BigBusiness Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hi, I'm looking for an application where I can view my CAD drawings. I've testet several multiformat viewers, for example the Rasterex CAD Viewer http://www.rasterex.com/Products/CAD-Viewer.aspx. The alternativ is to use TrueView for Autodesk files, Bentley View for DGN, Image viewers for TIFF etc. In my opinion, the beste solution is to get all viewing capabilities in one tool. This would be a benifit also for AutoCAD since it would support the usage of their application. Why do I feel that Autodesk is against this? Comments? BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadvision Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 If you have more than just AutoCAD files, then I'd highly recommend Rasterex's products. I've been using them for over 15 years! Hi, I'm looking for an application where I can view my CAD drawings. I've testet several multiformat viewers, for example the Rasterex CAD Viewer The alternativ is to use TrueView for Autodesk files, Bentley View for DGN, Image viewers for TIFF etc. In my opinion, the beste solution is to get all viewing capabilities in one tool. This would be a benifit also for AutoCAD since it would support the usage of their application. Why do I feel that Autodesk is against this? Comments? BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Take a look at Myriad, a multi-format CAD viewer by Informative Graphics Corporation. Here's a link to a list of file types that can be viewed using Myraid. The rest is up to you. http://www.myriadviewer.com/formats.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCAD Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Another one you can look at is Solidwork's eDrawings Viewer program. It's a free download and you can even view 3D models with it. However, you'll have to download another program to print the drawings (eDrawings Publisher). I can't post web links yet, but just Google it to find the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 this question wa saske din january, so wonder if OP is still around. but anyways it can benifit others I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Bentley View can view, measure, and print DGN, DXF, and DWG files. Why do I feel that Autodesk is against this? I don't know why you feel this way, but until just recently, Autodesk didn't have the code or know-how to read DGN files with any amount of confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macareewall Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hi, I'm looking for an application where I can view my CAD drawings. I've testet several multiformat viewers, for example the Rasterex CAD Viewer http://www.rasterex.com/Products/CAD-Viewer.aspx. The alternativ is to use TrueView for Autodesk files, Bentley View for DGN, Image viewers for TIFF etc. In my opinion, the beste solution is to get all viewing capabilities in one tool. This would be a benifit also for AutoCAD since it would support the usage of their application. Why do I feel that Autodesk is against this? Comments? BB I am using a CAD viewer which allows you to browse, view, measure, print, DWG, DXF, DWF files, no AutoCAD required. I download it from here: http://www.autodwg.com/dwg-viewer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyl Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Best CAD viewer Ive used is Normica View Pro. http://www.Normica.com , try it free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christillis Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Might be interesting to know that the latest versions of Adobe PDF allows the user to convert CAD drawings into PDF WITHOUT needing AutoCAD installed. If you've got it already, might be handy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Might be interesting to know that the latest versions of Adobe PDF allows the user to convert CAD drawings into PDF WITHOUT needing AutoCAD installed. If you've got it already, might be handy? Seems it could be problematic. What if there's no Plot Layout defined? Or what about multiple Layout tabs? Or modelspace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Huh, well I did not know about this but it seems to have options for those... Adobe Acrobat Pro X.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 And it's only $450!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 And it's only $450!! lol, Well I didn't say it was free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Yeah I know but the guy I quoted said "Adobe PDF". I wonder what he means by that. I wonder if it's Adobe Acrobat Standard/Pro, or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Yeah, lots of users confuse the reader program to full Acrobat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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