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eDrawings app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 7472 ratings )
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Developer: Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation
1.99 USD
Current version: 8.1.6, last update: 3 years ago
First release : 01 May 2012
App size: 192.85 Mb

eDrawings® is the only CAD viewer on iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to view native eDrawings files as well as native SolidWorks® parts, assemblies and drawings files. In addition, eDrawings allows convenient viewing of DWG and DXF files.

eDrawings includes Augmented Reality (AR). This allows you to view your 3D models in 1:1 scale into the real world. By simply activating the device’s camera, you can bring your virtual 3D designs in a real context and see them in situ, sitting on your desk or on your conference room table or even in the palm of your hand, through your iPad, Pad mini, iPhone or iPod Touch’s screen. Move around the room and see your design from any perspective.

eDrawings is the email-enabled communication tool that dramatically eases sharing of product design information. 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.

Multi-touch gestures let you pan, zoom, and rotate models easily. eDrawings also supports configurations, drawing sheets, and exploded views for eDrawings files published from SolidWorks® and all other supported CAD software.

Features:
* Intuitive and easy-to-use user interface
* Visualize your 3D models in real context with Augmented Reality (AR)
* Open 3D (EASM, EPRT, SLDASM, SLDPRT, IGES, IGS, JT, STEP, STP, IFC), 2D (EDRW, SLDDRW, DWG, DXF) and associated files from any source: email attachments, cloud storage services (Dropbox™, SkyDrive®, Google Drive, YouSendIt®, and others), web and FTP sites, networks, and iTunes® File Sharing.
* Zoom, pan and rotate your 2D or 3D CAD data using multi-touch
* Animate 3D standard views as well as 2D drawing views.
* Browse your assembly components tree, configurations and drawing sheets
* View your designs in full screen and double tap to fit it on screen
* Adapt the scale of your 3D model in AR mode
* Freeze the background in AR mode with viewpoint lock to prolong AR experience without holding up your device.
* Sample files included

For more information, visit:
http://www.edrawingsviewer.com

Pros and cons of eDrawings app for iPhone and iPad

eDrawings app good for

I recently began using SolidWorks under a sponsorship for an engineering challenge. I absolutely love the software, however presentation of the CAD files was difficult and inefficient requiring my laptop (I use renders for 2d presentations, but being able to present a design in three dimensions makes all the different). I now use the AR feature of eDrawings constently for it provides an increadible way to quickly and accuretly show people designes without having keep prototypes on my person. Furthermore, the ability to make components in assemblies transparent or completely invisible is increadibly useful for showing exactly how a design fits together as well as internal structures. Overall, this is a great app and definetly worth the money.
Excellent app. Permit to view my models on real the world with AR function!
Finally a way to view my Solidworks models on the iPad. I would have given it 5 stars if it had the measure tool. Maybe in the next version?
Its not as elaborate as the PC version and crashes on some of my large assemblies, but its a very intuitive. I want to be able to use 3D PDFs on an iPad, and since thats not possible, I will also provide the SolidWorks assemblies for those viewing my documents on an iPad. For that reason, I would like to have the same features in this app as Acrobat Reader on a PC/Mac offers when viewing a U3D model. Namely, I would love to be able to hide some components of the assembly and make cross-sections.
People dont use iTunes for file transfer. Add Dropbox to your app for our convenience plz. The app is nice, does the job well. Waiting for new features (-:

Some bad moments

Used to be able to open files from Google drive or drop box. Seems the app has not been updated to work with ios9 well or with the latest cloud storage solutions. its is now unusable - as the original features simply do not work. Needs update. So very disappointing to come back to a great app that is now just obsolete.
Cant get it to open from any program. Google drive, Evernote, native email, Safari. iOS doesnt recognize its even downloaded, doesnt display in settings/apps. $2 wasted.
This POS will not open. The logo comes up for 30 seconds, then nothing. Ipad returns to home page. Huge waste of time.
The app doesnt allow you to load a file from a cloud drive. When viewing my drawings on google drive there is no option to open in the app. Same thing when viewing email attachments. Its not worth any penny if you cant even view your drawings. Please update your app!!! This app could be so good.
Detailed drawings do not load correctly. I just have a gradient background where the paperspace should be. Good luck...
I have a problem with theapps on my iphone 6s plus. There is not any possibility to download files from Computer. The apps does not work on the Iphone 6s Plus, thereore I suggest not to use it and not to buy it.