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hitautodestruct
hitautodestruct

Reputation: 20830

How can I view solidworks files without converting to edrawing?

Is there a way to view a solidworks file without converting it to an edrawing?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2511

Answers (5)

Frodaddy1975
Frodaddy1975

Reputation: 21

http://www.edrawingsviewer.com/

I have edrawing professional and you can open an all sld's.

I would post image, but my rep is still too low.

Upvotes: 2

J.J. Zwaard
J.J. Zwaard

Reputation: 11

You can view SolidWorks files using the Edrawingsviewer directly. You don't need to convert them.

Upvotes: 1

Jesse Seger
Jesse Seger

Reputation: 960

The eDrawings data is embedded into the file. This is great for viewing drawings. You don't have to load the part or assembly. Use the IEModelViewControl.

void OpenDoc( 
   string FileName,
   bool IsTemp,
   bool PromptToSave,
   bool ReadOnly,
   string CommandString)

Parameters FileName: Fully qualified path and filename

IsTemp: True to delete the local copy of a remote non-eDrawings file when that file is no longer open, false to not

PromptToSave: True to show a dialog if the user exits without saving the file, False to not show a dialog

ReadOnly: True if the file is read-only, false if not

CommandString: Specify an empty string (""); do not specify Nothing, Empty, or vbNullString

Upvotes: 2

Nickedynick
Nickedynick

Reputation: 68

It's possible to output a 3D pdf document from a part/assembly. Adobe Acrobat has been able to read these files like this for a while, but it's just not widely used.

Upvotes: 1

blins
blins

Reputation: 2535

As of something like 2007 or 2008 (can't remember when they added it) the eDrawings data is always embedded in the native SW file so you can simply open the native file in eDrawings directly as long as the file is not a really old SolidWorks file.

Upvotes: 1

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