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CAD Pockets vs CAD Viewer

CAD Pockets

cadpockets.com

CAD Viewer

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FigureCAD PocketsCAD Viewer
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
Plans published31
Spec score · CAD Viewer Software8.0 (#12)7.6 (#15)
EditingDrawing tools include lines, polylines, circles, rectangles, arcs, text and blocks, while editing tools include copy, move, rotate and mirror.Write mode supports creating, editing, and deleting drawing entities, with AutoCAD-style drawing and modification commands.
PurposeCAD Pockets is a mobile CAD product for viewing and working with .dwg drawings.CAD Viewer is a browser-based WebGL runtime for viewing and editing DWG/DXF drawings.

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CAD Viewer

CAD Viewer is a free, open-source browser WebGL runtime for viewing and editing DWG and DXF drawings. It displays model space, layouts, layers, blocks, and external references. Write mode supports creating, editing, and deleting drawing entities with AutoCAD-style commands. Review tools place arrows, text, clouds, rectangles, circles, and callouts over a read-only drawing background. Measurement tools cover distance, area, angle, and arc length, with results exportable as a JSON sidecar file. The product can export a self-contained HTML viewer for offline use with pan, zoom, layers, and distance measurement; exports can be password- and expiry-protected. Full-viewer examples include HTML and PDF export, while the simple viewer offers lazy-loaded HTML, PDF, and SVG plugins. Parsing and rendering occur on the client, and drawings are not uploaded, cached, or mirrored to a server. It can be embedded through iframe or npm, and a Google Drive integration opens drawings from Drive. The responsive interface supports phones, tablets, and desktops, with touch operations documented for mobile. Read-only mode disables markup, drawing, and modification commands.

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