Excluding Drawings in an Export Package (2025 FD03)

You can control which drawings to include or exclude when using the Export as Package tool, located in the Collaboration tab of the MySession action bar. This tool lets you export data packages from SOLIDWORKS Connected or the Design with SOLIDWORKS app.

Benefits: The Exclude option helps you avoid exporting unnecessary or outdated drawings and reduces the size of the exported package.

When setting up your export package, you can manually select which drawings to include.

To include or exclude drawings in an export package:
  1. With the parts or assemblies open in MySession, select a file and click the Collaboration > Export as Package in the action bar.
  2. Select a node from the file and click Add Drawings to display any linked drawings in the view.
  3. For each drawing, under the Purpose column:
    • Choose For Edit to include it in the package.
    • Choose Read-Only to include it as non-editable.
    • Choose Exclude to leave it out of the package.

You can only include one revision of a drawing in each export package. The tool does not support exporting multiple revisions of the same drawing.