How to open a DWG file in Design Review 2013 with DWG TrueView 2017

[Claesoc]

Issue: When trying to open a DWG file in Design Review 2013, it shows the message: 
 

Opening DWG files in Design Review requires the latest version of the free DWG TrueView program be installed. 
 

However, after installing DWG TrueView 2014 or newer, the message continues to appear and DWG files will not open.

Causes: Design Review needs the same version of DWG TrueView. Design Review 2013 is meant to work only with DWG TrueView 2013.

Solution: If you are not able to install DWG TrueView 2013, the following is an unsupported workaround to add registry keys for DWG TrueView 2013 but with values and paths that point to DWG TrueView 2017:

1. Exit both Design Review and TrueView.
2. Create a new text file using Notepad and copy the following into it:
   
   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
   [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\DWG TrueView\R10]
   "CurVer"="dwgviewr-0001:409"
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\DWG TrueView\R10\dwgviewr-0001:409]
   "Location"="C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\DWG TrueView 2017 - English"
    
3. Save to a location of your choice and close the file.
4. Rename the file so that it has a .reg extension instead of .txt. Be sure it does not end with .reg.txt after renaming (right-click > properties to see the full file name).
5. Double-click the .reg file to apply it to the registry. Afterwards, the .reg file can be deleted.

DONE 🙂

[Anonymous]

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@Claesoc wrote:

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\DWG TrueView\R10]
"CurVer"="dwgviewr-0001:409"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\DWG TrueView\R10\dwgviewr-0001:409]
"Location"="C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\DWG TrueView 2017 - English"

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True View 2017 is R15, not R10. But it still did not work for me. The "location" path on the last line has double backslashes.

Another problem is trying to use the command line in True View 2017. It simply does nothing, text will not show on the command line nor does it execute as if it were merely invisible.

[pendean]

DTV offers no working commandline: it's there for feedback only. It's just a viewer with buttons.