DWG Trueview Silent Install: Unattended Command Line Deployment

Autodesk DWG TrueView is a free DWG viewer, and packaging it as a silent, unattended install makes it straightforward to add to your SCCM Software Catalog or push via WDS/Group Policy.

Getting the Installer

Download the DWG TrueView installer directly from Autodesk’s official download page, then extract the installation files from the downloaded executable.

Silent Install (Classic / Legacy Builds)

From the root of the extracted setup files, run:

setup.exe /w /t /l /q setup.ini

Uninstall (Classic / Legacy Builds)

msiexec /x "x86\dwgviewr\dwgviewr.msi" /q /norestart

Swap x86 for x64 if you’re deploying the 64-bit build.

Detection Method (Classic / Legacy Builds)

Use the same MSI as your detection rule:

x86\dwgviewr\dwgviewr.msi

A Dependency to Watch For (Classic / Legacy Builds)

Classic DWG TrueView builds require the full .NET Framework 4 runtime. If your target machines might not have it, create the .NET Framework 4 redistributable as its own SCCM Application and add it as a dependency on this one, so it installs automatically as a prerequisite rather than causing the DWG TrueView install to fail silently.

What’s Changed on the Current Release (2026)

Autodesk has moved DWG TrueView’s newest generation (following the same numbering as AutoCAD, so the current release is DWG TrueView 2027) off the classic setup.ini/MSI installer entirely. The extracted-installer-plus-setup.ini approach and a plain msiexec /x uninstall above are the legacy pattern — if you’re packaging a current-generation download, expect a different, ODIS-based bootstrapper instead:

• Download the current installer (an executable typically named something like Create_Installer_..._English_WIN64.exe), then extract it silently with the -q switch.
• Run the extracted Setup.exe -q for a silent install, rather than the old setup.exe /w /t /l /q setup.ini syntax.
• Uninstall goes through Autodesk’s ODIS installer framework rather than a direct MSI call — something along the lines of "%ProgramFiles%\Autodesk\AdODIS\V1\Installer.exe" -i uninstall -q -m <path-to-bundleManifest.xml>, with the manifest path specific to your deployed version.

The runtime dependency has shifted too — recent DWG TrueView generations are moving off the classic .NET Framework 4/4.8 requirement onto a modern .NET (Core-based) runtime instead, in line with Autodesk’s broader migration of its desktop products. If you’re packaging a current-generation build, double-check the exact prerequisite list on Autodesk’s system requirements page for that release before assuming the old .NET Framework 4 dependency still applies — it’s worth confirming against your specific downloaded version, since Autodesk has been changing this generation-by-generation.

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