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Jonathan Chertok
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:33 pm Post subject:
ACAD Viewer |
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List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person (i.e. a
developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they find
that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to "print" ACAD
drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white (as opposed
to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
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Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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Tripp Corbin
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:39 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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There many DWG viewers out there. I recommend doing a Google search. Another
way is to print to a DWF file. Autodesk has a free downloadable viewer that
is very simple to use. A DWF uses your CTB or STB settings and looks just
like your printed output would.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
| Quote: | List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person (i.e.
a developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they find
that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to "print" ACAD
drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white (as opposed
to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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Govert J. Knopper
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:06 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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The Bentley viewer (see their site) does AutoCAD files and is free, but
quite a big download (~ 70 MB)
For monochrome output in your PDF's you should select/create a plot style
for that (take monochrome.ctb to start with)
Govert
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> schreef in bericht
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
| Quote: | List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person (i.e.
a
developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they find
that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to "print" ACAD
drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white (as opposed
to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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Dean Saadallah
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Try an internet search, there are plenty out there.
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Add-on products for LT
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R.K. McSwain
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Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Jonathan Chertok wrote:
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Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person (i.e. a
developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
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http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Bentley+View/ |
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Jonathan Chertok
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:20 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Hi Tripp.
Isn't DWF a proprietary format that requires the purchase of an add-on to
2000 or 2004 etc?
Am I missing something?
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e69621_1@newsprd01...
| Quote: | There many DWG viewers out there. I recommend doing a Google search.
Another way is to print to a DWF file. Autodesk has a free downloadable
viewer that is very simple to use. A DWF uses your CTB or STB settings and
looks just like your printed output would.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person
(i.e. a developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they find
that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to "print" ACAD
drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white (as
opposed to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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Jonathan Chertok
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:41 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Hi Govert.
Great tips both!
Bentley Viewer (excellent find!).
Do you know if I do monochrome will it retain the lineweights? Somehow with
my current CTB file my plots get out as printing black, but if I do a pdf
they print in lineweight color. Should I just do a pdf print with monochrome
pen settings, or go in and edit my existing CTB file somehow...got a little
confused on that.
- JDC
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Govert J. Knopper" <gkn at nospamdereumaux dot com> wrote in message
news:41e69c6a$1_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | The Bentley viewer (see their site) does AutoCAD files and is free, but
quite a big download (~ 70 MB)
For monochrome output in your PDF's you should select/create a plot style
for that (take monochrome.ctb to start with)
Govert
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> schreef in bericht
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person
(i.e.
a
developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they find
that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to "print" ACAD
drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white (as
opposed
to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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Tripp Corbin
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:50 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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DWF is propriety but does not require any add-ons. As far as I can remember
AutoCAD 2000i (possibly 2000) on up can create DWFs straight out of the box.
All your users will then need is the free viewer download from Autodesk to
view and print the file. Now if they want to be able to red line or
something like that then they will need VoloView which Autodesk sells for
$90.
You may have this confused with ESRI's Publisher Extension for ArcGIS. It is
an add-on extension for ArcGIS that allows users to publish specific maps.
The viewer (ArcReader) is free though.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e6d814$1_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | Hi Tripp.
Isn't DWF a proprietary format that requires the purchase of an add-on to
2000 or 2004 etc?
Am I missing something?
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e69621_1@newsprd01...
There many DWG viewers out there. I recommend doing a Google search.
Another way is to print to a DWF file. Autodesk has a free downloadable
viewer that is very simple to use. A DWF uses your CTB or STB settings
and looks just like your printed output would.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person
(i.e. a developer/investor) download so that they can view acad
drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they
find that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to "print"
ACAD drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white (as
opposed to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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Govert J. Knopper
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:39 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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You could start with the monochrome.ctb, save it with another name and
set the lineweights as needed per dwg color. Or take the plot style that
you use for normal plotting (assuming this contains the needed
lineweights), set all pens to black and save it with another name. Use
that CTB when you create PDF's.
Govert
Jonathan Chertok wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Govert.
Great tips both!
Bentley Viewer (excellent find!).
Do you know if I do monochrome will it retain the lineweights? Somehow with
my current CTB file my plots get out as printing black, but if I do a pdf
they print in lineweight color. Should I just do a pdf print with monochrome
pen settings, or go in and edit my existing CTB file somehow...got a little
confused on that.
- JDC
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Jonathan Chertok
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:40 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Great. Thanks Tripp.
I wasn't aware that the dwf viewer was free.
Thanks,
Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e6defa$1_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | DWF is propriety but does not require any add-ons. As far as I can
remember AutoCAD 2000i (possibly 2000) on up can create DWFs straight out
of the box. All your users will then need is the free viewer download from
Autodesk to view and print the file. Now if they want to be able to red
line or something like that then they will need VoloView which Autodesk
sells for $90.
You may have this confused with ESRI's Publisher Extension for ArcGIS. It
is an add-on extension for ArcGIS that allows users to publish specific
maps. The viewer (ArcReader) is free though.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e6d814$1_3@newsprd01...
Hi Tripp.
