Is there a totally-free (for all purposes) ActiveX control (for C#) for displaying dwg (Autocad) fil

[Family Tree Mike]

Hi ,

I've searched the net for a free ActiveX control to embed in my C# WinForms
app , which displays Autocad (dwg) file .

The results found are either :
shareware ActiveX controls (which require payment after 30-days or so) ,
or free-for-testing-purposes-only ActiveX controls (such as Cad Import
..NET and CadViewX) .

Is there a totally-free - for all purposes (not just for testing
purposes) - ActiveX control , which I can embed in my C# WinForms app and
use it just to display DWG Autocad file ?

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .

Did you search for "Free DWG Viewer Control"?

First hit: http://rbytes.net/software/free-dwg-viewer-review/

No experience with any of these...

 

[not_a_commie]

Autodesk gives away a tool to convert DWG to FBX. Microsoft's XNA
Toolkit will read and display FBX files. Autodesk also gives away an
SDK for reading DWG and FBX. However, wrapping that API in a managed
wrapper would be nontrivial.

 

[Lior Bobrov]

Hi ,

I've searched the net for a free ActiveX control to embed in my C# WinForms
app , which displays Autocad (dwg) file .

The results found are either :
shareware ActiveX controls (which require payment after 30-days or so) ,
or free-for-testing-purposes-only ActiveX controls (such as Cad Import
..NET and CadViewX) .

Is there a totally-free - for all purposes (not just for testing
purposes) - ActiveX control , which I can embed in my C# WinForms app and
use it just to display DWG Autocad file ?

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .

 

[Lior Bobrov]

Yes (of course it's already installed in my comp.) , but I couldn't
embed it in my C# program .
(it blocks embedding this control in my application and pop-up annoying
message saying that the control can't be embedded , at least in the free
version) .

I'd like to know about other options ... (other totally-free , all-purpose
, ActiveX controls that can be embedded in my C# program to view DWG
Autocad files) .

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .

 

[Hillbilly]

Give something away? Autodesk? Autodesk is not --generally-- very friendly
to 3rd party developers.
Where's that stuff at?

 

[not_a_commie]

Autodesk gives away a tool to convert DWG to FBX. Microsoft's XNA
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6839916

Top of the list on my Google search. Go figure.

 

[Hillbilly]

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=6839916

Top of the list on my Google search. Go figure.

Would you happen to know if anybody has developed or cares to convert DWG to
XAML? And do you know if AutoCAD still supports DXF export which would be
useful for conversion to XAML.