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cadalystlabsreview SolidWorks eDrawings Professional 2008 and Animated Drawings Views. You can view and share the design analyses done using SolidWorks Simulation software and password protect shared files. eDrawings Professional files also enable measurement (which you can disable SolidWorks to protect design data), dynamic cross800.693.9000 sections, exploded views, and compowww.solidworks.com Price: Free nent movement. You can publish eDrawings files SolidWorks’ eDrawings, the second directly from SolidWorks 2005 or later. SolidWorks product in this roundup, is a Assembly files become EASM files and viewing and publishing application drawings produce EDRW files from for sharing and archiving 2D and 3D other programs as well as SolidWorks. You can view SolidWorks configurations and multiple design variations of a port or assembly within a single document. eDrawings also publishes files as executable EXE files, as well as in EPRT, ZIP, HTML, STL, VMP, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, and GIF formats. SolidWorks SolidWorks eDrawings Professional offers the unique ability to eDrawings runs publish eDrawings files as review-enabled. under Microsoft Windows XP Proproduct design data. The free eDrawings fessional, Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Viewer, which is included with the stanPC Edition, and Vista. dard edition of SolidWorks or can be As one might expect, eDrawings downloaded from the company’s Web excelled in its conversions of the 70.3site, lets users view, print, and review MB SolidWorks SeaScooter Assembly, all types of eDrawings files. SolidWorks producing a 1.80-MB EASM file in only eDrawings Publisher, also free, lets users 5 seconds. eDrawings also converted publish eDrawings files directly from the 601-KB AutoCAD 2D WILHOME.DWG SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inveninto a 3.09-MB EDRW file in 10 seconds tor, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA V5, Unigraph- and converted the 1.02-MB AutoCAD ics, Solid Edge v17, and CoCreate’s One- 3D ENGINE.DWG into a 164-KB EDRW file Space Designer. eDrawings Professional, in 8 seconds. included with the advanced editions of You can download a trial version of SolidWorks, such as SolidWorks Office SolidWorks eDrawings Professional or Professional, lets you create reviewfull versions of the free eDrawings tools enabled eDrawings files that allow an at the company’s Web site. Note that unlimited number of recipients to mark the free SolidWorks eDrawings Viewer up and provide feedback on product also serves as a viewer for AutoCAD designs. For this roundup, I checked out DWG and DXF files. eDrawings Professional. eDrawings files are highly comRon LaFon, a contributing editor for pressed for fast and easy transmission of Cadalyst, is a writer, editor, and a computer design data. In addition to file compres- graphics and electronic publishing specialist sion, eDrawings Professional also offers from Atlanta, Georgia. He is a principal at tools such as 3D Pointer, Virtual Folding, 3Bear Productions in Atlanta. October 2008 cadalyst www.cadalyst.com Not all PDF and DWF Files are Created Equal higher q AutoCAD 2000 - 2008 Compatible Batch Creation of PDF, DWF, or Images Automatic Bookmark Creation Custom File Naming Options Create a PDF from any Windows Application Try it free for 30 days. 23 http://www.cadzation.com http://www.solidworks.com http://www.cadzation.com http://www.cadzation.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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