# SolidWorks eDrawings Reviews **Vendor:** Solidworks **Category:** [Sketching Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sketching) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 102 ## About SolidWorks eDrawings SOLIDWORKS eDrawings is a comprehensive 2D, 3D, and AR/VR design communication tool that facilitates seamless collaboration among stakeholders throughout the design-to-manufacture process. By enabling users to share, view, and annotate CAD files across various platforms—including desktop, web, and mobile devices—eDrawings accelerates design processes and enhances clarity in communication. Key Features and Functionality: - Cross-Platform Compatibility: Access and share 2D and 3D CAD files on desktop, web, or mobile devices, ensuring flexibility and convenience. - Enhanced Collaboration Tools: Utilize intuitive markup and annotation features to share designs with team members and clients, facilitating effective feedback and revisions. - Interactive 3D Visualization: Engage with 3D models through rotation, zooming, and explosion views to explore designs in detail. - Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) Support: Experience 3D designs in real-world environments using AR capabilities, and explore designs at a one-to-one scale with VR headsets. - Lightweight File Sharing: Generate compact, email-friendly files that maintain design integrity, simplifying distribution and reducing bandwidth requirements. Primary Value and User Solutions: eDrawings addresses common challenges in design communication by providing a user-friendly platform for sharing and reviewing CAD files without the need for specialized software. It bridges the gap between CAD and non-CAD users, enabling all stakeholders to participate actively in the design process. The inclusion of AR and VR capabilities allows for immersive design evaluations, leading to better-informed decisions and faster time-to-market. By offering tools for markup, measurement, and interactive visualization, eDrawings ensures that design intent is clearly conveyed and understood, reducing errors and enhancing overall productivity. ## SolidWorks eDrawings Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users praise the **ease of accessing 3D models** and annotations without needing SOLIDWORKS installed. (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of SolidWorks eDrawings, allowing seamless viewing and interaction with 3D models. (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **great features** of SolidWorks eDrawings, enabling easy viewing and measuring of various 3D CAD files. (2 reviews) - Users value the **3D Warehouse integration** in eDrawings, facilitating easy sharing and viewing of large files. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **accuracy** of SolidWorks eDrawings, benefiting from precise measurements and versatile file compatibility. (1 reviews) - Free Access (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users report significant **lag issues** in SolidWorks eDrawings, particularly with large assemblies and detailed parts. (2 reviews) - Users often face **data conversion issues** with SolidWorks eDrawings, particularly with large assemblies, leading to delays. (1 reviews) - Users express frustration over the **expensive subscription** for SolidWorks eDrawings, citing poor performance and GUI issues. (1 reviews) - Users often face **interface issues** with SolidWorks eDrawings, particularly with glitches and lack of default settings. (1 reviews) - Users find **poor usability** in SolidWorks eDrawings, facing performance issues and a frustrating GUI experience. (1 reviews) - Slow Loading (1 reviews) - Users experience **slow performance** and frustrating glitches in SolidWorks eDrawings, impacting usability and efficiency. (1 reviews) - Software Instability (1 reviews) ## SolidWorks eDrawings Reviews ### 1. Quick DXF Viewing Without Waiting for SolidWorks. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Julian W. | Operations Manager, Manufacturing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 07, 2026 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Im able to quickly open dxf's and view them with this small app versus having to wait till solidworks fires up. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** the only thing that i really don't like is the dimensioning feature could be built out more and be more user friendly.. maybe something similar to the smart dimensioning in solidworks. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** im able to open dxf quickly to view them , im able to even view them on my phone with the edrawings app on my iphone. there arn't any other apps that work well with dxf's ### 2. User-Friendly 3D Visualization with Easy File Sharing and Quick Viewing **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dinesh K. | Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 01, 2026 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** User friendly, easy file sharing, measuring tools,card support 3d visualisation, quick viewing. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** No advance modeling tools,bad performance with large files, no analysis or simulation **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy drawing sharing,full cad software not required,clear 3d visualisation, measurement and inspection ### 3. Review of eDrawings **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexis H. | Design engineer - medical device, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2025 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** You can open, view, and interact with 3D models and 2D drawings without needing SOLIDWORKS installed. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Large assemblies or detailed parts can load slowly or lag during rotation and zooming. