EDrawings Viewer is the first free publishing and viewing software that makes sharing product design dramatically easier across multiple CAD environments. The eDrawings Viewer software is to view, print, and review all types of eDrawings files. In addition, eDrawings Viewer allows convenient viewing of native AutoCAD® files (DWG and DXF). Free online 2D and 3D CAD viewer. It supports AutoCAD DWG/DXF, STEP, STP, IGES, IGS, STL, SAT (ACIS®), Parasolid (xt, xb), SolidWorks ™ (sldprt), PLT, SVG, CGM and other formats. With its help you can view your drawing or 3D model in any browser and from any device, including Android and iOS devices. There are nine alternatives to decaff DXF Viewer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, the Web and Android. The most liked alternative is DWG FastView, which is free. Other great apps like decaff DXF Viewer are eDrawings Viewer (Freemium), Free DWG Viewer (Free), DXF View (Paid) and ZWCAD Viewer (Free).
Microspot DWG Viewer is an easy to use app for viewing your AutoCAD DWG and DXF files from your PC on the Mac. Open your DWG and DXF files with ease and without file size restrictions, then annotate them with your own comments. In addition you’ll be able to save your annotated DWG files as an flattened scaleable PDF file.
What’s New in DWG Viewer
Microspot DWG Viewer has had a huge overhaul, to bring you the most easy-to-use and precise DWG viewer app yet. The new features in the latest version range from a complete interface update, bringing more speed and power to the addition of new tools to make navigating, measuring and working with you DWG files easier.
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macOS Mojave
Microspot DWG Viewer 2.0 brings full support for macOS Mojave.
Measure Tool
Measure components of your DWG files with the all new measure tool.
Automatic Open
DWG files will now open automatically. You can also choose to define the options.
Layout & Model
Choose to open specific layouts or model space via the Layout menu.
Attributes
Choose the stroke and fill colors, line thickness, line styles and opacity.
Document tabs
Make document navigation faster and more efficient with document tabs.
MacDraft Files
Support for viewing and annotating your MacDraft Documents.
Improved Text
Text entry and editing has now been improved, giving access to all text features.
ANN
Save your annotated files as ANN, allowing you to edit the annotations later.
Power & Interface
DWG Viewer 2.0 is up to twice as fast now, it has also had a huge make-over.
Opening DWG Files
A smarter and easier way to open your DWG files
Our main focus is to provide a fast and easy to use solution to opening your DWG files. We understand that not everyone knows what scales and units are, especially when working with complex drawings. With this in mind, we’ve designed a system that automatically opens your DWG files with the most relevant scale and units, which in turn will make viewing your files faster. In addition to this, we’ve also included the ability to define custom settings for your DWG file, giving you complete control.
When you open a DWG file it will automatically open using the best matched settings applied to the drawing. However for more control, you can choose to open a DWG file and define the custom scale and units used, giving you more control.
The new DWG Viewer allows you to select the Layouts and Model space from the Layout menu. This means that you no longer need to re-open you DWG file via the Open menu and can open the individual parts of the drawing quickly.
Annotation and Type tool
Combine clear annotations with beautiful text
Annotate and markup your drawings with our easy to use Ellipse tool, combined with the modern and powerful Type tool giving you all you need for marking up your DWG files with those important comments and notes. Take your annotations to the next level, by customizing the fonts and styles you use with the familiar system text attributes. Annotating your drawings has never been easier.
With the Type tool you can quickly add comments and titles to your DWG files to communicate your suggestions to the designers. You'll then be able to change the colors, fonts and styles to make your comments pop and stand out.
The Balloon or Ellipse tool gives you an extra way of displaying your comments on the drawing. This is a great feature for when you have complex drawings and need a way to make your annotations stand out making it easier to read your comments.
Measure Tool
Quickly and easily measure parts of the drawing
A new addition to the latest version of DWG Viewer is the measure tool. This allows you to click on a single point on the drawing and drag a measuring line out that tells you the length of the measurement as you drag. This is a great way to quickly and easily measure the key components of your drawing with ease.
Document Tabs
Faster document management with Tabs
Document tabs are a much faster and cleaner way of displaying multiple documents in DWG Viewer. This combined with the ability to open layouts and multiple documents, means you can swap between your files faster than ever before. Turn document tabs on through View > Show Tab Bar and then either drag a tab from another document or use Window > Merge All Windows.
Layers
Complete control over the content you see
DWG Viewer will display all the layers attached to the DWG file you are opening. You’ll have the ability to hide and show the layers giving you the confidence that your drawing is displaying how you would expect. In addition a separate annotation layer has been added so that it doesn’t interfere with the rest of the drawing components.
Colors, Styles & Attributes
Make your annotations pop
Another new arrival in the latest DWG Viewer is the ability to change the colors and attributes of your annotations and balloons. Make your annotations pop and bring them to life by applying some color to them. Change the fill and stroke color, opacity, line thickness and the line style to add that little something extra to your DWG annotations.
Built into the latest DWG Viewer is the system colors selection. You can use this to change the colors of your text, fills and strokes. This gives you the conrtol you need to make your annotations stand out.
In addition to the colors, you'll have the ability to change the opacity of your selections. This allows you to add annotations and balloons over the drawings while still showing the content underneath.
The Attributes palette will allow you to select the line styles and lines weights you want to use for your ellipses. This can give your comments the extra pop they need to stand out on a complicated drawing.
PDF Export & ANN
Save your files for every occasion
Built into DWG Viewer is the ability to export your annotated drawings as a PDF file, allowing you to send any comments back to the draftsmen, without having to worry about DWG compatibilty. In addition, a new feature in the latest version is the ability to save your annotated drawings as an ANN file, which means you can open and edit the annotations if you need to.
Advanced Features
More for the Pro users
DWG Viewer 2.0 comes with some additional features that every pro user will love, such as MacDraft document viewing, custom scales and units and control over the DWG unit per scaled unit. In additon you can choose to open the model space or the individual layers. In addition the macOS Mojave compatibility has bought AutoSave, Retina Display, Sharing and Full Screen.
Custom Scales
Model & Layout
AutoSave
Full Screen
DWG Viewer 2.0
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