A free program to show AutoCAD files
DWG Viewer is a program that you can use to view, browse, measure, and print DWG, DXF, and DWF files. It’s lightweight and is an excellent choice for digital artists when they need to check up on projects without the hassle of loading a heavy modding program. What it lacks in editing tools it makes up for with its simple interface and ease-of-use.
A useful addition to your object management library
This application is a free DWG viewer that supports a wide variety of file types. These include .DWG, .dxf, and .dwf. It can also interact with common raster image formats like .bmp, .jpg, .png, .gif, and .tif. This viewer can save over these types and convert them into others. This feature is limited, though, and doesn’t compete with the conversion capacity that DWG DXF Converter has.
You can use this program to measure different objects. It’s useful for observing length, radius, angle, and area. It’s easy to accurately click to select entities terminal, central, or cross junctions. If you need to compare two drawings, you can open up two versions in separate windows. Here you can pan, zoom, list, and highlight in a synchronized fashion.
An especially useful function is batch printing. You can select various drawings that you need to put on paper and send them out simultaneously. The best part is that you don’t have to open each one individually. Simply open up the batch viewer and round up the files you need. It’s a simple process and is a highlight of the program.
Sum line length and areas
You can use this CAD viewer to sort out lines by layer, line type, and color. When you click to select different lines, it can also calculate the sum of different line lengths. Whereas other viewers and editing applications make this process frustrating, this program simplifies every step.
Another important feature is the DWG area viewer. It can calculate the sum of multiple areas and extract this data or insert the area data table to the current drawing. You can auto-check and count similar blocks and symbols in each drawing, or select for count one by one. This is something alternatives like DWG Fastview struggle to accomplish.
Different ways to view files
Where most programs available for opening and exploring different archives have a few limits, this program allows for extra methods to analyze plans and diagrams. For an easier experience, you can fit all, rotate, and mirror different file types. There’s also a way to magnify images to more easily distinguish and identify details. You can do this with the slider at the bottom edge of the program.
Different lines and edges
There are many CAD display options to pick. This includes fields to set DWG XRef paths along with shx and font paths. Each of these comes with warn, abort, and ignore settings. You can also include smooth edges along with line weights. The best part is that Free DWG Viewer has a crisp and clean display format for easy viewing.
A few problems
Upon installation, the program will automatically change the default program for many file types. For example, where you would normally use Paint 3D to open .jpeg files, it will instead use itself. This is frustrating, and there’s no option to change this in the app. You have to manually reconfigure this with your operating system.
The program is quite user-friendly. However, if you need to print a DWG file or even a batch of images, there are limited options and tweaks you can make for each order. In fact, it’s mostly useful for simple conversions on-the-fly. The lack of black and white printing is detrimental to the application.
A simple viewer with some issues
Overall Free DWG Viewer has a balance between positive and negative features. It’s limited to a very specific set of tools for viewing files. At the same time, it lacks the basics that it could easily include for editing. Otherwise, it’s simple, easy to use, and has a great interface with easily accessible DWG tools.
In the latest updates, the developers have fixed a few bugs and issues. One problem that plagued the platform was random locks and freezes. They should no longer occur. Another addition is the snap-to-geometry function for minimal movements and modifications. They’ve also made a few tweaks to the ActiveX control on internet browsers for faster viewing.
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