DwgTranslator

DwgTranslator is a useful application aimed at professionals working in the drawing translation industry. It is capable of extracting text strings from DXF or DWG files and exporting them to Excel spreadsheets or creating new, translated drawings.

The program’s interface is fairly intuitive, but the included documentation is less than adequate and may cause some first-time users to have problems understanding the application’s more advanced functions.

The simplest way of processing DXF and DWG files is by importing and translating them one at a time. The application displays all the extracted text strings and allows you to analyze the output.

The program supports online translation via Google or Bing, and you can choose from a number of target languages.

It is possible to configure various advanced parameters if you want to ensure the output files are formatted correctly. For instance, the application can ignore locked layers, filter duplicates or trim blank characters.

If you need to translate multiple files, DwgTranslator is especially useful, as it enables you to extract text from numerous drawings in one operation, process it and save it to XLS files.

The program is capable of processing and exporting a large number of drawings at once, using an Excel translation table.

It should first be noted that extensive instructions are provided, both in the bundled help file and as tooltips. Plenty of screenshots are also included, and they may very well prove to be helpful.

However, the quality of the translations is lacking, so much so that it is often difficult to understand the meaning of certain phrases.

Overall, DwgTranslator is a useful program that packs a lot of features and can be very helpful for those who frequently need to translate DWG or DXF drawings. Its documentation could be improved, however, as it is not well translated and rather difficult to read.