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Function documentation Engineering Client Viewer  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

The Engineering Client Viewer (ECL Viewer) allows you to view various file types within your documents. You can also use the redlining functions, and change the viewing aspect, as well as edit, change, and print the objects that are displayed.

Prerequisites

If the viewer will not display the original application file, first check that the file is of a type listed below. Ensure that the viewer was installed properly on your PC and, if necessary, contact your system administrator.

Features

The integrated ECL viewer supports the following 2D file formats:

2D Formats and Processing Functions

2D vector images

AutoCAD DWF (*.DWF)

AutoCAD DWG 2.5-14 (*.DWG)

AutoCAD DXF R11-14 (*.DXF)

Calomp (906, 907)

CALS MIL-R Type I and Type II (*.MLR, *.MIL, *.MILR)

CGM (*.CGM)

HPGL/HPGL-2 (*.HPG, *.HPGL)

HP ME 10/30 MI (*.MI)

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2D raster images

CompuServe (*.GIF)

EDMICS C4 (*.C4)

JFIF Compliant (*.JPG, *.JPEG)

Microstation (*.DGN)

MIL-RII - TRIFF (*.FSX)

PC Paint (*.PCX)

PICT-Macintosh Paint (*.PCT, *.PICT)

Portable Network Graphics (*.PNG)

SunRaster (*.RAS)

Tagged Image File Format - Mono, color, & grayscale (*.TIF)

(*.TLC)

Windows Bitmap (*.BMP)

2D ASCII and Postscript

ASCII Text (*.TXT)

Encapsulated Postscript (*.EPS)

PostScript I, II (*.PS)

The following functions can be executed with files in 2D file format:

·        Zoom - Dynamic/Window

·        Fit to window

·        Pan

·        Color settings for view

·        Rotation

·        Flip horizontal/vertical

·        Multi-page (Next/Previous page, select page)

·        Print screen

The integrated ECL viewer supports the following 3D file formats:

3D Formats and Processing Functions

Direct Model (*.JT)

Stereolithography (*.STL)

Virtual Reality Modeling Language (*.WRL)

The following functions can be executed in 3D file format:

·        Zoom - Dynamic/Window

·        Fit to window

·        Pan

·        Seek to point

·        Color settings for view

·        Rotation Dynamic/along 3 axis

·        Print screen

 

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