Talk:Comparison of CAD, CAM, and CAE file viewers
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Listing of CAD/CAM/CAE file viewers[edit]
Please add these to the above table and delete them from this list. --DuLithgow (talk) 09:06, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
There are no open source viewers for DWG files since the licensing of the libraries needed by lx-viewer[1] now restricts their use to members of the Open Design Alliance.
- Autodesk provides Autodesk Design Review 2008 (41 MB) (requires DWG TrueView) and Autodesk DWG TrueView 2008 (120 MB) Runs on Microsoft Windows (also 64-bit). (Volo View Express is discontinued and superseded by Autodesk Design Review)
- AutoDWG has utilities for converting between the DWG, DWF, DXF, PDF and Adobe Flash formats. Runs on Microsoft Windows.
- Bentley Systems provides Bentley View which runs on Microsoft Windows.
- Caddie The free version plots and edits but does not save. Runs on ?.
- DWGSee 2009--DWG Viewer from AutoDWG can view, browse, measure and print DWG, DXF and DWF files. Runs on Microsoft Windows
- eDrawings Viewer by SolidWorks, 11.8 Mb. Runs on Mac OS X(10.4+) and Microsoft Windows.
- Free DWG Viewer by Infograph, 14 Mb. Does not allow printing. Runs on Microsoft Windows.
- Linux Drawing Viewer / Lx-Viewer only for members of the Open Design Alliance. Runs on Linux.
- progeCAD Viewer DWG by progeSOFT, 90.1 Mb. Runs on Microsoft Windows
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Adding new entries[edit]
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what is a file viewer[edit]
almost every CAD editor has a free viwer for their native file format, except the big ones ( siemens, ptc DS ). However these reader generally only open their own closed file format. to me such a product cannot be considered a CAD CAM CAE file viewer and therefore shouldn't be listed. Only viewers with multicad capability, or the ability to open file format that is widely available should be considered --Dwarfpower (talk) 09:43, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hi User:Dwarfpower. Do you have a suggestion for criteria that could be useful here? What you say is quite correct. --duncan.lithgow (talk) 20:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)