Appendix C

File Extensions

Appendix C outlines a variety of AutoCAD and other commonly encountered software file extensions for student recognition and familiarity.

File extensions are the bane of the computer user’s existence. They number in the many hundreds (AutoCAD alone claims nearly 200), and even if you pare the list down to a useful few, it is still quite a collection. Here, we focus on those extensions that are important to an AutoCAD user, as chances are you will encounter most, if not all, of them while learning the software top to bottom. They are listed alphabetically (with explanations and descriptions) but grouped in categories to bring some order to the chaos and set priorities for what you really need to know and what you can ...

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