title: Get Chrome to Download DWG Files
body: <p>Is there some reason why Google Chrome will not allow a DWG file to download?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a id="original_link" target="_blank"
    download="LGV-00002-2.dwg"
    style="display: inline-block;"
    href="\\FileShare01\share\Engineering\Drawings\LGV-00002-2.dwg"&gt;
  LGV-00002-2.dwg&lt;/a&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've done some searching, and it appears there are several plugins to view a DWG file in the Chrome browser, but we have no way of knowing which of our employees have installed such a plugin.</p>
  
  <p>We'd just like it to download.</p>
  
  <p>Currently, you click the link and nothing happens. The file downloads successfully in Internet Explorer.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uxO93.jpg" alt="screenshot"></p>