Free viewer?

[WARose]

I've looked around but I cannot find a free viewer out there for a AutoCAD/dwg drawing. I tried to download one from Autodesk's web site but there were technical issues. Google searching I found a few sites.....but my malware protector is not liking the sites.

Does anyone know of a good source for a free viewer?

 

[Sparweb]

What did you download from AutoDesk? TrueView?
What issues did you have?

STF

 

[MikeHalloran]

Within its (mostly 2D) capabilities, Draftsight can display .dwg drawings.
I have gotten it to generate and display simple 3D objects, but it can't do Boolean operations on them.
It _may_ be able to display a complex 3D object; I have not tried to do so.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[WARose]

What issues did you have?

That it wouldn't download.

 

[dik]

...and, boy is it slow. Faster for me to copy the *.dwg to a stick and run it through Bricscad on my laptop... and, Autodesk hasn't figured out how to rent it, yet

Dik

 

[JG2828]

Trueview is extremely slow for me. Just to open up a simple schematic. I use Bentley View to open and print both Autocad and Microstation files. It is free, but you need to create a free account to register it.

https://www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/modeling-and-visualization-software/bentley-view

 

[MikeHalloran]

Going back decades, the free viewers from Autodesk have always been bloated, super slow, and very buggy. Making a good impression is apparently not high on their list of priorities.

... except for Fusion 360, which is free for a month and inexpensive thereafter, and which seems capable of taking away a lot of business from Dassault Solidworks.

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA