This document provides general information about the eDrawings� 2008 releases. For more information, visit www.eDrawingsViewer.com.
SolidWorks DimXpert. Dimensions and annotations created in SolidWorks using DimXpert for parts are not shown in SolidWorks documents opened in eDrawings. They are shown in documents published to eDrawings files.
Pro/ENGINEER. Pro/ENGINEER� models can be imported with the following limitations:
Pro/ENGINEER version 16 through Wildfire2 is supported.
Parts and assemblies can be imported, but drawings cannot.
If a model uses Pro/ENGINEER family table instances, then the XPR and XAS accelerator instance files must be present for correct results. Although these instance accelerator files are optional for Pro/ENGINEER, they are required in eDrawings. When the family table instance modifies the top level of an assembly, open the XAS file corresponding to that instance.
Colors in part files are recognized, but colors applied at the assembly level are lost during translation.
Certain Pro/ENGINEER features, such as annotations, sketches, and layers, are not imported.
Adobe Acrobat 3D. Executing 3D Capture in Adobe� Acrobat� 3D causes eDrawings to consume large amounts of memory. The problem has been reported to Adobe.
ATI FireGL or Quadro FX-1500 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), and when launching eDrawings with a Quadro FX-1500 graphics card. To correct the problem, select "SolidWorks" as the active profile in the settings. For example, for ATI FireGL, 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 opened in eDrawings.
eDrawings 2008 for Mac. Known issues are:
Password-protected DXF/DWG files are not supported.
The Search command in the Help does not work.
SolidWorks drawings. Perspective views created in SolidWorks drawings are not shaded in the eDrawings Viewer.
eDrawings1 files. eDrawings 2007 is the last version to support the eDrawings1 .edw file format.
eDrawings Measure. Measure is disabled for non-draft quality broken views.
Operating system requirements:
eDrawings 2008 supports Microsoft� Windows� 2000 or later.
Tablet PCs require Tablet XP Service Pack 2 or later.
eDrawings 2008 for Mac supports Macintosh� Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) or later.
eDrawings 2008 is the last version to support Windows 2000.
There are no version-specific notes for this release.
Resolved issues:
.Stl files now read correctly.
Saving an eDrawings file from SolidWorks no longer triggers a product activation wizard.
Text for custom properties is now correctly displayed.
The display quality of circles and arcs in drawings has been improved.
Detail view labels are now positioned properly.
Notes containing the > character display with the proper spacing.
Saving an eDrawings file from SolidWorks drawings preserves line font settings in detail circles.
.Dwg files now display dotted lines correctly.
.Dwg files now display solid hatches correctly.
Saving .dwg files to HTML works properly.
The EModelMarkupControl::ShowSaveMarkup() API memory corruption problem has been fixed.
eDrawings 2008 for Mac prints files correctly.
When saving to a raster image file, display changes from the Measure, Cross Section, and Markup tools are now preserved.
Units in measure are now displayed correctly.
Resolved issues:
A problem with eDrawings crashing on printing has been fixed.
Images with different bitmap resolutions now appear correctly when used as stamps.
Resolved issues:
On English operating systems, eDrawings now operates properly with SolidWorks files or folders whose names contain double-byte characters, such as those found in Japanese, Chinese, or Korean words.
When attempting to save a SolidWorks part as an eDrawings part without the correct write permission, an error message now appears.
Hidden component visibility now behaves properly for all SolidWorks assemblies opened in eDrawings.
Italic characters now appear correctly.
Printer page setup options are now remembered between eDrawings sessions.
The accuracy of circle measurement in eDrawings is improved.
Files saved from SolidWorks Office, SolidWorks Office Professional, or SolidWorks Office Premium, are now Measure-enabled with the free eDrawings Viewer.
Resolved issues:
Large DWG files now open properly.
A message indicating a file is read-only appears when you attempt to save the file, and no longer appears when you open it.
Displaying component tooltips now works correctly.
Inserting eDrawings 2008 Control objects into Microsoft Word now works properly.