Top 3 free apps from Autodesk that every CAD Manager must have.

As a Application Specialist for SolidCAD (www.solidcad.ca) I deal with CAD Managers from many different firms. It has come to my attention that most CAD managers are so engulfed in maintenance and troubleshooting of the CAD systems, they do not take the time to investigate what applications are out there that can help them coup.

There are 3 free applications from Autodesk that a CAD manager will find very handy and resourceful. Below I have listed the must haves:

1 -DWG TrueView

For those employs that want to view and plot only and not make any changes, Autodesk offers a free DWG viewer called DWG TrueView .

2 - Autodesk Design Review

To reduce paper markups, this innovative tool from Autodesk allows a user to import a DWG or DWF, redline the drawing and then produce a DWF file that can imported into any Autodesk software like AutoCAD. The Autodesk Design Review is the old Volo View or DWF Viewer.

3 - DWG TrueConvert

Because there are many firms out there that are still running R14 or 2000 format of AutoCAD, Autodesk has created a DWG batch converter called DWG TrueConvert. This smart little app can be used to determine the current version of any DWG or convert any DWG to previous versions.

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DWG TrueConvert is no longer available. It's capabilities are now included in DWG TrueView.