DWG Viewer for Mac

[sthompson1021]

Hi, one of our contractors is looking for a DWG viewer for his Mac. Anyone have any suggestions on which ones work the best or which ones to avoid?

[Anonymous]

Here are two sites that list free and free trials viewers, some of them support Mac as well

http://listoffreetrial.com/free-trial-dwg-viewer/

http://www.freesoftwaregallery.com/dwg-viewer/

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the link! but this app is not served in India Kindly Help! if any other option.

[maxim_k]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi Akshay,

Look at this one:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edrawings/id1209754386?mt=12

Maxim

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the eager response,

[Anonymous]

Not available on the mexican store 

[Anonymous]

Non of linkes still works BS

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@maxim_k wrote:

Hi,

I have on my Mac:

1. AutoCAD WS - free in Mac App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autocad-ws/id454730552?mt=12

Requires Internet connection and Autodesk account to view DWG files, because it uploads them to the cloud before viewing. After uploading you can do a lot of things - "basic, intuitive set of viewing, editing, and markup tools to work on your designs...Plot your DWG files as a PDF or DWFx with full control over plot styles, paper sizes, layouts..."

Can open DWG format up to 2013

2. progeCAD Viewer DWG - free in Mac App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/progecad-viewer-dwg/id468632219?mt=12

Work absolutely "off-line", fast enough, no markup tools, only:

- full support for Layers (hide/show through Layers palette)
- compatibility with Model and layout visualization
- visualization of 3D Wireframe and Shade controlled via palette
- DWG export in DXF
- support of AutoCAD 2010/2012 DWG files with no file-size limit

Crashes sometimes...

You can also try free DraftSight application (not only viewer )

Maxim

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[maxim_k]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi,

The post you quoted is rather old - ‎06-17-2013!

For the moment you can try eDrawings viewer:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edrawings/id1209754386?mt=12

or ZWCAD viewer:
https://www.zwsoft.com/zwcad/viewer/

HTH

[Anonymous]

thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous]

I have just installed Autocad WS on my MacBook Pro to view drawings, only to find that it doesn't currently support files larger than 15MB. Is there an alternative?

[Anonymous]

I really hate AutocadWS since one has to unload the drawings in the cloud.

[Anonymous]

I haven't see this before.