Now you can use your smart phone like iPhone or android as CAD viewer for DWG and DXF drawing files by installing the iPhone CAD app or android drawing apps. I will discuss here five such apps, some are for android and some are for iPhone and few of them are suitable for both the platforms.
1. AutoCAD WS
Strength:
– Simple and intuitive user friendly GUI.
– The DWG and DXF drawing files can be opened from e-mail attachment, web online work space and local storage.
– Essential drawing editing options like move, rotate, scale, unit, snap, grid, save.
– Essential viewing options like layers, pan, zoom, measurement.
Weakness:
– Annotation scaling is not supported
– Jogged dimension is not visible in AutoCAD WS.
– You can select max. 30 objects at one go.
– %% options of text are not supported.
Supported platforms: iPhone and Android
Cost: Free
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2. RapidCAD Viewer
Strength:
– Basic viewing options like snapping, zooming, layer management are supported.
– The DXF CAD drawing files can be browsed from local SD card, no account is required.
– The drawings can be accommodated to portrait or widescreen (WS) mode.
Weakness:
– DWG CAD file format is not supported yet.
– Dimensioning is not supported yet.
– Eclipse/elliptical arc are not supported yet.
Supported platforms: Android.
Cost: USD 9.99 for the full version, demo version also available.
3. AndCAD
Strength:
– CAD objects creation features like line, circle, arc, note, polygon, dimensions.
– The DXF CAD drawing files can be browsed from local SD card, no account is required.
– Viewing options like snap, zoom, layer management.
– Basic edition options like move, copy, rotate, scale.
– DXF import and export options (beta).
– The drawings can be accommodated to portrait or widescreen (WS) mode.
Weakness:
– DWG CAD file format is not supported yet.
– Trim, extend, mirror, offset are some of the options which are not supported yet.
Supported platforms: Android.
Cost: USD 19.99 for the full version, demo version also available.
4. AutoQ3D CAD
Strength:
– Drawing creation options like line, circle, text, rectangle, and polygon.
– Editing options like scale, move, rotate, mirror, offset, extend, trim and stretch.
– The DXF CAD drawing files can be browsed from local SD card, no account is required.
– Viewing options like pan zoom, rotate, snap, grid.
– Isometric viewing is possible.
Weakness:
– DWG CAD file format is not supported yet.
– Complex curves are not supported yet.
Supported platforms: Android
Cost: USD 10
5. CARTOMAP CAD
Strength:
– Support DWG/DXF/CTM CAD file formats.
– Drawing creation options like line, circle, text, rectangle, axis, symbols and polygon.
– Editing options like scale, move, rotate, extend, trim, undo, redo.
– Layer management, hatching and selection options.
Weakness:
– CAD drawing Print option is not supported yet.
– Area fill hatch is not yet supported.
Supported platforms: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
Cost: USD19.99
I will keep updating this list of iPhone, android CAD viewer for DWG, DXF and other format by adding new applications as I will find. Please leave a comment if you have anything to share on this subject.
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All that and no mention of 3D capability?
3D capability in Mobile CAD packages are at very initial stage. AutoQ3D support isometric viewing.
Nice post bro…..
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