eDrawings Basics

Contents

• Creation of eDrawings Files
  

• Opening Files
  

  Use the Open tool to open an existing file in the eDrawings Viewer.

• Exiting eDrawings
  

  When you close files or the eDrawings application, you are prompted to save changes.

• DXF/DWG File XREFs
  

• Setting Options
  

• Viewing Mass Properties
  

  You can display mass properties for CAD files (except SOLIDWORKS files) or eDrawings part and assembly files.

• Editing Custom Properties
  

  You can edit custom properties in SOLIDWORKS files from Windows Explorer; that is, without opening the files in the SOLIDWORKS application. The files must have been created in SOLIDWORKS 2008 or later.

• eDrawings Interface
  

  The eDrawings interface has tools, menus, and a graphics area.

• eDrawings Manipulation Tools
  

• Measure Overview
  

  The Measure tool measures exact dimensions in part, assembly, and drawing documents.

• Drawings in eDrawings
  

• Layouts Overview
  

  You can create multiple layouts in CAD or eDrawings drawing documents using the Layouts tool. With layouts, you can look at related views together, regardless of their original locations on drawing sheets.

• Display Features in eDrawings
  

• Components Pane
  

  You can use the components tree on the Components pane to manage assembly file components.

• Animations
  

• Bills of Materials
  

  You can view bills of materials (BOMs) for drawings, parts, and assemblies. You can display BOMs in native SOLIDWORKS documents, as well as in eDrawings files saved from the SOLIDWORKS software.

• Title Block Tables
  

  You can view title block tables for parts and assemblies. You can display title block tables in native SOLIDWORKS documents, as well as in eDrawings files saved from the SOLIDWORKS software.

• Embedding eDrawings Files in Other Documents
  

  You can embed eDrawings files in other documents as OLE objects.

• Embedding eDrawings Controls in Microsoft Office Documents
  

  You can embed eDrawings controls in other documents as OLE objects.

• Saving Files
  

• Printing Files in eDrawings
  

• Sending Files
  

  You can email eDrawings files to others using the Send tool. The email contains detailed instructions for the recipient about how to use the eDrawings application.

• Undo and Redo
  

  You can undo and redo changes that you make in the current eDrawings session.

• Application Programming Interface
  

  The eDrawings Application Programming Interface (API) is an OLE programming interface to eDrawings and is implemented as a Microsoft ActiveX control. You can use the eDrawings API to customize the eDrawings Viewer, create interactive web pages, and translate files.