The ItemMaster and the ECO module store hyperlinks to CAD drawings. As long as an appropriate viewer is installed, then it will be opened automatically to view the drawing.
Most CAD companies provide viewers. Also there are inexpensive 3rd part products that provide a viewers that can display the most common formats. For example...
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