Open CAD drawing *.DWG without AutoCAD

[vivekbn]

Is there anything out there as an Open Source, that I can use to open the AutoCAD drawing (*.DWG extension)without requiring AutoCAD. I have searched online a lot but didn't find anything useful that I can use in my application development. Any help in this matter will be great. Thanks for your time. looking forward to hear from the experts out there.

[lost in transition]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=open+source+dwg+viewer&btnG=Google+Search[^]

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[Lost User]

Open Design Alliance[^] offers a full DWG API. It's free so long as you are using it internally. There are significant costs if you want to license it to include in a product you plan to sell. Cheers, Drew.