SOLIDWORKS Release
You can view any SOLIDWORKS document from SOLIDWORKS 97Plus and later.
Large Assembly Mode
If selected, high quality HLR/HLV views in assembly drawings do not contain shaded data in the published eDrawings (.edrw) file. If all views in the drawing are high quality, no shaded data is included in the eDrawings file and you cannot animate the drawing in eDrawings.
Review-enabled
If you have eDrawings Professional installed, eDrawings files are review-enabled when you create them from SOLIDWORKS documents; if you have the complimentary eDrawings Viewer installed, the eDrawings files are not review-enabled.
Save As Versus Publish
Create eDrawings files from SOLIDWORKS by using
Save As or
Publish eDrawings file.
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Save As |
Publish |
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| Save eDrawings file |
An eDrawings file is saved from SOLIDWORKS. You specify file name and location. |
No file is saved from SOLIDWORKS; you must save the file from eDrawings. |
| Open automatically in eDrawings |
Does not open the file in eDrawings. |
Opens the published content in eDrawings. |
| Options available |
An Options dialog box is available from the Save As dialog box. |
Options specified previously with Save As in SOLIDWORKS are applied. |
If you save an assembly in SOLIDWORKS with its SpeedPak configuration active and open the .sldasm file directly in eDrawings, faces and bodies not included in the SpeedPak are not visible in eDrawings. To ensure that the faces and bodies are visible, use the Save As or Publish methods.