ISFF/DGN, Microstation, OpenDGN
is a · 1
DGN → competing format to Autodesk's DWG

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formats bentley used file format cad dwg design systems including microstation intergraph isff name graphics process versions teigha two standard

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DGNis acompeting format to Autodesk's DWG0.90text
DGNrelated to External linksOpenDGN0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksBentley's OpenDGN0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksCAD0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksMicrostation0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksISFF Description0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksInformation0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksISFF/DGN0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksISFF Specification0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksIntergraph Standard File Formats0.60section
DGNrelated to External linksElement Structure0.60section
DGNrelated to historyIn0.60section

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