Advanced Conversion Options (eDrawings)

You can use the Advanced Conversion Options (eDrawings) dialog box to specify options when exporting SOLIDWORKS documents as eDrawings® files.

To display this dialog box:

  • When configuring a conversion task, on the Conversions Settings page of the Convert - Properties dialog box, for Output file format, select eDrawings (*.eprt; *.easm; *edrw) and click Conversion Options.
  • When starting a conversion task, in the Convert dialog box, for Output file format, select eDrawings (*.eprt; *.easm; *edrw) and click Conversion Options.

EDRW/EPRT/EASM

Enable measure Recipients can measure the geometry in the eDrawings Viewer.
Allow STL export Recipients can save it as a Stereo Lithography (STL) file from the eDrawings Viewer.
Save table features If the part or assembly document you are saving includes bills of materials or title block tables, select to include this information in the exported eDrawings file.
Save shaded data in drawings (drawings only)

Saves shaded and draft quality data from the SOLIDWORKS drawing document. When cleared, shaded and draft quality views are omitted from the eDrawings file.

In SOLIDWORKS, you must also select Save tessellated data for drawings with shaded and draft quality views in Options > Drawings before you can export this data.
Save file properties Saves custom properties from a SOLIDWORKS document in resulting eDrawings files when you Save As an eDrawings document or Publish to eDrawings in SOLIDWORKS.

For lightweight assemblies, only custom properties for the top-level assembly are available in the resulting eDrawings files.

Configuration-specific properties are not available for assemblies opened in lightweight mode.

Save file properties for each component in the assembly. (Available if you select Save file properties.) Saves custom properties including configuration-specific properties for each component in the SOLIDWORKS assembly.

When you open the file in eDrawings, the Properties tool is available if the file has custom properties.

Drawings

Save shaded data [Note: Shaded vuew are empty Saves shaded and draft quality data from the SOLIDWORKS drawing document. When cleared, shaded and draft quality views are omitted from the eDrawings file.
Also select Save tessellated data for drawings with shaded and draft quality views in Tools > Options > System Options > Drawings > Performance before you can export this data.
Include layers set to not print Includes any layers in drawings that you specify to Will not print in the Layers dialog box.

Motion Studies

Save motion studies For models with SOLIDWORKS Motion Studies. Saving motion studies can increase file size and creation time:

Save each motion study in every configuration

The out-of-date motion studies are automatically recalculated before exporting to eDrawings.

Save only in last calculated configuration

The configuration of the most recently calculated motion study is used.

Select Recalculate the motion study if the results are out of date to recalculate any out-of-date motion studies in that configuration before exporting.