Hello dogbone,

UGS offers a free Solid Edge viewer that you can download for free after filling out a registration form. Here is the link to check it out:

http://www.solid-edge.com/viewers/default.cfm

I also found another SE viewer here but not sure what it does:

http://www.freecadapps.com/swdetails...owcolor=fce08d

Good luck!
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