Using the Standalone Viewer
You can use the SolidWorks Enterprise PDM standalone viewer to preview
and mark up files that are not
in an Enterprise PDM vault.
You can also use the standalone viewer to
view vault files.
When you distribute SolidWorks drawings (.slddrw)
or assembly files (.sldasm)
to be viewed with the eDrawings Viewer, subsequent changes to referenced
parts and assemblies are not reflected in the distributed files.
As a best practice, distribute drawings and assembly files in eDrawings
format, which always requires updates when referenced parts are modified.
If this is not possible, redistribute the updated SolidWorks parent drawings
and assemblies each time you modify the referenced parts.
To use the standalone viewer:
Right-click a file outside the
vault and select View/Markup or select a file in the vault and click the View File 
tool.
Use the toolbar buttons to:
Open a document
in the file viewer.
View the Properties
dialog.
Edit the
document in its native application.
Refresh
the view window and properties.
Click in the preview pane to activate the viewer.
The shortcut menu and options vary depending
on the file type and associated viewer. You can zoom, pan, and rotate
CAD images. The viewer for SolidWorks files is eDrawings.
To exclude file types:
From the standalone viewer, select View,
Excluded File Types.
Type a comma-separated list of file extensions
according to the example provided in the Excluded
File Types dialog, and click OK