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The review and markup application for DWF files - Autodesk Design Review - can be used also as a free viewer for Microstation DGN files.

You only need to install the "DGN plugin" module for Autodesk Design Review 2008 or 2009 and the .DGN V8 file format (2D) is added to the list of files for import (or for drag-and-drop operations). An opened DGN files can be zoomed, rotated, printed, measured, layers can be individually switched off, and you can also use its converted (published) DWF or DWFX version.

The current version of Autodesk Design Review and the appropriate DGN module (plug-in) can be downloaded for free from DL Download.

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See also:
Tip 9180:CAD file formats supported in Autodesk Navisworks 2014.
Tip 8104:File formats supported in Autodesk Navisworks 2012.
Tip 7241:Searching text in DWG drawings (without AutoCAD).
Tip 5733:TIFF file formats supported in Design Review 2008.
Tip 5428:A free tool to measure DWG, DXF, DWF and DWFX drawings.
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