CAD Panacea: Drawing Viewers

Here is a comparison of several DWG viewers. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list, but rather a collection of some of the popular drawing viewers, in no particular order. If you are using something that you think should be on this list, let me know.

Name	View DWG	View DGN	Measure	Plot	Markup	Cost
Autodesk DWG TrueView	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Free
Bentley View	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Free
Bentley Redline	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Free#
Solidworks eDrawings Viewer	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Free
guthrie CAD Viewer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	$
cimmetry AutoVue	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes*	$
AutoDWG DWGSee	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes*	$
Trix DrawingCenter 5	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	$
progeCAD Viewer DWG	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	$
Brava DWG Viewer	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Free
Myriad 3D/2D Viewer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	$
* = in certain versions # = certain conditions - check website

Labels: Viewers

PermaLink Posted 8/03/2006 09:23:00 AM

2 COMMENTS!

Comment from:

Mistress of the Dorkness
Date: August 4, 2006 at 12:33:00 PM CDT

~thumbs-up~ very sweet list. Handy...

Comment from:

Anonymous
Date: September 19, 2006 at 9:45:00 AM CDT

I would add a note to Bentley View & Redline that, while they can view dwg files, they cannot view the latest 2007 format.

Good list.