Hi Douglas: Autodesk shows on their home page the free DWF viewer which is on their web page: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=2404513&CMP=ILC-GN9219645015 I haven't yet used it, but expect it allows turning on or off the layers and other viewing features. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke, N6GCE -- w/Java http://www.PRC68.com w/o Java http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/PRC68COM.shtml http://www.precisionclock.com Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:40:28 -0500 From: "Douglas Wood" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Subject: [OT]: Recommendations for AutoCAD file viewers Message-ID: <617c01c59254$8cefef90$667ba8c0@EPICIS> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: list Reply-To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Message: 18 I work for Manning Systems Inc, a gas sensor manufacturer. We often get = drawings of the customer's plant in the form of AutoCAD (DWG) files. = Recently this has started to be a problem for us as the various tools = that have traditionally worked for viewing and printing these files are = not able to open newer version of AutoCAD files. We recently purchased a = copy of AutoSketch 9, but it does not understand the AutoCAD = 2004/2005/2006 file formats. Since we don't do any mechanical drafting = (what little I do I farm out), we cannot justify the cost of a full = version of AutoCAD (or even AutoCAD LT, for that matter). Can anyone suggest a viewer that would allow us to view & print these = files? -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist