One thing I forget to mention about eDrawings for Android in yesterday’s article is how wonder something simple like an actual standard Back button is with this (and any) app! In eDrawings for Android when you have a document open, your device’s Back button takes you out of that document back to the list of documents loaded onto your device. Of course, there is a hidden UI back button too if you have a document open: the eDrawings logo in the upper left corner.
eDrawings for Android ( #edrawings #edrawingsforandriod )
Parts
Zooming methods and standard views are the same as assemblies. The Play button is also available, as fun as every. You can also select and highlight individual faces on parts.
DimXpert dimensions are supported for eDrawings part files (.eprt).
Drawings
Navigation in 2D CAD documents works a little different from assemblies and parts. Pan, zoom in and out, zoom fit and zoom home are available. There is logically no ability to rotate a drawing sheet into 3D space. When Play is used, you will see a slide show of each of the drawing views on the drawing.
Drawing sheets are also supported from a dropdown menu.
Bottomline
eDrawings for Android has enough functions to immediately make this tool useful for viewing SolidWorks and eDrawings files on Android devices of various types. The user interface is geared towards the tablet sized devices, but the app works well on smartphones too, being easy to use and intuitive.
eDrawings for Android is available as of August 12, 2013 from the Google Play store here: eDrawings from SolidWorks. There’s already a lot of activity on the Twitter hashtag #edrawings and more specific discussions are welcome on #edrawingsforandroid too. There is also some additional information found at the SolidWorks eDrawings Mobile website.
Keep Shooting Bugs – SolidWorks 2014 Beta Week 2
SolidWorks 2014 Beta testing is in full swing with SolidWorks users and VAR employees from all over the world are enjoying shooting the Beta bugs.
Not only that, they are also competing with each other in various SolidWorks 2014 Beta Contests.
So how about you? Have you join in the force for the Beta testing or still need some good reasons for Beta Testing? Here are some of my reasons for being a part of Beta testing Force:
See New Features/Options: Get information of what new features are coming up.
Test New Features/Options: And not only the information but you’ve a real chance to test the New Features/Options before the software is released. And you can see how the New Features/Options will affect your productivity.
Learn Something New: The New Features/Options give you an opportunity to learn new things and be ahead of other users. You can be a pro in your team when your company upgrades to new version.
It’s like playing an online game with competing to other beta testers.
And the most favorite one; Win Prizes. There are a lot of prizes to be won by participating in various contest. Isn’t that cool.
So what else you need!! Go and shoot some bugs today..
P.S. Your SolidWorks Subscription Service status must be valid and active in order to participate in Beta Programs. Also during the beta testing you’re under an NDA. Do read “OFFICIAL RULES FOR SOLIDWORKS 2014 BETA CONTESTS”
Change Note 2
Author: Deepak Gupta
Source: Boxer’s SolidWorks Blog
Macro to change a selected Note in the active document.
Precondition: Any active document is open and a note is selected.
Postcondition: Selected Note is changed as per user input.
New in SolidWorks 2013 – Enhanced Section View Interface – Adding offsets
What’s New in SolidWorks 2013: Section View Assist Part 2 – Shortcutting cutting line creation
Section View Assist automatically comes up when you start the Section View tool without preselecting a sketch. Section View Assist allows you to create very complex section views very quickly. It also allows you to make the simplist section views faster than before, without the need to draw sketches on your drawing view. Included in the new tool is the ability to shortcut the creation of simple section views even more!
If you do not use more complex section view cutting lines very often, you can by-pass the Section View Pop-up by checking the “Auto-start section view” setting. This will allow you to place the cutting line and then immediately place your section view. The setting is sticky, so you wouldn’t need to choose it again. If many cases, you can create your section views with just two quick mouse clicks.
