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FREEWARE IGS viewer

  • June 4, 2004
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Freeware is the key....


Does it exist?

Happy Friday

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    unknown11-Visitor
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    June 5, 2004
    Not sure about a free IGES viewer, but why not import the IGES to Pro/E and
    use ProductView Express?

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    Rui



    "Allen Weston" <aweston@ny.diam-int.com> wrote in message
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    gbon1-Visitor
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    July 1, 2012
    Hello alls,

    I seem to remember there was a free viewer named ''creo view express (or
    lite)''.

    Is it true ?

    If so where could we download it ?

    I would try to send it to my client for visualization purpose.



    If this don't exist, what could be a replacement solution ?



    Thanks,

    GB





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    BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    July 1, 2012
    Hi G Bon,

    There is exactly what you describe available from the PTC website. The
    Express is the free version.
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    FredMatthis1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    July 19, 2012
    G Bon

    another way to view your parts is with adobe reader.
    Save your models in pro-e as PDF U3D(.pdf)

    These files can be opened with standard adobe reader.
    The vendor can rotate the parts and see 360 degrees.
    If it is assembly the vendor can hide individual parts in the assembly
    or make them transparent.
    I just started to use this and it's pretty cool.

    I am using Creo1 so I don't know if this is possible in earlier versions.


    good luck.

     
    Fred J. Matthis
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    Rev2_Steve6-Contributor
    6-Contributor
    July 20, 2012

    The 3D PDF is very convenient since it works with the ubiquitous Adobe Reader, but the file size seems to be much larger than for theCreo Viewer. If you'll be transferring files, check out the file size first.

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    BrianMartin13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    July 21, 2012

    Creo View has

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    BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    July 21, 2012
    Hi Folks,
    Have just been trying Creo View 2.0 Express, the free version I had some
    reservations compared to the free view for eDrawings. [We have the full
    publishing licence of eDrawings]

    The latest version of Creo View did not have sectioning and I had to go
    back to the initial release version to get this functionality (which works
    well).

    I find it strange though that eDrawings faithfully used my ProE colours and
    transparency yet Creo View uses the colours but not the transparency.


    Regards,

    *Brent Drysdale*
    *Senior Design Engineer*
    Tait Communications
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    BrianMartin13-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    July 23, 2012
    Hi Fred...

    Okay... since you've asked, I will take a closer, more empirical look at both packages and try to come to a logical, engineering-style conclusion.

    But first, we need to clear some things up. We need to compare apples to apples. We cannot compare Creo View Express (which is free) to E-Drawings with a full license. I believe we can all agree this is not a fair comparison. The issue is further complicated in that the E-Drawings professional/licensed version gives you the ability to publish e-drawings files with advanced capabilities... but in Creo View, the advanced capabilities are not tied to the way the file was published. In Creo View, if you have a free license, you get limited functions. With the professional/licensed version you get advanced functions. These differences make a head-to-head comparison tough.

    You cannot compare the free E-drawings viewer with the free Creo View Express tool if you're considering that you published your E-drawings file with the Professional Licensed Edition.

    So then the only fair comparison is E-drawings published with the limited edition versus Creo View Express. Or E-Drawings published with the Professional Edition compared to a fully licensed Creo View product. For this comparison, let's just compare both fully licensed products. I'm sure someone will take exception to this comparison because, comparing both full products, in technical engineering terms Creo View mops the floor with E-Drawings. The table below is only a portion of the differences between the two packages.

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    Some may say this comparison table is unfair. It ignores the areas where E-Drawings is clearly superior. For example... E-Drawings does a wonderful job of opening files produced by E-Drawings and Solidworks. Creo View can't open a SolidWorks file at all!! E-Drawings also does a wonderful full of extracting $1800 per seat out of it's Creo/ProE customers.

    In conclusion, my opinion is that Creo View is clearly superior to E-Drawings. Although this is my opinion, I arrived at it through careful analysis of both packages. Hopefully the chart above backs up that opinion with empirical evidence and makes the case that Creo View is a product well worth consideration by any current users of E-Drawings.

    Thanks!
    -Brian


    Brian K. Martin
    Sr. Mechanical/Application Engineer
    SGT, Inc. under contract to
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    301.286.0059 (NASA Office)
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    nrollins2-Explorer
    2-Explorer
    July 23, 2012
    Hi Brian,



    Thanks for taking the time to type that up. In spite of the persuasive flavor of the comparison, it is good stuff to know as an eDrawings (free) user.



    I have a couple of questions that I could answer with a little research, but here is a discussion, so I’ll ask you first:



    How much is Creo View?



    eDraw – even the Free version – has a publisher for Pro/E that allows me to send a ZIP file of a fully executable model. This means that my PC-illiterate client can double click the file and see what I am showing him – without the need for him to install any viewer software. Does Creo View have anything like that?



    With eDraw free, xsects and measuring are not available (from the publisher’s side) What about Creo View free? Do both parties (publisher and viewer) need to have the paid version to allow xsects and measure?



    The animation functionality alone sounds intriguing. I may look into it, but one other thing you forgot to mention in terms of cost… The $1800 for a seat of eDraw comes “free” with a license of SolidWorks. It sure would be nice if my Pro/E license came with Creo View…



    Thanks again,



    -Nate


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    BrentDrysdale12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    July 23, 2012
    Hi Folks,
    Thanks Brian for the table of the Creo View MCAD V eDrawings for the paid
    versions. Was this the full Creo View MCAD or the intermediate Lite
    version?

    In my situation I am concerned about what the free viewers can do as these
    are what people outside the CAD system can get to view 3D files. Since, at
    our end, we have both Creo and an eDrawings professional licence we can use
    either export method and I am only concerned about what the end user of the
    free viewer can see.

    From what I can test the F000 version of Creo View Express does do the
    cross sectioning OK as does eDrawings free. For some reason the M010
    version of Creo View express does not support cross sections so sure hope
    that is just a bug.
    Looking back on some correspondence with my VAR I see there is a "recipe"
    file for how Creo (ProE) saves the PVZ file and transparency can be enabled
    though pity it is not set by default as it seems to be for saving an
    eDrawings file.

    I am keen to go down the more Creo View route as this will tie in with
    Windchill should we ever get there.

    I have also used the Publish functionality of eDrawings to embed the viewer
    in the file but mostly I have had them download the viewer themselves as it
    reduces the sent file sizes plus it is still useful for later files.


    Regards,

    *Brent Drysdale*
    *Senior Design Engineer*
    Tait Communications
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