Printing Drawing Files On Another PC (without Pro-E installed)

[Wilsm]

Hello all,

I am a newbie using Pro-E and have just installed Pro-E 5 with e-learning on my PC at home to learn as part of my Uni course. My problem: I dont have an A3 colour printer at home but they have them at work (but no Pro-E). i was hoping to install some sort of file viewer on my laptop/netbook to transport my drawing files and print them off using the printers at work.

Is there software available to do this? I considered "e-drawings" found here: http://www.edrawingsviewer.com/. is this software compatible, expensive and are there better alternatives?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Mike

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[pwyndham]

You can try Creo View Express. http://www.ptc.com/products/creo/view/express/

It is a free download once you register.

It allows you to open Pro/E drawings, models and assemblies. You can then print stuff.

[MartinHanak]

Michael,

if you want print a drawing at work (ONLY), then you can create PDF file from your drawing at home and print it at work using PDF reader.

You can also install (at home) the same "A3 colour printer" as at work and forward output to file. Then you can print this file at work using copy command.

Martin Hanak

[VladimirN]

Hello!

If you use for viewing only drawing formats DWG and DXF it is possible to use free DWG viewer "DWG TrueView".

[Wilsm]

Hello,

Firstly, thank you for all the replies. I have intalled Creoview on my netbook but when I open my saved files (assemblies, drawings etc) I just get a blank screen. This software does seem to be the best solution to my problem if i could get it working.

is the software compatible with student edition files? This would explain why the files are not viewable

Thanks again for all your advice

[VladimirN]

Michael, hello!

I opened (in Creo Elements View Express) an assembly (.asm), which created in ​​a Pro/E Schools Edition version. You need to activate the display model on the tab "View - Model" (in tab "Home").

[Wilsm]

Hi there,

Thanks for your help VladimirN, I am still having no success, my screen layout for creview express is quite different from yours. I have attached a screengrab of Creoview with an assembly file loaded. Do you have the Creoview installed on the same PC as Pro/E. The reason I ask is: on my screeen the software is titled "Creo View Express" but on yours it is "Creo Elements/View Express", I wander if this is the issue.

[VladimirN]

Michael,

I have previously opened files created ​​in Pro/E Schools Edition in application Creo Elements/View Express 10.0 F000 (build 93). I upgrade it to Creo View Express 1.0 M010 (build 14) (http://www.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=128970) and re-opened the assembly (all works fine):

I tested this assembly (FTC 2010/2011 Field):

http://www.catalogds.com/db/service?d=first&c=browse

http://files.catalogds.com/domains/first//FTC10-11_Field.zip

P.S. Please, attach to the message archive file with assembly.