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SOLIDWORKS eDrawings Technical Tips and Tricks from certified experts
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 the ability to save a model as an eDrawings file format which another user can then open and view the…
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 and the three components of the measurement with the flags displayed. The planar-cylindrical face measurement does not display any flags….
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 and SOLIDWORKS file formats. To enable the Web HTML file measure feature, you need to select the ‘Enable measure‘ in…
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 discuss is the inclusion of File Properties. Starting in 2021, eDrawings can now read File Properties and Configuration Specific Properties…
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 a gap in the market for a free DWG Viewer that allows you to view, print, and interrogate DWG or…
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 same time. During the installation of SOLIDWORKS PDM, the default location for the eDrawings viewer is noted within the PDM…
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 my opinion, is eDrawings can be purchased and installed on mobile devices like Androids or Apple products. There have been…
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 files. STL (stereolithography) format is one of the most common and universal file formats for 3D printing. Load the *.stl…
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 one-to-one scale using a VR headset like the HTC Vive. Originally introduced in SOLIDWORKS eDrawings 2019 as a beta feature,…
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