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Altium Designer can be licensed as a free Viewer Edition, which allows read-only access to
Designer files. It appears that you have to request the program from Altium directly, and the license must be renewed annually.
Altium offers a P-CAD viewer at no cost:
http://www.altium.com/pcad/resources/downloads/viewer_downloads.aspx
Cadence supports their OrCAD and Allegro CAD applications using several
different viewers. The Allegro viewer:
http://www.cadence.co.in/products/si_pk_bd/downloads/allegroviewers/index.aspx
Cadence OrCAD Capture schematics viewer:
http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/downloads/myriad_capture_viewer/index.aspx
Cadence OrCAD Capture/OrCAD Capture CIS ViewReader:
http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/downloads/capture_cis_viewreader/index.aspx
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CadSoft doesn't exactly offer a viewer, but their free EAGLE Light Edition
product can view and print (but can't edit) full-sized designs:
http://www.cadsoft.de/freeware.htm
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BronzeWare has free Gerber and Protel ASCII PCB viewer called GerbMagic:
http://www.bronzware.com/GerbMagic/about.htm
There are also no-charge Gerber file viewers from PentaLogix (ViewMate) and
GraphiCode (GC-Preview):
http://www.pentalogix.com/Products/ViewMate/register.cfm
http://www.graphicode.com/pages/home.cfm?variable=18#_GC-Prevue
Mentor Graphics offers two different products, the Expedition PCB Browser and
Design Capture Browser:
http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb/browsers.cfm
You may also be able to use the PADS evaluation software from
Mentor as a PADS file viewer, as it allows you to create (but not save)
larger designs:
http://www.mentor.com/products/pcb/pads/pads_eval.cfm
The Valor Universal Viewer can open ODB++ and ODB++(X)
formats:
http://www.valor.com/en/Products/Valor%20Universal%20Viewer/VUV%20Download.aspx
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You can download a free CADSTAR Design Viewer from Zuken:
http://www.cadstarworld.com/products_dviewer.asp
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