Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer technology for the design of objects, real or virtual. CAD is an important industrial art extensively used in many applications, including automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries, industrial and architectural design, prosthetics, and many more. CAD is also widely used to produce computer animation for special effects in movies, advertising and technical manuals. Sometimes I receive some files with CAD format but I have not CAD reader with me on hand. Did you have the same trouble as me How should we do Take it easy! The CAD Viewer is an ideal solution for you. Need not to find it here and there. Here are some powerful and easy to use CAD reading tools I will recommend to you. They are: AcadPVI Shell Extension, Acme CADSee, DwgGrid for AutoCAD, AutoCAD Version Explorer and AutoCAD Drawing Viewer. Want to view a CAD file simply and quickly without AutoCAD installed on your system Why not pick out a satisfying CAD Viewer for you now!

AcadPVI Shell Extension (AutoCAD Preview-Version-Information) is an add-on for Windows Explorer that integrates an AutoCAD thumbnail preview and version information into the context menu. It is very easy to use. Just right-click on any AutoCAD file (.dwg, .dwt, .bak, etc.) to see the preview, no need to open the file.

Acme CADSee is an AutoCAD drawing file viewer, browser and printer. It is the fastest and easiest-to-use DWG DXF DWF and BMP PSD JPEG TIFF PCX TGA PNG MNG GIF WMF ICO file viewer available for Windows /98/ME/NT/2000/XP! AcmeCADSee is two tools in one. A full-featured drawing viewer quickly displays our images in high quality. The drawing file browser lets us efficiently find and organize our drawing file. Acme CADSee can run in one of two modes: Browse window presents an Explorer-like interface that allows us to locate and manage images stored in our file system. This is the default mode when we start Acme CADSee. View Window allows us to view a selected sequence of drawing, one at a time. This is the default mode when we double-click on an drawing file in Explorer to view it in Acme CADSee.

DwgGrid for AutoCAD is a Windows Explorer like browser for all CAD type files. DwgGrid for AutoCAD provides printing capabilities of the drawing thumbnail image, file listings and the directory tree structure. DwgGrid for AutoCAD also creates contact sheets and Web pages of the thumbnail images for publishing to the Internet or our Intranet. The DwgGrid for AutoCAD Browser is designed to provide us with easy and fast location of our AutoCAD drawing files. DwgGrid for AutoCAD conveniently diplays and prints the preview image of all AutoCAD type files. In addition to the drawing format files (dwg, dwt) we are also able to view and print bak and dwf file preview images. Inventor and Apprentice users will like the ability to view and print preview images of iam, idw, ipt, ide, and ipn type files. Revit users can view and print preview images of their rvt, rft, rfa, and rte files types. When DwgGrid for AutoCAD is started it will open in the state it was in when we last closed the program, including the files we have checked. The "Hot Track" feature allows rapidly traversing the file listing and the directory structure. We can enjoy click-free viewing of our files. Unchecking the Hot Track checkbox causes DwgGrid for AutoCAD to behave in a fashion more like the common Windows Explorer program. By checking only the extensions we are interested in viewing, display is limited to files matching our selection. We may further filter the files we would like to view by specifying a mask, then checking the "Apply Filter" checkbox. The right side bar interactively displays the preview images as we scroll the file listing. We may enlarge the size of the images to further enhance viewing of the previews.

AutoCAD Version Explorer (AVE) enables us to browse folders that contain AutoCAD files and view thumbnail previews along with version information and other file properties. It can also export the thumbnails and file details to a HTML page with customizable column layout, zip files into an archive, and optionally integrated with Windows Explorer for convenient folder browsing from the right click menu. Standalone, no install needed.

AutoCAD Drawing Viewer is a free utility for viewing AutoCAD drawing files. Features include: View and open drawings, view block attribute values, view text values, view layer information, print drawings, copy drawing to ClipBoard, save drawing as a BMP file, etc. AutoCAD Drawing Viewer does not require AutoCAD to run and is compatible with all AutoCAD drawing versions.

Are you satisfied with these CAD file browsing tools above These utilities have different features and benefits of their own. I ensure that there must be a right one can meet your need. What are you waiting for Download and give it a try now!