Isn't DWF a proprietary format that requires the purchase of an add-on to
2000 or 2004 etc?
Am I missing something?
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e69621_1@newsprd01...
There many DWG viewers out there. I recommend doing a Google search.
Another way is to print to a DWF file. Autodesk has a free downloadable
viewer that is very simple to use. A DWF uses your CTB or STB settings
and looks just like your printed output would.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person
(i.e. a developer/investor) download so that they can view acad
drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they
find that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to "print"
ACAD drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white (as
opposed to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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Jonathan Chertok
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:41 am Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Perfect. Thanks Govert.
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Govert J. Knopper" <govert@nodots.d.e.r.e.u.m.a.u.x.com> wrote in message
news:41e6eb14$1_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | You could start with the monochrome.ctb, save it with another name and set
the lineweights as needed per dwg color. Or take the plot style that you
use for normal plotting (assuming this contains the needed lineweights),
set all pens to black and save it with another name. Use that CTB when you
create PDF's.
Govert
Jonathan Chertok wrote:
Hi Govert.
Great tips both!
Bentley Viewer (excellent find!).
Do you know if I do monochrome will it retain the lineweights? Somehow
with my current CTB file my plots get out as printing black, but if I do
a pdf they print in lineweight color. Should I just do a pdf print with
monochrome pen settings, or go in and edit my existing CTB file
somehow...got a little confused on that.
- JDC
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R.K. McSwain
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Jonathan Chertok wrote:
| Quote: | Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person (i.e. a
developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
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http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Bentley+View/ |
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Tripp Corbin
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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Glad to help.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e6f8f6$1_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | Great. Thanks Tripp.
I wasn't aware that the dwf viewer was free.
Thanks,
Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e6defa$1_3@newsprd01...
DWF is propriety but does not require any add-ons. As far as I can
remember AutoCAD 2000i (possibly 2000) on up can create DWFs straight out
of the box. All your users will then need is the free viewer download
from Autodesk to view and print the file. Now if they want to be able to
red line or something like that then they will need VoloView which
Autodesk sells for $90.
You may have this confused with ESRI's Publisher Extension for ArcGIS. It
is an add-on extension for ArcGIS that allows users to publish specific
maps. The viewer (ArcReader) is free though.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e6d814$1_3@newsprd01...
Hi Tripp.
Isn't DWF a proprietary format that requires the purchase of an add-on
to 2000 or 2004 etc?
Am I missing something?
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e69621_1@newsprd01...
There many DWG viewers out there. I recommend doing a Google search.
Another way is to print to a DWF file. Autodesk has a free downloadable
viewer that is very simple to use. A DWF uses your CTB or STB settings
and looks just like your printed output would.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person
(i.e. a developer/investor) download so that they can view acad
drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they
find that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to
"print" ACAD drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and
white (as opposed to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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jojo
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Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:43 pm Post subject:
Re: ACAD Viewer |
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yes, it's available here
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=2787358
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e6f8f6$1_3@newsprd01...
| Quote: | Great. Thanks Tripp.
I wasn't aware that the dwf viewer was free.
Thanks,
Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e6defa$1_3@newsprd01...
DWF is propriety but does not require any add-ons. As far as I can
remember AutoCAD 2000i (possibly 2000) on up can create DWFs straight
out
of the box. All your users will then need is the free viewer download
from
Autodesk to view and print the file. Now if they want to be able to red
line or something like that then they will need VoloView which Autodesk
sells for $90.
You may have this confused with ESRI's Publisher Extension for ArcGIS.
It
is an add-on extension for ArcGIS that allows users to publish specific
maps. The viewer (ArcReader) is free though.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e6d814$1_3@newsprd01...
Hi Tripp.
Isn't DWF a proprietary format that requires the purchase of an add-on
to
2000 or 2004 etc?
Am I missing something?
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
"Tripp Corbin" <tcorbin@keckwood.com> wrote in message
news:41e69621_1@newsprd01...
There many DWG viewers out there. I recommend doing a Google search.
Another way is to print to a DWF file. Autodesk has a free
downloadable
viewer that is very simple to use. A DWF uses your CTB or STB settings
and looks just like your printed output would.
--
Tripp Corbin, MCP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4000
(678) 417-8785 Fax
"Jonathan Chertok" <chertok22@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:41e694af$1_1@newsprd01...
List.
I'm sure this has been asked a million times. However,
Is there a no-cost ACAD.dwg viewer that I can have a non-acad person
(i.e. a developer/investor) download so that they can view acad
drawings?
Do folks simply use Adobe Acrobat pdf's for this purpose and do they
find that is sufficient? Also, anyone know if there is a way to
"print"
ACAD drawings in pdf format with the lineweights in black and white
(as
opposed to the color that I am getting?).
Thanks
- Jonathan
--
Universal Joint Design Associates:
Full Service Design and Construction
Jonathan Chertok. Principal
AIA Design Associate
Austin, Texas 1 512 407 9628
www.universaljointdesign.com
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R.K. McSwain
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Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject:
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On 1/13/2005 9:33 AM Jonathan Chertok wrote:
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developer/investor) download so that they can view acad drawings?
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