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SOLIDWORKS eDrawings Technical Tips and Tricks from certified experts
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eDrawings software is jam-packed with functionality including the ability to view custom properties, move components or explode assemblies, and view content in AR/VR environments. Learn about the differences between eDrawings Viewer and eDrawings Professional.
How to create 3D PDFs of SOLIDWORKS Parts and Assemblies
By Prasadh Annalingam, CSWE on January 22, 2021
Sometimes we want to be able to send 3D information to individuals who may not have SOLIDWORKS access such as managers, customers, vendors, etc. How can we send them 3D information? In SOLIDWORKS we have…
New in eDrawing 2021, measure tool capabilities are increased. The Measure tool can now be used to measure the distance between cylindrical-cylindrical faces and planar-cylindrical faces. The cylindrical-cylindrical face measurement includes the overall center-to-center distance…
eDrawings 2021 Measure & Move now available in Web HTML
By Nadeem Akhtar on December 16, 2020
New in eDrawings 2021, Web HTML file types now support the Move and Measure tools. The Move feature is only available for assembly (.EASM, .SLDASM) file types. The Measure feature is available for all eDrawings…
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Does the uncapitalized “e” on eDrawings bother you, too? Well that is one change that didn’t make it in SOLIDWORKS 2021. However, there are a bunch of new improvements and one I would like to…
Is there a Free Tool available to View, Measure & Print DWG / DXF Files?
By Rod Mackay on March 11, 2020
At the end of last year DraftSight Standard switched from being a Free Tool to an Annual Subscription product. DraftSight is only US$99 a year (which you can purchase directly from DS) but this left…
Setting the path for eDrawings in SOLIDWORKS PDM Administration
By Michael Koenig on January 20, 2020
SOLIDWORKS PDM can work with different viewers to preview files within a vault. For SOLIDWORKS files, eDrawings is the default viewer. During the Installation of SOLIDWORKS PDM or SOLIDWORKS, eDrawings can be installed at the…
SOLIDWORKS eDrawings has been used for many years as a part, assembly and drawing viewer. This can be used on computers without SOLIDWORKS installed. Maybe not as well-known but still hitting the cool factor, in…
Upload STL files to 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace with eDrawings 2020
By John Lee, CSWE on December 24, 2019
In a previous article, we demonstrated how to access the 3DEXPERIENCE Marketplace from within SOLIDWORKS in order to get parts quoted for manufacture. We can now use eDrawings Professional to get parts quoted using *.stl…
Walkthrough your Assembly with SOLIDWORKS 2020 eDrawings VR
By Vicky Guignard on September 28, 2019
Have you ever thought, I wish I could be inside my computer and interact with my assembly? I know I have! Virtual Reality (VR) in eDrawings Professional enables users to explore their designs at a…
Problem running the latest or another version of eDrawings: “Input string is not in a correct format”?
By Vipanjot Kaur, CSWP on July 31, 2019
Recently an eDrawings user contacted our tech support asking why he couldn’t run newer or other versions of eDrawings on his machine. In this particular case the user was trying to run eDrawings 2019 but…
Selecting Configurations in SOLIDWORKS eDrawings 2019
By Andrew Lidstone, CSWE on January 24, 2019
SOLIDWORKS eDrawings 2019 now gives you the ability to preview different configurations of a file other than the one that was active when the file was last saved. This new functionality can allow users to…
SOLIDWORKS PDM Microsoft Office Outlook No Default Mail Client Error
By Justin Williams on November 28, 2018
Are you receiving a Microsoft Office Outlook / SOLIDWORKS PDM No Default Mail Client Error while previewing files in the vault? Why am I receiving this SOLIDWORKS PDM No Default Mail Client Error? SOLIDWORKS PDM uses…
Share designs with Non-CAD contacts easily using eDrawings HTML
By Bryan Sprange, CSWE on November 4, 2018
New for SOLIDWORKS 2019 is the ability to save an eDrawings HTML file to allow a contact who doesn’t have CAD to view and interact with your CAD files inside their web browser. Previously, sharing…
SOLIDWORKS PDM 2019 makes it easy to select a Drawing Sheet in the Preview Tab
By Andrew Lidstone, CSWE on September 23, 2018
In SOLIDWORKS PDM 2019, a new SOLIDWORKS PDM Sheet Preview drop list has been added to the eDrawings User Interface. When previewing SOLIDWORKS Drawing files, eDrawings .eDRW files as well as .DXF and .DWG files,…
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