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ABViewer
ABViewer is a software application for 2D/3D computer-aided design (CAD) developed by CADSoftTools in 2003. Its main features are viewing, editing, creating, converting, and printing CAD files. It is compatible with Windows and Linux with Wine and distributed as proprietary software. ABViewer is available in more than 30 languages.
The early version of ABViewer allowed viewing and merging CAD files, storing BMP and EMF images in the clipboard, and printing a group of files. Initially, the program supported 20 languages and was available in two versions: Standard and Professional.
In 2007, new features were added to the viewer: an editor and a converter. The application got a full set of editing tools for design and project work. As a converter, ABViewer made it possible to convert selected parts of the image. ABViewer 6 was available in three versions (Standard, Professional and Enterprise).
ABViewer 15.1 was released in 2023. The latest version (ABViewer 15.2) was released in October 2024.
According to the comparative study of CAD data exchange based on STEP standard held in 2017, ABViewer was able to open the exported STEP models with success rate of 80%. The representation of models was complete, without absence of model features or missing surfaces, but with low accuracy of splines with larger radius; the error visibility was decreasing with the decrease of spline radius.
ABViewer allows viewing more than 50 vector and raster 2D and 3D formats:
The program opens archived drawings too: ZIP, 7z, RAR, CAB, BZIP, TAR.
ABViewer is fully translated into the following languages: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. ABViewer documentation and detailed help system are available in English, German, French, and Russian.
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ABViewer
ABViewer is a software application for 2D/3D computer-aided design (CAD) developed by CADSoftTools in 2003. Its main features are viewing, editing, creating, converting, and printing CAD files. It is compatible with Windows and Linux with Wine and distributed as proprietary software. ABViewer is available in more than 30 languages.
The early version of ABViewer allowed viewing and merging CAD files, storing BMP and EMF images in the clipboard, and printing a group of files. Initially, the program supported 20 languages and was available in two versions: Standard and Professional.
In 2007, new features were added to the viewer: an editor and a converter. The application got a full set of editing tools for design and project work. As a converter, ABViewer made it possible to convert selected parts of the image. ABViewer 6 was available in three versions (Standard, Professional and Enterprise).
ABViewer 15.1 was released in 2023. The latest version (ABViewer 15.2) was released in October 2024.
According to the comparative study of CAD data exchange based on STEP standard held in 2017, ABViewer was able to open the exported STEP models with success rate of 80%. The representation of models was complete, without absence of model features or missing surfaces, but with low accuracy of splines with larger radius; the error visibility was decreasing with the decrease of spline radius.
ABViewer allows viewing more than 50 vector and raster 2D and 3D formats:
The program opens archived drawings too: ZIP, 7z, RAR, CAB, BZIP, TAR.
ABViewer is fully translated into the following languages: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. ABViewer documentation and detailed help system are available in English, German, French, and Russian.