After installation, PView appears in the “Add-ins” ribbon in AutoCAD.

Click PViewON to instantly switch to a clean presentation view—only essential geometry is visible, with annotations, hatches, and overlays hidden or faded.

Use PViewTWEAK for an alternate view: hatches remain visible, but all annotations and text are hidden, and geometry appears in grayscale with transparency for better visual focus.

Click PViewOFF to restore your standard editing environment.

No manual setup is required—PView works out of the box with your existing drawings.

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plugin from the Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plugin. Or, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plugin. To uninstall this plugin, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. Or, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

• Supported: AutoCAD 2021–2026 (Win64).
• No learning curve—install and start using immediately.

• Read-Only Drawings: If you use PViewON or PViewOFF on a read-only DWG, AutoCAD may display a warning or error dialogue. No changes will be made to your drawing, but you must close the message to continue.
• PViewOFF resets all object-level transparency values in the drawing. If you had manually assigned transparency to objects (not via layer), it will be cleared. Layer transparency settings remain unaffected.