
This article will address how to fix eDrawings issues within the PDM Preview Tab as well as how to reset your default PDM File Viewer(s) after an upgrade. The reason your Preview tab and Viewer are not working is due to your eDrawings not properly connecting with your PDM installation and your PDM Viewer Settings set to an incorrect or missing version of eDrawings. Additionally, you may be unable to view files from the View option within the History menu. The Preview tab will no longer show files using eDrawings and may return an error when trying to view files if you do not have view bitmap enabled. * Animate 3D standard views as well as 2D drawing views.When you upgrade SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM to a newer major year version, sometimes you will experience issues with the PDM Preview tab or file History View (RMB > History > View). * Interrogate designs and collaborate with precision using Measure, MarkUp and Section functionality * Zoom, pan and rotate your 2D or 3D CAD data * Open 3D (EASM, EPRT, SLDASM, SLDPRT, IGES, IGS, JT, STEP, STP, IFC), 2D (EDRW, SLDDRW, DWG, DXF) and associated files from: email attachments, cloud storage services (Dropbox™, SkyDrive®, Google Drive, YouSendIt®, and others), web and FTP sites, network drives * Intuitive and easy-to-use user interface

With dynamic sectioning collaborators can see any internal or external view of the design they require and mark-up enables them to give precise and contextual feedback. You can load and send files via email to collaborate more effectively with everyone involved in product development, including people who are not regular CAD software users to interpret and understand 2D and 3D designs.ĮDrawings enables 2D & 3D product evaluation and collaboration through the MarkUp, Measure and Section tools.

eDrawings is an email-enabled communication tool that dramatically eases the sharing of product design information. 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 Viewer is the only CAD viewer for Mac which delivers a premier 3D viewing experience for non CAD professionals.
