
So until the 2019 release, an eDrawings file published in SOLIDWORKS Standard, when opened by a user with the free eDrawings Viewer would not have access to the measure tool. SOLIDWORKS Professional and SOLIDWORKS Premium come bundled with a license of eDrawings Professional, while the SOLIDWORKS Standard product comes with the free version of eDrawings. While this is the situation now, in the past the availability of the Measure tool was something that could seem confusing at first. If that is the case, you can install the latest release of the free eDrawings and you should get access to the measure tool (unless publisher of the file has disabled the option as described below).

If you are using a version from before 2019, then only the Professional version of eDrawings would have access to the measure tool. You can do this by going to Help > About eDrawings. So if you are unable to activate the Measure tool, check to see if that the release is 2018 or older. Starting with eDrawings 2019, the measure tool is available in the free version of eDrawings Viewer. The first thing to check if you cannot use the Measure tool in eDrawings is, what release are you using? Resets all additional options to their default settings.EDrawings Measure Active Which Release and which Version of eDrawings are you using? The motion study is recalculated if it has been changed since the most recent use. Recalculate the motion study if the results are out of date Save only in last calculated configurationĮach motion study will be recalculated for each configuration if results are out of date.

The motion studies will be recalculated for each configuration if results are out of date. Save each motion study in every configuration Selecting this option may increase the file creation time and size. Save motion studies created with the MotionManager, into the eDrawings file. The BOM features are saved into the eDrawings file. Save Bill of Materials features to eDrawings file Recipients of the output file are able to save the eDrawings file as an STL (Stereo Lithography) file from the eDrawings Viewer.Ī drawing published as an eDrawings file contains also the shaded information. Okay to measure this eDrawings fileĪ recipient of the output document can measure the geometry in the eDrawings Viewer.Īllow export to STL for parts & assemblies The additional options for the eDrawings documents provides some advanced options for the file conversion rules which output file type is eDrawings.
