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What
is eDrawings software?
eDrawings software is a product design communication tool for sharing accurate representations of both 2D drawings and 3D models. The electronic data format of eDrawings files is highly compressed to enable easily transmission via email. When viewed with the eDrawings Viewer, these files provide intelligent interpretation tools (3D Pointer, Virtual Folding, Animated Drawing Views) that help the recipient easily understand and navigate the data they receive. eDrawings files are created through the use of the eDrawings Publisher add-in, which works as a plug-in to popular CAD products. Once created, an eDrawings file may be sent to anyone via email. To eliminate the frustrations normally associated with 2D and 3D design data, the viewer may be embedded directly in an eDrawings file. These files can immediately be viewed by anyone with a Windows operating system. No additional CAD software or viewers are required.
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Which
applications are required to publish eDrawings files?
You can publish
eDrawings files from :
- SolidWorks 2005 or later
- AutoCAD version R14.x, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2002, or AutoCAD 2004
- Pro/ENGINEER WildFire 4.0, WildFire 3.0, Wildfire 2.0 or WildFire 1.0 or Pro/ ENGINEER 2001
- CATIA V5 R18, CATIA V5 R17, CATIA V5 R16, CATIA V5 R15 or CATIA V5 R14
- Unigraphics: NX5, NX4, NX3, NX2 or NX
- Autodesk Inventor 2008, 11, 10, 9 or 8, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop (MDT) 2006, 2005, 2004DX, 2004 or MDT 6 or AutoCAD 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004DX, 2004 or 2002
- Solid Edge® Version 20, 19, 18 and 17
- CoCreate's OneSpace Designer Modeling 2005
- Google SketchUp 5.0 (Free/ Professional), Google SketchUp 6.0 (Free/ Professional)
- RapidFire Lite (View/Publish IGES, STEP & STL files)
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Which
operating systems are supported by eDrawings software?
- SolidWorks eDrawings 2009 supports Microsoft® XP Service Pack 2 or later.
- Tablet PCs require Tablet XP Service Pack 2 or later.
- SolidWorks eDrawings 2009 for Mac supports Macintosh® Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) or later.
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Which
languages are supported in eDrawings Viewer?
eDrawings Viewer
and eDrawings Publisher for SolidWorks and AutoCAD support
the following languages:
| Traditional Chinese |
Japanese |
| Simplified Chinese |
Korean |
| English |
Polish |
| French |
Russian |
| German |
Spanish |
| Italian |
Czech |
| Portuguese - Brazilian |
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* eDrawings Publisher
for Pro/ENGINEER and CATIA support: English, French, German
and Japanese.
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Does
eDrawings software support Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC
Edition?
Yes, eDrawings software provides optimal tools for the tablet pen and ink.
How
to can I embed an eDrawings file within a Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation?
Save the eDrawings file as an HTML file and add an embedded web browser control to your PowerPoint presentation. You will need to enable macros in PowerPoint and set macro security to low or medium. (Tools->Macro->Security). In your eDrawings slide, you will need to add two items: the Microsoft Web Browser control and a button to activate it. Your button will typically set the URL of the web browser to the location of your eDrawings file.
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Is
it necessary to install the CAD Application and eDrawings
Viewer on the same machine?
No, eDrawings software does not require any additional software to be installed, although you will need the CAD application in order to publish eDrawings files directly inside these applications.
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My
email software automatically removes .EXE attachments from
all incoming and outgoing emails. How can I send eDrawings
file to recipients who have not installed the eDrawings Viewer?
To minimize the impact of the larger viewer size and email virus filters, a ZIP and HTML option has been added to the File...Send command. This option does not embed the eDrawings Viewer in an executable file; instead it automatically downloads it from the Internet and embeds the eDrawings Viewer in a standard web page. Since the HTML file only contains the eDrawings file data and a small amount of HTML code, this results in a smaller file size than the original .EXE option. Back
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What
is eDrawings Professional software?
eDrawings Professional extends the functionality of eDrawings Viewer to include markup and measure, and the unique ability to publish eDrawings files as review-enabled. Publishing a review-enabled eDrawings file is like embedding a markup pen in your document. Recipients are able to markup and measure the eDrawings file using the free eDrawings Viewer; they do not need to purchase eDrawings Professional or other software to view the eDrawings files. eDrawings Professional includes advanced viewing capabilities such as dynamic component translation, and dynamic cross section views. eDrawings Professional also includes the Publisher add-in for SolidWorks®, AutoCAD®, CATIA®, Pro/ENGINEER®, Unigraphics/NX, Inventor, Solid Edge®, RapidFire Lite (View/Publish IGES, STEP & STL files), Google SketchUp and CoCreate's OneSpace users.
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What
is the pricing for the eDrawings products?
eDrawings Viewer and eDrawings Publishers are free products. The advanced collaboration capabilities of eDrawings Professional are available at additional cost.
To purchase eDrawings Professional for SolidWorks and AutoCAD, please contact the SolidWorks office nearest you, or call 800-693-9000 toll-free for more information. Outside the U.S. and Canada, please call +1-978-371-5011.
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Does
a recipient need to install eDrawings Viewer in order to markup
a review-enabled eDrawings file?
