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Please check back to the CATI Blog as the CATI Application Engineers will continue to break down many of the new items in SOLIDWORKS 2023.

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I hope this part of the What’s New series gives you a better understanding of the new features and functions of SOLIDWORKS 2023. Whether it’s updates to the file types that eDrawings can open, measuring in fractions, updated Display Styles or multiple language options in HTML, eDrawings 2023 provides several enhancements that will ensure accuracy and make you more productive. This is great! Sharing our files with users that speak a different language just got easier! In 2023, after opening the HTML file, there are multiple options for displaying the user interface in a localized language. This functionality was introduced in 2019 and is a super-easy way to create an HTML-based version of your eDrawings file.

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The fourth and final enhancement to 2023, and specific to eDrawings Professional, is the update to Save As Web HTML. Enhanced Language Support for Web-Based eDrawing Files

In 2022, Hidden Lines Removed was incorrectly labeled “Wireframe”, and that has now been corrected. Wireframe is now truly an option, along with Hidden Lines Visible.

The third update for 2023 brings an update to Display Styles. This option will save time and reduce errors in converting measurements to fractions. You also have the option to Round to the next highest fraction if the measurement does not have an exact fractional value for the specified denominator. Finish it out by entering the desired denominator for the fraction. Simply open the Measure pane and under Units, choose ‘Inches’ or ‘Feet and Inches’ and then select ‘Display in Fractions’. That is now possible with eDrawings 2023. Second, there may be occasions where you need to display model measurements as fractions. Users will take advantage of updates to supported versions of ACIS, Inventor, CATIA V4, CATIA V5, CATIA V6/3DEXPERIENCE, Creo, JT, NX, Parasolid, Solid Edge, and STEP files.Īfter all, what good is a file viewer if the only files it can open are from the pre-pandemic era? Display Model Measurements as Fractions in eDrawings 2023 You can also watch this content on our YouTube channel:ĮDrawings Support for More Non-SOLIDWORKS Filesįirst, the most significant update is to eDrawings’s support for non-SOLIDWORKS file types, which has not changed since 2019. Setting the Preview Tab Viewer in SOLIDWORKS PDMįeature Feud: SOLIDWORKS PDM Rollback VS.SOLIDWORKS 2023 brings some nifty updates to eDrawings.

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Some users may even find navigating through files in the explorer view slightly faster while on the preview tab when the bitmap option is enabled since it can be faster to load that image instead of a full eDrawings preview. This shows the static image, but you still get the best of both worlds since as soon as you click on that bitmap image, it will toggle to the eDrawings preview. Showing a Bitmap Preview Instead of an eDrawings PreviewĪnother setting that may add some value is to show the bitmap image instead of the default eDrawings preview for SOLIDWORKS files. To do this from the display pull-down menu, navigate to Options and then Show full UI in SOLIDWORKS preview to toggle on an eDrawings toolbar for the Preview tab. Some users may find it more helpful to enable a toolbar with common eDrawings operations. This will remove the card preview and expand the eDrawings preview to fill the entire Preview tab region.Īdding Full Controls for the eDrawings Previewīy default, the preview portion for CAD files uses eDrawings, but only shows the graphics with no controls. To hide the card preview portion, go to the Display pull-down menu and uncheck the Card Preview option. If you always use the data card tab to know more information about the file metadata, then you may find the card preview portion of the Preview tab redundant or not very useful.

In this tip, we will explore the available options of the SOLIDWORKS PDM Preview tab. Most users don’t realize there are several options to change the appearance of this tab. By default, this tab is split into a simple file preview and a card preview. The preview tab in a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault view is a great way to get a sneak peek at a selected file.