
JSTOR ( October 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īutodesk, Open Design Alliance and othersĭWG (from drawing) is a proprietary binary file format used for storing two- and three- dimensional design data and metadata. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. DWF TrueView contains all the necessary features to share DWG and DFX files in a secure manner.This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. The latest AutoCAD DWG viewer – DWF TrueView 2010 is very useful free tool for sharing drawing files to a large spectrum of people. You can export DWG or DFX files to DWF, DWFx and PDF output files. Export: DWF TrueView 2010 comes up with a very handy export option. You don’t have dimension tools in AutoCAD DWF viewer, but by using this tool you can measure and see any dimension of the opened drawing. Measure: This is very important tool in DWF TrueView. Layers: All the AutoCAD layer operations are available under this tab. You can set as 2D wire frame, 3D conceptual, etc. View: From this tab you can select and set a visual style as current. Navigation: Pan, Zoom and Rotate options are available here. The Batch Plot can also be used for taking plot of a collection of drawings. The Batch Plot icon is useful for publishing a drawing or group of drawings in the form of DWF, DWFx, or PDF. Use the Plot icon for making a paper printout. Output: The icons of this tab are related to plotting. The Convert option is useful for creating lower versions (like AutoCAD 2000, 2004 etc.) of DWG file from the current file. File operations: There are two icons in the Files tab: Open and DWG Convert. In broad sense, all the non editing operations are available with AutoCAD viewer DWG TrueView. Now the GUI will look like below (click on the image to enlarge it): What operations can be performed to the opened AutoCAD DWG or DXF in DWG TrueView?.
Select any DWG or DXF file and click “Open”.Click the “Open” icon at the top right corner of the GUI.