If a review-enabled eDrawings file is sent in either executable (.exe), masked executable (.ex) or HTML (.htm) format, the recipient is not required to install eDrawings Viewer to mark up a review-enabled eDrawings file.
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How
can I prevent an eDrawings file recipient from using the measure
feature?
To protect your design data, you can permanently disable the measure capability. Measure Enabled/ Disabled is a property of the eDrawings file. This attribute of the file is set when the eDrawings file is created.
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As
an AutoCAD user, why don't my eDrawings files include shaded
views and animations?
The shaded views and animation features are available only within eDrawings files that are created from SolidWorks files because these SolidWorks files contain a solid model. Back
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What is eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER?
eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER is a plug-in for Pro/ENGINEER which allows the user to generate accurate representation of 2D and 3D product designs of native Pro/ENGINEER files as read only eDrawings file.
What are the advantages of eDrawings Professional for Pro/ ENGINEER?
The most tangible advantage the eDrawings for Pro/ENGINEER publisher provides is that it makes the content read only. This provides you a secure means of sharing the data without being plagiarized.
One of the primary uses published file provides is to enable working in collaborative work environments. The published files are ultra compact (Approximately 5% size of the original CAD file) in nature, thereby making communication via email, a realistic possibility.
You may selectively provide the end recipient of the published file with measurement capabilities and password protect your file for added security.
The end recipient can view the published eDrawings file with the free eDrawings Viewer and use the markup feature to effectively communicate the review objective.
In addition you can save an eDrawings file as an exe. Here, the Viewer component is coupled with the file. This would enable the end recipient to view the file without having to install eDrawings.
You can also embed the published file in html format and have it as a part of your online catalog. This would provide your customers a better picture of the capabilities without compromising on data security concerns.
What are the pre-requisites for installing eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER?
You need to have Pro/ENGINEER installed on your machine or on a Network location before you install eDrawings for Pro/ENGINEER. If Pro/ENGINEER is not installed, then only eDrawings Viewer will be installed when installing eDrawings for Pro/ENGINEER.
Which
licensing models are supported by eDrawings for Pro/ENGINEER?
eDrawings for Pro/ENGINEER
is available both with Node lock license. Floating license.
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Where
can I find *.prt or other Pro/ENGINEER file formats in the
eDrawings Open File menu?
The eDrawings Viewer
cannot open Pro/ENGINEER files directly. The software consists
of a Pro/ENGINEER publisher and the eDrawings Viewer. The
publisher is an add-on to Pro/ENGINEER. After installing the
software, click on eDrawings->Publish menu-item in Pro/ENGINEER
to publish the opened Pro/ENGINEER model to eDrawings. If
you don't see the eDrawings menu in Pro/ENGINEER, please refer
to the next FAQ.
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I
have installed eDrawings for Pro/ENGINEER, but the eDrawings
menu does not appear in the Pro/ENGINEER interface. What should
I do?
To integrate eDrawings
Professional for Pro/ENGINEER with Pro/ENGINEER, you must
install Pro/ENGINEER before installing eDrawings software.
If you install eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER before
installing Pro/ENGINEER, eDrawings will not be integrated
with Pro/ENGINEER. The other reason could be the recent "time-out"
issue acknowledged by Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC).
Please refer to the next FAQ.
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What
is meant by the time out issue in Pro/ENGINEER and how does
it affect my use of eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER?
PTC has recently identified a bug that causes inter-process
communications between Pro/ENGINEER and related application
modules to time out prematurely on January 10, 2004. This
issue affects instantiation of eDrawings Professional for
Pro/ENGINEER. Please refer to http://www.ptc.com/go/timeout/index.htm
for further details.
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What should I do to solve the time out
issue in Pro/ENGINEER?
In order to overcome this bug, we request you to replace your
copy of NMSD.exe with the latest one available at http://www.ptc.com/go/timeout/technical_resource.htm
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How
can I upgrade to a later version of eDrawings Professional
for Pro/ENGINEER?
Uninstall earlier versions of eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER
and then install the newer version. Valid license keys from
earlier version are transferable.
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Which
licensing models are supported by eDrawings for CATIA V5 software?
eDrawings for CATIA
V5 is available with Node lock license and Floating license.
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Where
can I find the *.CATPart or other CATIA V5 file formats in
the eDrawings Open file menu?
The eDrawings Viewer
cannot open CATIA V5 files directly. The software consists
of a CATIA V5 publisher and the eDrawings Viewer. The publisher
is an add-on to CATIA V5. After installing the software, click
Tools->eDrawings->Publish menu-item in CATIA V5 to publish
the opened CATIA V5 model to eDrawings.
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I
have installed eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5 but the
eDrawings menu does not appear in the CATIA V interface. What
should I do?
To integrate eDrawings
Professional for CATIA V5 with CATIA V5 , you must install
CATIA V5 before installing eDrawings software. If you install
eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5 before installing CATIA
V5 , eDrawings will not be integrated with CATIA V5 .
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How
can I upgrade to a later version of eDrawings Professional
for CATIA V5?
Please uninstall
earlier version of eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5 and
then install the new version. Valid license keys from earlier
version are transferable.
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Why
do I get error messages serving eDrawings over IIS6/Windows
Server 2003?
You must add the correct MIME types for .eprt, .easm, .edrw,
etc... files in your IIS settings before IIS6 will serve them
over HTTP.
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