Anyone know of a free (or inexpensive) viewer that can also be used to measure?

I'm looking for a SolidWorks viewer that can view parts, assemblies and
drawings. It also need to have a function to measure objects like in
SolidWorks. Anyone have any recommendations? Free would be good, but there
is money in the budget if the program is worth the money. Thanks.

 

eDrawings allows this. When saving an eDrawing file you have the option to
have it measurable or not.

Corey

 

I just got an e-mail from Delcam today and they were advertising their free
CAD viewer. I didn't go to the link just yet but I would guess they allow
you to measure. Here is what they say.

Delcam is offering a free CAD viewer that will allow users to view, but not
change, CAD models in all the major formats, including CATIA versions 4 and
5, Pro/Engineer 2001 and Wildfire, SDRC, Unigraphics, SolidWorks and Solid
Edge, as well as industry standards such as Parasolid XT, IGES, VDA and
STEP. The free viewer can be downloaded from the Delcam web site -
www.delcam.com - or requested on CD by e-mailing .

 

Corey,

All I was able to find was the powershape viewer. The info siad it would
read IGES and Powershape files.

They did have an add there for what you describe, but no links.

Mark

 

It is called PS-Exchange
http://www.delcam.com/intlresp/map.asp?from=exchange I believe this is the
link to start downloading, first you have to fill out some information,
because it is used as an entry point much like Exchange Works with SW.

Corey

 

re: Delcam
the viewer you want is called "PS Exchange". It is a pay-per-use
translator that is also a great viewer. Unfortunately, it does not
measure.

 

Download the ModelPress publisher and viewer at
http://www.modelpress.com/

Art W.