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SolidWorks Viewer for Linux or Android???

SolidWorks Viewer for Linux or Android???

SolidWorks Viewer for Linux or Android???

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I use a desktop to develop my SolidWorks models.  When I go offsite to meet with existing or potential clients, I bring along a bunch of printouts to show them the progress or samples from my portfolio.  This works OK, but I would ideally like to be able to have a small portable tablet that I can show them an actual 3D file on.  I would like the ability to rotate, zoom, etc. with the tablet to show different parts and assemblies.

Yes, I know I can just get a laptop and install the free SolidWorks viewer on it from the website.  However, my budget for this is around $300-400 and I really just want a slate type of form factor that is small and compact.  The only products with these specs all seem to be either android or some other linux based platform.  Also, I find that being able to show and visualize parts with a slate type of device has a certain "wow-factor" with clients, even if it's subliminal.  This can often be the difference between getting a project and not.

Does anyone know of a way to view SolidWorks files on either linux or android?  I did some searching, and supposedly there's a Java based SolidWorks viewer floating around somewhere, but I have not been able to find it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

RE: SolidWorks Viewer for Linux or Android???

Can you take advanatge of an eDrawings version saved as an html file?  That is what I usually use when sending something to a client.  They don't need to do anything but have a web browser and enable the add-in or Activex file (one time only).

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RE: SolidWorks Viewer for Linux or Android???


Another option might be to export to PDF using 3D features.  I've done some basic testing, and it seems to work OK as long as you use the viewer from Adobe.  Normal open source pdf viewers like evince or okular on linux don't yet support 3D, at least the versions I use.  Don't know if a 3D enabled pdf viewer is available for your platform.

More info here:
http://www.adobe.com/manufacturing/3dpdfsamples/3dsolutions/

 

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