Can anyone recommend a Mac software program that will allow me to view .dwg files that have been sent by a client? I can't open them in P'Shop nor G'Converter, and all of the CAD software I'm finding online assumes that I want to CREATE CAD files (and that I want to spend several hundreds of dollars for the privilege), when all I need to do is view these.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
bird
11:19 pm on Jan 20, 2003 (gmt 0)
Might be difficult if you don't want to buy at least some simple CAD program. If your client can send you DXF instead, that might open up a few more possibilities. Actually, if they were smart, they'd print them into PDF for you (assuming it's all 2D, and you don't need to walk around in a model).
Mardi_Gras
11:23 pm on Jan 20, 2003 (gmt 0)
Doesn't Illustrator open .dwg files?
pleeker
11:30 pm on Jan 20, 2003 (gmt 0)
We don't do a lot of Illustrator stuff here, so the most recent version I have is 7.0 ... and it won't open them, either.
Mardi_Gras
11:34 pm on Jan 20, 2003 (gmt 0)
Yeah, that's a pretty old copy - the current version does open dwg files.
Can you get the client to save the files as CorelDraw files - that might be a lot easier for you to get open...
