ELITECAD Viewer
All your models and plans on a click – including free IFC Viewer!

Looking for an easy way to gain detailed insights into building models or construction drawings but you don't want an expensive and complex CAD software for specialists? Alright, our Viewer is your solution for loading and evaluating ELITECAD data or third-party models via IFC interface.
Full insight into models & plans
With our ELITECAD Viewer you get access to 3D models, 2D plans and many details completely for free. Take a look at the current status of a project, evaluate all the specifics with our easy-to-use model control, print views, check models and drawings in detail – simple, fast, without CAD knowledge.

Whether finished (BIM) model, plant design, special machinery or another architecture or construction project: our Viewer provides you with detailed insights into ELITECAD and IFC data. In addition, benefit from state-of-the-art 3D shader technology for a pleasant and modern visualisation at no cost!

ELITECAD Viewer: access 3d models with ease

Detailed insights without actually constructing

ELITECAD Viewer – the features at a glance

For details about system requirements & language options click here.
  • Open ELITECAD and IFC files

    Load and inspect any kind of ELITECAD data or, alternatively, import building models in the non-proprietary OpenBIM file format IFC.
  • 2D & 3D interaction

    Zoom, rotate, pan and shift - check all perspectives or view your models and plans as desired with our intuitive model control.
  • View-Manager

    Stay on top of things: the View-Manager allows you to switch between 3D model and 2D views with a simple click.
  • Storeys & structural order

    Change the visibility of storeys in building models or check the structural order of assemblies in engineering projects with ease.
  • Printing

    Sometimes things have to be brought with ink to paper. Simply print your plans and views as desired with ELITECAD Viewer.
  • Free

    Our ELITECAD Viewer is good for your budget, because you can download it completely for free without any time limits.
More functions for PROjects
Looking for a unique solution to load and analyse different file formats such as DWG/DXF, 3DS, SketchUp or point clouds?
In addition to full insight, you also need to add markings, comments and approvals to models? Or are you out in the field on a construction site, where you have to check, (re-)measure and sometimes correct details?

Our extension ELITECAD Viewer Pro features all this and more for successful projects:
easier & lower-priced than CAD systems,
more efficient & more versatile than conventional viewers!

ELITECAD Viewer Pro – the features at a glance

  • Load & comment native data
    Open ELITECAD or also CAD400 files and add your annotations the model using redlining functions or revision clouds.
  • Import third-party models
    Load and evaluate models from various 2D and 3D sources via our import interfaces, e.g. DWG/DXF, IFC4(.3), 3DS, SketchUp, point clouds, PDF, SAT, ...
  • Detailed display & management
    Switch between views and individually configure visibilities with our managers for layers, storeys, assemblies and component groups.
  • 2D & 3D interaction
    Zoom, rotate, pan and shift - check all perspectives or view your models and plans as desired with our intuitive model control.
  • Printing & DWG/DXF export
    Print your plans, plots and views or hand the data over to partners via the DWG/DXF interface integrated in ELITECAD Viewer Pro.
  • Extensive measurement functions
    Analyse and inspect building or construction models in every detail with the measurement functions included in the Pro extension.

Import interfaces of ELITECAD Viewer Pro

Fully integrated

ELITECAD, IFC2x3, IFC4, IFC 4.3, CAD400, DWG/DXF, SketchUp, PDF, IGES 2D, point clouds, SAT, PNG, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, 3DS, MI

Optionally available

Unigraphics, Solidworks, Parasolid, IGES 3D, STEP, VDA-FS, CATIA4, CATIA5, Inventor, Pro/E
Comparison of functions: ELITECAD Viewer & Viewer Pro
Function
ELITECAD Viewer
ELITECAD Viewer Pro
Open ELITECAD files
Import IFC 2x3, IFC 4 and IFC 4.3 files
View free attributes
View 2D and 3D data
Model control
(zoom, rotate, pan and shift)
Activate and deactivate views
3D shader technology
Storey management & structural order
Printing
Open CAD400 files
Import various 2D / 3D data
(DXF, 3DS, SAT, etc.)
DWG/DXF export
Layer management
Assemblies & groupings
Measurement tools
Redlining and revision clouds
(add comments and markings)
BIMcollab Plug-In
PlanRadar Plug-In
Comparison of functions: ELITECAD Viewer & Viewer Pro
Function
ELITECAD Viewer
ELITECAD Viewer Pro
Open ELITECAD files
Import IFC2x3, IFC 4 and IFC4.3 files
View free attributes
View 2D and 3D data
Model control
(zoom, rotate, pan and shift)
Activate and deactivate views
3D shader technology
Storey management & structural order
Printing
Open CAD400 files
Import various 2D / 3D data (DXF, 3DS, SAT, etc.)
DWG/DXF export
Layer management
Assemblies & groupings
Measurement tools
Redlining and revision clouds (i.e. add comments and markings)
BIMcollab Plug-In
PlanRadar Plug-In

System requirements and language options

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The final step to your planning solution with added value