The AutoCAD team recently released a preview version of a new AutoCAD web viewer. Give it a try using the latest version of Chrome.
What’s interesting about this is that it’s very much a taste of things to come – something I alluded to in this recent post. Here are some screenshots:
The top three thumbnails link to standard models so that you can quickly take the new viewer for a spin:
Here’s the “Plumbing.dwg” drawing loaded in the browser:
The text on the left of this page is very interesting, particularly the piece I’ve highlighted below in bold.
New Product Preview
This is our first step toward creating a new AutoCAD in the browser. The viewer on the right comes with higher resolution, smoother panning and zooming, and more universal DWG support. It also gives us the necessary groundwork to quickly and reliably deliver new features to you.
This product preview does not include annotation and markup tools, but we’ll continue to maintain the previous…