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1. Bear - Member

   Have been sent a drawing in .dwg format, how can I convert to PDF to view / print?

   Posted 3 months ago #
2. davidtaylforth - Member

   Its an autocad file. I can do it for you at work tomorrow if you want?

   Posted 3 months ago #
3. cookeaa - Member

   I take it you don't have autocad...

   illustrator might be able to handle it

   Posted 3 months ago #
4. iolo - Member

   http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Bentley+View/

   This is what I use

   Posted 3 months ago #
5. Taff - Member

   get a dwg viewer file otherwise send as David says

   Posted 3 months ago #
6. ChrisE - Member

   if you want to email it to me I can do it, prob in the next hour.

   C

   Posted 3 months ago #
7. andrewni - Member

   You'll get a viewer on autodesks website which will let you print and do minor mark ups

   Posted 3 months ago #
8. creamegg - Member

   if you havent already got it sorted let me know, i have autocad open now.

   Posted 3 months ago #
9. Bear - Member

   Thanks guys have managed to find somewhere to print it for me locally so e mailed them can collect tomorrow.

   Posted 3 months ago #
10. loum - Member

    google autocad ws.
    It allows you to open a .dwg file in browser, then view/edit/print.
    I'm not sure if it will convert to pdf, but tbh, its probably not necesary if you use this.

    If you must convert it, pretty sure draftsight does that.
    However, you'll need to download and install it. But it is free.
    good luck, loum

    Posted 3 months ago #
11. kevj - Member

    For <anyones> future reference, download 'cute Pdf'. It appears as a printer option when you go to print / plot from most applications, including autocad, which then prints the image, drawing etc to a .Pdf format file.

    It's free and does not clog up the system with pop ups like other free programs.

    Posted 3 months ago #
12. pjm84 - Member

    +1 for CutePDF

    Posted 3 months ago #
13. stumpy01 - Member

    Draftsight might be worth a look if you are going to be getting frequent files to print.

    It's a free CAD program.

    Posted 3 months ago #
14. cr500dom - Member

    +1 for draftsight

    We use it for the "Non CAD" engineers to view CAD files and drawings

    Quite often they need to look at components or assemblies but would get hideously lost with a full CAD Package.

    It works well and is free

    Posted 3 months ago #

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