View dwg files in a VB form

[IFRs]

I would like to view dwg files (AutoCAD) in a VB form. Does anyone know of a plug-in or other method?

 

[johnwm]

You could shell to ABViewer:

http://www.cadsofttools.com/?PageName=ABViewer

Good Luck
johnwm
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[IFRs]

CadSoftTools does not seem to read 2004 files and does not seem to handle 3D drawings. Other suggestions?

 

[PeterCharles]

This is free from Informative Graphics.

http://www.infograph.com/products/dwgviewer/DWGdownload2.asp

It used to contain an activeX component to display dwg's and dxf's in your VB programme (invisoX)

 

[IFRs]

The Infograph viewer did not show 3D objects as anything but wireframe. A check on their web site reveals that it is 2D only. Rats. Nice try though!!

 

[PeterCharles]

Did you want to display a 3D surface/solid model then?
For what its worth you can display 3D wireframe using a Java applet from

http://www.escape.de/users/quincunx/dxfviewer/index.html

But this might not be of much use.
Can you stitch Java applets into a VB program? or maybe call up a HTML page containing the applet in IE from your VB program?