• Edrawing Viewer 2018
• Edrawing Viewer 2015

Main Features

• Supports SOLIDWORKS and AutoCAD .DWG and .DXF files
• Opens individual views and lets you arrange them however you want
• Provides dynamic viewing capabilities of 3D models
• Allows you to save eDrawings files in the STL, TIFF, JPEG, and BMP

Software Overview

Autodesk DWG TrueView 2017 is a free tool for viewing CAD files in DWG and DXF format. The program can also convert DWG files to formats suitable for earlier versions of Autocad. This might be useful if someone's sent you a file which you're trying to open in another CAD program which doesn't fully support the latest formats. Web Help Content Version: eDrawings 2017 SP05 To disable Web help from within SOLIDWORKS and use local help instead, click Help Use SOLIDWORKS Web Help. To report problems encountered with the Web help interface and search, contact your local support representative. EDrawings Professional is intended for CAD users who need to both share product designs and coordinate design reviews. With eDrawings Professional you can create review-enabled eDrawings files that allow an unlimited number of recipients to mark up and provide feedback on product designs.

Dassault Systemes SolidWorks eDrawings Viewer is a free utility used to view, print, and review eDrawings files. The desktop version is available for Windows and OS X, while the mobile version of eDrawings is available for purchase for Android and iOS.

eDrawings Viewer supports AutoCAD .DWG and .DXF files, along with SolidWorks files. After opening your file, you can open individual views and arrange them however you want, regardless of how the views were previously arranged in the original drawing. The viewer provides dynamic viewing capabilities of 3D models as you automatically rotate through each drawing view. The program is also able to compare the same location of a model in different views by identifying and matching geometry in various drawing views.

As you view design analysis results created by SolidWorks Simulation or review output from SolidWorks Plastics, you can easily share them with others through the application. When you are finished viewing the modes, eDrawings Viewer allows you to save eDrawings files in the STL, TIFF, JPEG, and BMP formats for rapid prototyping and presentation purposes.

EDrawings Viewer is the only CAD viewer for Mac which delivers a premier 3D viewing experience for non CAD professionals. EDrawings Viewer enables anyone to quickly and easily view, print and review native eDrawings and SOLIDWORKS files in addition to AutoCAD DWG and DXF files. EDrawings is an email-enabled communication tool that dramatically eases the sharing of product design information. Dassault Systemes SolidWorks eDrawings Viewer is a free utility used to view, print, and review eDrawings files. The desktop version is available for Windows and OS X, while the mobile version of eDrawings is available for purchase for Android and iOS. EDrawings Viewer supports AutoCAD.DWG and.DXF files, along with SolidWorks files.

eDrawings Viewer is a helpful utility that provides a variety of capabilities. If you need a free solution for viewing, printing, and reviewing eDrawings and AutoCAD DWG and DXF files, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks eDrawings Viewer is a great choice.

Primary File Type

Supported File Types

General Information

System Requirements

32-bit: Windows 7 and XP Professional
64-bit: Windows 7, 8 and 10
NX 1899, NX 1926, NX 1953, NX 1957 & NX 1961

eDrawings Installation for a Standalone Machine

• Download and run the installer. If any of the supported version of NX is installed, the eDrawings installer automatically detects them.
• If no supported version of NX is detected, the installation defaults to the eDrawings Viewer.
• eDrawings menu and toolbar do not appear if NX is running during installation. Restart NX to display the eDrawings menu.

Using eDrawings for NX

• eDrawing for NX setup installs an eDrawings menu in File > Export menu item for NX. It also adds an eDrawings toolbar.
• Open a part/assembly/drawing file in NX and click on eDrawings > Publish button on the toolbar to publish your NX model as an eDrawing file.

Command Line Installation

• Unzip/extract the installation exe to any convenient directory location
• Open a command prompt and browse to the location of the extracted files
  msiexec /i “< >” [Mandatory Parameters] [Optional Parameters] /qn

Required Parameters

• ISCMDINSTALL=1 (for silent installation)
• INSTALLLEVEL : =50, if only the eDrawings Viewer is to be installed. In this case, the variable INSTALLDIR is not required; =100, if both, the eDrawings Viewer and Publisher are to be installed.
• INSTALLDIR : The directory location to install eDrawings for NX to.
• NXM1DIR : Point to the NX installed ROOT directory.

