This enables a user with the free eDrawings Viewer access to the eDrawings Professional tools, including the measure tool.
When an eDrawings file is published in SolidWorks Professional or Premium (or if a user has a standalone license of eDrawings Professional), then a tag will be attached to the file which will remove the limitations from the free eDrawings Viewer for this file only. However if a user with a license of eDrawings Professional opens the same file then the measure tool will be available. So an eDrawings file published in SolidWorks Standard, when opened by a user with the free eDrawings Viewer will not have access to the measure tool. SolidWorks Professional and SolidWorks Premium come bundled with a license of eDrawings Professional, while the SolidWorks Standard product comes with the free version of eDrawings. The measure tool in eDrawings is only available in eDrawings Professional and not in the free eDrawings Viewer … most of the time (more on that in a moment). The first factor that determines whether or not the measure tool is available is what license of eDrawings is being used. Influence the ability to use the measure tool in eDrawings.ĮDrawings Professional vs eDrawings Viewer That’s because there are two different factors that We often receive questions about the measure tool in SolidWorks eDrawings. We have used Draftsight from DS SolidWorks ( free and downloadable from the Javelin website) to view all of the plans to help make decisions on the new space layout. Wendy (our designer) has provided us with a great deal of advice and guidance on best practices for efficient office layout. The space is brand new so we have had the pleasure of designing our own layout. Our next door neighbors are Canadian Tire Financial. The space that we have leased is flexSpace and it is the first development in the Great Lakes Business Park. Frank, Penny and Wendy are all working hard to ensure that the build goes smooth. We have contracted with Style Construction for project management and On-Sight Design for design services. Our new office is almost 12,000 square feet which is double the space that we have now. Superior Court is located off Burloak in Oakville just south of the QEW. We are all very excited about the move and looking forward to the change since we have been at 700 Dorval Drive in Oakville since 1998. On April 1st we will be operating out of brand spanking new offices at 3457 Superior Court in Oakville. The number of supported formats offers it a great deal of flexibility while the intuitive interface gets anyone quickly up and running.Yes, it’s true. On an ending note, SolidWorks eDrawings is more than a CAD viewer, sporting functions that allow you to explore and study the models properly. Last, but not least, you can convert CAD drawings to several other formats, such as ZIP, EXE, HTM, BMP, TIF, JPG, PNG and GIF via a simple export operation. In addition, the MoldflowXpress will validate your models, assessing whether they are ready or not for the manufacture process. Individual views can be arranged as you wish, despite their original order, while the 3D pointer smartly identifies and matches the geometry inside multiple drawing views. Validate, print, or export to several image file types 3D models can be dynamically visualized, allowing you to distinguish each drawing view, in an animated rotation movement.
The set of visualization controls provide everything you need to thoroughly explore the layouts and textures of any CAD drawing: zoom, rotate, pan, perspective and shaded views. What impressed us the most about SolidWorks eDrawings is the extensive support for CAD formats that includes SolidWorks proprietary formats (SLDPRT, SLDASM, SLDDWR, PRTDOT, ASMDOT, DRWDOT, EPRT, EDRW and EASM), as well as STL, DXF and DWG.
Needless to say, you can achieve this with any other CAD software, but at much greater costs and at the risk of spending a long time trying to understand how to use such a program.Ī simpler solution resides in software such as SolidWorks eDrawings, which provides a more user friendly experience and a good selection of viewing and conversion features. A handy and practical visualization applicationĬreated primarily as a CAD viewer, SolidWorks eDrawings is intended for general use and aimed at users who do not require complex CAD software, but an easy-to-use utility that will help them visualize and print drawings. SolidWorks eDrawings is an intuitive and efficient application designed to deliver simple means for viewing, printing and converting 2D and 3D CAD models. Before putting in motion a major project, it is recommended to design it using a computer application that can provide enhanced analysis and accuracy.