Unfortunately I will probably just delete the original version of eDrawings since it has been obsoleted by the Pro version. Perhaps this would ease the pain of buying the first version not knowing the Pro version was right around the corner. Maybe I'd feel that way at the $10 mark however it would have been wiser to make the Professional features available as an in-app purchase in the original version for $4.99. Some folks seems to think this is a hefty price considering they already bought the first version that does most of what this version does. I think the $4.99 price is probably fair but the $9.99 price tag might me a bit high unless this is a must have app for you. The official price will be $9.99 but will debut for 30 days at a 50% discount of $4.99. SolidWorks, on their blog, listed many features that were already in the first version of eDrawings along with the pricing for this new offering. In addition to the first generation build, eDrawings Pro for iPad will add the following functionality: On the last day of August 2012, DS SolidWorks launched another version of eDrawings for the iPad called eDrawings Pro for iPad, bringing almost all the features still missing in the standard version. It appeared that subsequent updates would trickle out but that the buik of what this mobile client would do was somewhat feature complete. Many of the feature requests were addressed in the 1.1 version that shipped just 45 days after the debut of eDrawings for iPad.Īlthough the biggest request was a version that would run on Android, which has still not been addressed, the feature list that makes eDrawings useful to a majority of it's users (Markup, Measure, Section, etc.) was still absent from the mobile version of eDrawings. This first release was far from perfect but SolidWorks opened up the suggestions box and asked for feedback from the community. There has been no official word on if/when a pro version will be available for Android but I am sure they are working on it as we speak.īack at the beginning of May DS SolidWorks launched the 1.0 version of the long awaited eDrawings for iPad. You might remember the launch of the iPad version that shipped on May 1st, updated on June 15 and in September eDrawings Pro for iPad shipped which really made eDrawings on mobile something to envy. * View your designs in full screen and double tap to fit it on screen * Zoom, pan and rotate your 2D or 3D CAD data using multi-touch * Open 3D (EASM, EPRT, SLDASM, SLDPRT), 2D (EDRW, SLDDRW) and associated files from any source: email attachments, cloud storage services (Dropbox™, SkyDrive®, Google Drive, Hightail®, and others), web and FTP sites and network folders. * Intuitive and easy-to-use user interface Here are the details of the first eDrawings release for Android (From the Play Store): Features: eDrawings for Android, like it's iOS sister, is the only real viewer that can work with the breath of features in native SolidWorks files. Yesterday news came down from the SolidWorks Blog that eDrawings had finally made it's debut onto the Google Play Store after being pre-announced back in January. The fact that SolidWorks themselves stated in the SolidWorks Forums in the Official eDrawings Mobile Wish List thread that there were "No plans to develop for Android", brought customers out in droves requesting them to reconsider.Īt SolidWorks World 2013 (January) a glimpse of hope was shown on the main stage when a sneek peek version of eDrawings was running on Google's own Nexus 7 tablet. The best thing about eDrawings is that it’s completely free.Too harsh? We Android users are used to having to wait for the next big app to ship after iOS. This is a fantastic tool when working with a business who doesn’t have SOLIDWORKS, they can view your creations quickly and easily. No additional CAD software or viewers are required.ĮDrawings App for iPad, available for free download from the Apple App store. These files can immediately be viewed by anyone with a Windows operating system. To eliminate the frustrations normally associated with 2D and 3D design data, the viewer may be embedded directly in an eDrawings file. Once created, an eDrawings file may be sent to anyone via email. eDrawings files are created through the use of the eDrawings Publisher add-in, which works as a plug-in to many popular CAD products. When viewed with the eDrawings Viewer, these files provide intelligent interpretation tools (3D Pointer, Virtual Folding, Animated Drawing Views) that help the recipient easily understand and navigate the data they receive. The electronic data format of eDrawings files is highly compressed to enable easily transmission via email. EDrawings software is a product design communication tool for sharing representations of both 2D drawings and 3D models.
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