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eDrawings Publisher for SolidWorks. The eDrawings Publisher for SolidWorks� is installed with SolidWorks.
Operating system support. eDrawings 2007 is the last release to support Microsoft� Windows� ME and Windows 98. Tablet PCs require Tablet XP Service Pack 2 or later.
Languages. eDrawings is available in Brazilian Portuguese.
New Publishers. You can publish eDrawings files from Google
eDrawings supports AutoCAD 2008 files. The AutoCAD publisher is not yet updated.
Resolved issues:
The Enable Measure check box can be controlled through API when saving eDrawings files.
Opening Mechanical Desktop files no longer results in display of extra faces or components.
Selecting a feature in the graphics area results in the FeatureManager design tree scrolling to the item.
Hidden edges in SolidWorks drawings are now hidden.
Hidden tangent lines in HLV views are hidden when the option in SolidWorks for tangent edge display is specified to be Removed.
Certain files that displayed an error message when opened in Japanese eDrawings can now be opened.
Chinese characters are displayed correctly in AutoCAD drawings.
Tolerances are displayed correctly in DWG files.
Create Layout is available in SolidWorks drawing files when a single view is selected.
Saving eDrawings files from web pages saves to the correct file name.
Installing the AutoCAD publisher no longer produces an error message.
Saving SolidWorks part and assembly files with markups on Macintosh computers no longer results in loss of bodies.
Opening DWG files in eDrawings on Macintosh computers no longer results in a crash.
Password-protected files can be opened in eDrawings on Macintosh computers.
Resolved issues:
The drawing scale for views in DWG files now displays correctly.
eDrawings now maintains the frozen states of layers in DWG files.
DWG files with OLE objects now print out properly when the Black & white radio button is selected.
Saving an EDRW file through the eDrawings API no longer silently fails.
SolidWorks now correctly publishes SLDDRW files with alternate position views in draft-quality views.
The text on the default stamp images has been localized in all languages.
eDrawings files with stamp images now print properly when printing in high quality mode.
The configuration tree now indicates the name of the last-saved configuration.
Corrected a spacing problem with non-English text in drawings published from SolidWorks.
You can now run eDrawings on a Citrix / Terminal Server connection even if not logged in as administrator.
SolidWorks no longer crashes when publishing drawings with certain layer attributes.
SolidWorks no longer crashes if you click the eDrawings Publish button while editing a spline.
SolidWorks no longer crashes when animating a part on a 64-bit system.
Resolved issues:
AutoCAD drawings now display properly (no clipping).
DWG files with OLE objects now print out properly.
Modifications made in SolidWorks 2007 to original SolidWorks 2005 parts or drawings now display properly in eDrawings 2007.
Help is now available in Brazilian Portuguese.
eDrawings now supports DXF and DWG files from AutoCAD 2007.
Resolved issues:
eDrawings does not crash while printing files created by various publishers.
Configuration preview bitmaps now appear correctly in files published from 64-bit publishers.
Stamps no longer flip when you click a handle.
Dashed lines are displayed and print correctly in drawings published in Japanese.
Opening files in SolidWorks while they are open in eDrawings now works correctly.
Files saved in 64-bit SolidWorks now open correctly in eDrawings.
Notes attached to alternate views are displayed in published eDrawings documents.
DWG files with small LTSCALE factor relative to sheet size now open fully.
DWG files with hidden line type displays hidden lines correctly as dashed.
Performance during model manipulation (rotation, zoom, animation, etc.) is improved.
Debugging of applications with embedded eDrawings control now works.
Problem with display and printing of OLE items has been fixed.
Adobe Acrobat 3D. Executing 3D Capture in Adobe� Acrobat� 3D causes eDrawings to consume large amounts of memory. Adobe recommends removing SolidWorks and eDrawings from the list of applications under Edit, Preferences, 3D Capture in the Acrobat 3D application.
ATI FireGL graphics card. eDrawings crashes or hangs on ATI FireGL graphics cards (both desktop and laptop) when using a driver version greater than 8.062 (2d Driver 6.14.10.6483). To correct the problem, go to Control Panel, Display, Settings, Advanced, Configuration and select "SolidWorks" as the active profile.
Annotations. The eDrawings Viewer does not support the option Always display text at the same size (in SolidWorks at Tools, Options, Document Properties, Detailing, Annotations Display) for SolidWorks documents. Annotation text scaling is supported for eDrawings part and assembly files published from SolidWorks; only 1:1 text scaling is supported for SolidWorks part and assembly files in eDrawings.
Macintosh�:
Password-protected DXF/DWG files are not supported on eDrawings for Macintosh.
The Search command in the eDrawings for Macintosh help does not work.
SolidWorks Drawings. Perspective views created in SolidWorks drawings are not shaded in the eDrawings Viewer.