Optional Parameters

• EDVIEWER : The directory where eDrawings Viewer needs to be installed to.
• NODEKEY : Configure the Node-locked Licence Key.
• FLOATLIC : For a floating license setup, point to the license server. e.g. 27000@eDrawingLicServer
• User needs to make an entry, $EDRWUG_INSTALL_DIR in the file<<UGINSTALLATION>>UGIImenuscustom_dir.dat, pointing to the UG load points for all supported Unigraphics installations

eDrawings Deployment for CAD Server

For a single CAD server multiple client setup, eDrawings for NX can be deployed on the CAD server itself. The client machines needs an environment variable, EDRW_INSTALL_DIR point to the network path where the eDrawings Viewer exe is located. e.g.
set EDRW_INSTALL_DIR =<>eDrawings2008EmodelViewer.exe

For floating license setup of eDrawings publisher, you need to set another environment variable to point to license server machine. The environment variable GSSL_LICENCE_FILE needs to be set to “port-no@license-server”. e.g.
set GSSL_LICENCE_FILE=27000@servername

In case there be restrictions on loading the plug-in on the CAD server, there are alternate deployment strategies. Please contact eDrawings support at ed.support@hcl.com, for personalized deployment suggestion.

Release History

Release 12.1

• Added Support for NX 1953, NX 1957 and NX 1961.

Release 12.0

• Added Support for NX 1926.

Release 11.2

• Bug fixes and improvements.

Release 11.1

• Added Support for NX 1847, NX 1872, NX 1899.
• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2020 (64-bit).

Release 11.0

• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2019 (64-bit).

Release 10.9

• Added support for NX 12.0.

Release 10.8

• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2017 (64-bit).

Release 10.7

• Added support for NX 11.0.
• Localization support for Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Release 10.6

• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2015 (64-bit).

Release 10.5

• Added support for NX 10.0.

Release 10.4

• Much improved “Options” dialog.
• Bug fixes.

Release 10.3

• Added support for NX 9.0
• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2014.
• Added support for saving eDrawings as ZIP/EXE from batch jobs.

Release 10.2

• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2013 SP3.
• Added support for 64 bit eDrawings Viewer.

Release 10.1

• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2013 SP1.

Release 10.0

• Added support for NX 8.5.
• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2013.

Release 9.1

• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2012 SP2.

Release 9.0

• Added support for NX 8.0.
• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2012.

Release 8.0

• Added TIFF and PNG image format support for stamping option.
• Added support for eDrawings Viewer 2011.

Release 7.2

Edrawing Viewer 2018

• Added support for NX 7.5
• Export Bill of Materials table to eDrawings assemblies.
• eDrawings Viewer has been updated to eDrawings Viewer 2010 SP3.

Release 7.1

• Added support for NX 7.
• eDrawings Viewer has been updated to eDrawings Viewer 2010 SP1.
• Support for exporting Arrangements to eDrawings.
• Support for exporting Part name from NX attributes to eDrawings.

Release 7.0

• Added support for NX 6.
• Vista Support is introduced for NX 6.

Release 6.0

• eDrawings version updated to eDrawings 2008.

Release 5.3

• Application files signed to fix the NX development license issue.

Release 5.2

• Added support for NX 5.

Release 5.1

• NX 64 bit support added.
• Export Hidden Assembly components to eDrawings assembly file.
• Stamp an image in eDrawings file.
• Check online for Product Updates.
• Component Instance color for multiple components is now supported.

Release 5.0

• eDrawings version updated to eDrawings 2007.

Release 3.0

• Added support for NX 4.
• 3D Annotations support added.

Release 2.1

• eDrawings version updated to eDrawings 2006 SP01.
• Added support for AutoCAD 2005, 2006.

Release 2.0

• eDrawings version updated to 2005 SP02.
• Now you can publish your Unigraphics NX files in one go.
• Selectively export sheets from your Unigraphics NX drawings.
• Localization support for French, German and Japanese.
• Sectioned/detailed/exploded views can now be exported with shaded data.

Edrawing Viewer 2015

Release 1.1

• Added support for NX 3.