DWG Files

[LensOnLife]

Hi,

 

I want to model a couple of aircraft, I can get the plans as DWG files. What I am looking for is some software that can read these files and if push comes to shove I could then do screen capture to convert to jpg files - although it would be nice if the software could do it for me

 

Any ideas anyone - says he hopefully

 

Oliver

[Luuk Steitner]

You can use this tool to convert DWG files to PDF

[photoman]

Oh the DWG file... AutoCAD at its finest... I personally hate them (I work with vectorworks) b/c they are such a pain to import into other software. (Out of scale, layers inaccurate etc.)

 

A little rant,

 

photoman

[jzawacki]

Not that I'm promoting it (I personally don't like SolidWorks, but that is only because I have to support 50 engineers using it) but eDrawings 2008 can open them.. and they have a free version.

 

Download eDrawings 2008

 

If that doesn't work, start here:

 

Downloads

 

Scroll down to the bottom and click on eDrawings.

Next, select eDrawings view only at the bottom and select Next.

 

Click the agreement and download.

[LensOnLife]

Hi,

 

Was away for a while on teh road, thanks for replies. I accessed that site - worked fine, thanks.

 

Personally, I don't haev a preference one way or the other, a friend offered me some DWG files of a piece of furniture that I wanted to model - now I can convert.

 

Thanks again

 

Oliver