[Freegis-list] Lx-Viewer (DWG viewer for Linux)

[Guy Edwards]

Hello,

Just to let you know that the latest stable Lx-Viewer (0.98a) is out and
give a quick overview. LX-Viewer is a GPL program that will allow you to
open, view and print DWG or DXF files on Linux (+do other things).

Download from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=30996
You will need the OpenDWG libraries also
http://www.opendwg.org

Any problems/questions/feedback you have is welcome

New features in 0.98a:
* latest Qt3 and OpenDWG support
* Single/multiple drawing auditing and reporting
* Accepts multiple command line parameters when starting the program
* internal command line with command history
* Postscript printer resolution increased from 72dpi to 600dpi 
* Added text and picture previews to the open file dialog 
* Viewer now stores a bitmap preview picture with the drawing file 
* Drawing is sniffed prior to load looking for corrupt data 
* XPM file output replaced with Portable Network Graphics files (PNG) 
* Standard install: ./configure, make and make install working 100%.
* many other misc improvements....... 

Project changes
* New, more informative website with development roadmaps/targets etc
* Project team up from 6 to 16 members
* Development has begun on 0.99

Thanks for your time,
Guy

http://lx-viewer.sourceforge.net

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Jan, any chance of updating the reference on the website? 
http://freegis.org/details.en.html?name=LX-Viewer
I won't bother you again until version 1.0, you've been linked too
http://lx-viewer.sourceforge.net/links.php