The Home Machinist!

I know this is an old question but I"m a newby to the board, What is available for cheap or better still, for free, to read Autodesk AutoCAD drawing files. I don't necessarily have to mess with the drawings though that would be an advantage, but open and review is what I need. Someone in this distinguished collection of characters must have an answer.

Look for Volo View Express, downloadable for free from the Autodesk web site. Allows read only, but price is right.

Rob

Fastcad also has a free viewer on their web site at http://www.fastcad.com
This will open fastcad files, DWG and DXF files which are comon to a lot of other programs.
It's about a 3 meg download as against Volo view at about 60 meg.
Who need s a 60 meg download just for a viewer??

John S.

Many Thanks Rob I will contact the website and post the results.

John I downloaded the program you recommended and will post my comments and experiences. Thanks for the fast responses to all
Jim.

I use autodesk 360 on my android phone and tablet. This app gives you dimension and red mark capabilities also. Free app from autocad.

DraftSight 201x is a fully operational AutoCAD clone by Dassault Systemes that is FREE. With it you can create, read, and modify .dwg, .dxf files. I use it instead of the ancient AutoCAD LT 2002 that I finally figured out how to load on Win10.

http://www.3ds.com/products-services/dr ... -software/

--earlgo

Finally VIAcad has a 2D version for about $30.00 that does a good job.

why don't you try Autodesk FUSION?