Administrative

Tasks Solutions
Track the evolution of a design or compare different designs. Publish a eDrawings file, then send it to others who can use the free eDrawings Viewer to view the file. Add model-related information in the comments field.

To learn more about eDrawings, click Help > Tutorials > All SOLIDWORKS Tutorials, and complete the eDrawings tutorial.
Manage product data and control revisions. Use the SOLIDWORKS PDM add-in, a product data management tool. Click Tools > Add-Ins, and select SOLIDWORKS PDM to activate this add-in.
Replace an imported feature to incorporate a design change from the customer or supplier of the part. Use Edit Feature to replace an imported feature with geometry from a new file.
You can edit only features created from an ACIS, Autodesk Inventor, IGES, Parasolid, Pro/ENGINEER, Solid Edge, STEP, VDAFS, or VRML file.