Is there software that can view .dwg files?

Question

Is there software that can view .dwg files ?

Answer 1

DraftSight. It doesn't cost money and they'll give you a nice .deb installer... but it's not open source or free software.

On the upside, it will also let you create and edit .dwg files.

Answer 2

I use Teigha Viewer available from the Open Design Alliance, and also the Teigha File Converter from the same provider. Packages are available for Ubuntu. It is free software, but not open source software.

"Teigha Viewer is a free cross-platform application provided by the ODA to end users only for the visualization of CAD drawing files"

Answer 3

DWGSee -- a lite and fast dwg viewer, browse, view, measure, print DWG, DXF, DWF files.

Features:

1. Support view and browse mode
2. Print DWG
3. Batch plot dwg
4. DWG to JPG, DWG to TIFf, DWG to GIF Conversion( Pro version only);
5. DWG to PDF Conversion(Pro version only)
6. Publishing markup in PDF or image format(Pro version only)
7. Markup, (rectangle, ellipse, cloud markup)
8. Measure length and area with smart snap
9. View dwg , dxf and dwf file
10. DWG revisions comparison

Answer 4

LX Viewer (source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lx-viewer/files/ )

LX-Viewer is a program that will allow you to open, view, print and convert DWG or DXF files, typically used in AutoCAD related technical drafting. The most important feature is that LX-Viewer allows you to manipulate your DWG data on the Linux platform. You may zoom and pan the drawing as you would in AutoCAD. Files can be saved to DWG or DXF formats from AutoCAD version 2.5 to 2002, also as BMP, SVG and PNG formats. Files can be printed or plotted to a Postscript printer or to file. Multiple files can be batch converted or batch plotted. Layer states can be changed (on/off, freeze/thaw, etc) with a full layer dialog. The paperspace/model space toggle is fully implemented, as is the ability to select among various paperspace layouts for AutoCAD drawings.