Shell Extensions for previewing, processing and printing AutoCAD file types within your Outlook and Windows File Explorer Preview Panes and Right-Click Context menus

The image below shows a sample view of the Longbow Previewer previewing a DWG file from within an Outlook email, the exact same functionality is available via your your Windows Explorer. As you can see, the original DWG thumbnail is displayed in the bottom right along with a much improved High-Res version just above it...

As you can see, right clicking the DWG or DXF gives you access to

• Audit DWG
  • Show Audit Information
    • Displays the results of an audit run on the file
  • Audit - Complete
    • Runs a complete audit and fix of all objects in the file and saves the audited result as a new file called <originalFileName>_Audited.exe
• Purge DWG
  • Show Purge Information
    • Displays all purgable objects in the file
  • Purge All
    • Runs a complete purge of all objects in the file and saves the result as a new file called <originalFileName>_Purged.exe
• Save the DWG to a new file version
  • Save the DWG file as R12, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010 or the latest DWG version that you AutoCAD supports.
• Save the DWG to a different file type such as PDF, DXF, DXFX, BMP, WMF, EPS, STL, SAT, FBX, etc.
• Save the DWG as a specifically versioned DXF
• Print gives you Quick Print functionality. This uses your default printer setup. NOTE: You must have Adobe Reader installed

1. Save your drawing file as a different DWG file format version R12, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010 or 2013
2. Save/Export your drawing file as a different type (perhaps PDF, DWF, BMP, etc)
3. Completely switch your DWG to a DXF file
4. Select Print to invoke a Quick Print operation that plots all the Layouts.