Key Features of eDrawings

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eDrawings features include:

Viewing native documents in the eDrawings Viewer, such as SOLIDWORKS (*.sldprt, *.sldasm, and *.slddrw) and AutoCAD (*.dxf and *.dwg file) documents
Creating eDrawings files from your CAD application
Support for Windows and Macintosh operating systems
Exporting Plastics Simulation results from SOLIDWORKS Plastics as eDrawings files
Viewing SOLIDWORKS Simulation and SOLIDWORKS SimulationXpress data
Using eDrawings as a standalone viewer or as an embedded ActiveX control
If you use the eDrawings 64-bit version, you can use eDrawings ActiveX control. If you try to open .html files in eDrawings and the files do not open, use the eDrawings 64-bit version and install eDrawings 64-bit ActiveX.
Shading views
Viewing and customizing animations
Linking drawing views
Hide Others/Show All
Make Transparent
Exporting files as STL, BMP, JPEG, or TIFF files

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