
VariCAD Viewer is a CAD/CAM file viewer able to render DWG files. eDrawings Viewer by SolidWorks, 11.8 Mb. Caddie Requires registration, the free version plots and edits but does not save. Design Review 2010 (36 MB) from Autodesk can view DWG files if installed with the DWG Reader (DWG TrueView) option (153 MB total) that also includes DWG TrueConvert that can convert to AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD 2010 DWG file formats. Linux Drawing Viewer / Lx-Viewer only for members of the Open Design Alliance. There are no open source viewers for DWG files since the licensing of the libraries needed by lx-viewer now restricts their use to members of the Open Design Alliance. Autodesk estimates that in 1998 there were in excess of two billion DWG files in existence. The DWG format is probably the most widely used format for CAD drawings. dwg filename extension) was the native file format for the Interact CAD package, developed by Mike Riddle in the late 1970s, and subsequently licensed by Autodesk in 1982 as the basis for AutoCAD. 3D display can be also exported into high-resolution bitmap file.DWG (denoted by the. VariCAD viewer offers settings of 3D display methods (like light source or perspective). VariCAD viewer allows you to convert DWG to DXF and vice-versa, convert STEP to 3D IGES or STL formats, print 2D DWG, DXF or VariCAD formats and use batch print or batch conversions. VariCAD Viewer is a free viewer, convertor and printing software working with 2D DWG, DXF, 3D STEP and 3D/2D VariCAD file formats. Additionally, it offers many calculation modules for, e.g., springs, beam torsion, volume, mass and center of gravity.
The program includes a standard part library with screws, nuts, bearings etc.
VariCAD is compact, fast, easy to use, and provides everything necessary for mechanical design. VariCAD 3D / 2D CAD software for mechanical engineering.