The configuration tab previews and allows the selection of which configuration is to be shown. The ability to add a Password to the file can now be accessed from the Save Configurations to eDrawings file dialogue box.Īccessing much of the new functionality in eDrawings 2018 is from the lower right hand corner. There is a warning that this will increase the file size. Selecting Document Properties>Model Display allows for the selection of Store appearance, decal, and scene data in model file. When the Options button is selected in the Save Configurations to eDrawings file dialogue box, it opens System Options. For decals to show in eDrawings they must be saved within the eDrawings file

There is now the ability to display Decals in eDrawings 2018.

There are also additional Options available via the Save Configurations to eDrawings dialogue box. There is also the same ability to select and create STEP files for each different configuration. It also provides the ability to create and attach a STEP file of the model, that will be saved within the eDrawings file! The STEP format can be either AP214 or AP203. This allows the selection of which configurations is to be saved to a eDrawings format. If the model has configurations associated with it, these will now be shown. Now when either Publishing to/ or Saving As a eDrawings format, from within SOLIDWORKS 2018, a new Save Configurations to eDrawings file dialogue box opens. SOLIDWORKS 2018 introduces a couple of very interesting enhancements to eDrawings 2018.

Opening solidworks 2018 in 2017