Desperate need of a Viewer.
Desperate need of a Viewer.
(OP)
We have a customer that send all their files in a Pro/Engineer Wildfire format. At the present time we only have Pro/E 2000i without maintenance. We are looking for a viewer or translator that will allow us to translate or open Pro/E Wildfire2.0 DRW (Not PRT/ASM) files without having the native Pro/E software. We've tried PTCs ProductView, but that requires our customers to make setting changes in their software which they are unwilling to do. We've also gone through the nightmare of purchasing converters from other companies (MasterCAM, etc...) assuming that their Pro/E converter would handle DRW but we've had no luck.
So, does anyone know of a Pro/E DRW stand alone converter/viewer?
BTW, it would be nice if there wasn't a 6 month lag time between the release of a new Pro/E format and the release of the viewer updates.
Thanks
-Craig
So, does anyone know of a Pro/E DRW stand alone converter/viewer?
BTW, it would be nice if there wasn't a 6 month lag time between the release of a new Pro/E format and the release of the viewer updates.
Thanks
-Craig





RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
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RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
We don't care about PRT or ASM files because we can open those all day long with the MasterCAM Pro/E translator. A translator we purchased because we assumed that it would open not only PRT, but DRW also, but we were incorrect in our assumption.
Thanks
-Al
RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
http://www.cimmetry.com/Pro-Engineer_viewer.html
BTW, are you from Albion Caster company? There is an engineer in Albion Industries Inc who also named Al. I know some of them like Tom Thoisnet, Rob Jordan & Scott Chahalis.
RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
I used a product that was called Autoview. I only had a demo version and that expired. This opens all kinds of different file types, including ProE. Search Google to find the Demo version to down load. To buy this package cost around $1000-$1500.
Tofflemire
RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
I think I down loaded it from here http://ww
RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
It might just come down to purchasing a seat of Pro/E. Man them guys got you coming and going, don't them?
-Al
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Tofflemire
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-Al
P.S. For the guy who asked about my name... Actually My name is Craig, Albion is just an online handle that I've had since the early 80's.
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Tofflemire
RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
Chances are a big customer like H-D would have access to batch output capability. If not, it might be worth it for you to upgrade to Wildfire. If they don't have to put in extra work just to send you their files, they might recognize this the next time they need to find a supplier.
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-Al
RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
How about PTC's ProductView Express? It will require HD to make some changes to their config.pro.
To view drawings, formats, layouts, reports, and diagrams, you must set the config.pro option:
save_drawing_picture_file - recommended setting: embed or both
To view sections, you must set the following config.pro option:
sketcher_save_preview_image - recommended setting: yes
Note: After setting these options, in order to view the data in standalone ProductView Express, you must reload the objects into Pro/ENGINEER and save them using the configuration option.
Richard Borders
Komatsu America Corp.
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-Al
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Here is the link where you can to download it from
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I still don't understand why can't they create a pdf file or a TIFF from their pro/e drawings. It's one click away...
Good luck!
ediushu
RE: Desperate need of a Viewer.
Corporate Politics... Harley is a very secure company. They take a lot of extra steps to make sure unnecessary technologies do not get out the door, and one of them is making sure unauthorized copies and translations of company drawings do not get created. It may be easy enough to click file->Save As, but when your job is on the line you tend to stay away unless you have the right paperwork to do it.
-Al
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Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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