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows anyone to open, view, and rotate 3D models and 2D drawings without a SOLIDWORKS license. ### 4. Very Very good Tool for the production identification and understand 3D Assembly of the project **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** big files can easily open and other users like shop person can be seen easily annoate and look for 3d files in to free viewer. that is the great features **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** yes for big assemly its take time to convert solidworks file to e drawings files that needs to improved **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** if its required smaller end graphics for the big assembly file. ### 5. Terrible performance **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hamid S. | Senior Fluidics Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 19, 2024 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Can open many 3D CAD file types. Can measure. Works with 3D mouse. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Performance is terrible. GUI is awful and very very glitchy, especially if you have multiple displays with different DPI. It resembles no common software; SolidWorks should make eDrawing from scratch. No option to set defaults (e.g I want to always view as Shaded with Edges; I have to set it every time I open a file). **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it only for viewing/measuring 3D CAD files. ### 6. It's Effective Powerful software to open all type of drawing file **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rajiv M. | Senior Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I use it as a drafting tool to open AutoCAD and 3D PDF file and it is superb ,3D mesh file or any CAD file directly. Easy show ,hide , measure tool is very useful. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Sometimes like solidwork CAD software , this product (solidwork e-drawing) also get stuck and got crash when we open large files otherwise it's a best tool if someone didn't have any CAD file viewer. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me check auto cad drawing and other drawing format file to open it quickly and review it also I can easily edit some basics portion in a drawing file . ### 7. Best for Design purpose **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** As I am a mechanical engineer, It is providing better way to design any geometry. Also it is very easy to use including better customer support because we can easily access the command on the design/drawing page only. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** As i discussed above that it has frequency of use and ease of implementation, So i don't think there can be anything to dislike about it. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Like for any design we have to prepare any drawing first, if we doing this on pages then it will be time consuming and less accurate but with the help of solidworks we can get precise and quick drwaing. That's how it is benefiting us. ### 8. A simple, intuitive CAD viewer. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christopher S. | Product Development Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** E-Drawings will open, natively, various non-SolidWorks formats (such as Pro-E and Catia) which - in addition to the generic file formats- is very helpful. Furthermore, e-Drawings can be used with the visual assets created with SolidWorks Simulation, making analysis reviews easier for individuals that do not have access to full-blown CAD. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** As a simple viewer there are very few downsides to e-Drawings. It's Mark-up tools do not integrate with any Data/Revision Management tools, however. That's one downside. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a 3d CAD viewer, e-Drawings helps me communicate complicated geometry, visually, to my audience. Particularly Simulation-related assets. ### 9. invaluable tool for design engineers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vishal S. | Senior Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** eDrawings is a practical asset for design professionals seeking effective collaboration in a visually immersive environment. Its user-friendly interface allows seamless collaboration, enabling efficient sharing and viewing of 3D models. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** occasional compatibility issues with complex assemblies and limited advanced modeling capabilities may pose challenges for intricate projects. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** The real-time mark-up and measuring features enhance communication within the design & manufacturing teams. the cross-platform compatibility ensures accessibility, enabling efficient collaboration. ### 10. The best 3D viewer for Solidworks **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Arasakumar T. | Head of Engineering | Business Excellence Manager at FLSmidth Chennai , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** We use it pretty much every day to share our models with suppliers for reference and even internally with all stakeholders. You do not need SOLIDWORKS license to review the design and refer to the layout from Solidwork **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** SOLIDWORKS e Drawings does offer a lot of options to the sender as well as the viewer. So I don't see many dislikes. But, frequently we face problems with lower versions of Software with Higher versions of files. Maybe a converter is needed as like Autodesk **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** File collaboration with Third-party service providers is tremendously good with SolidWorks eDrawing tool. My organization optimized our 3D Lincenses on Solidworks. ### 11. Best software 2d drawings **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ruchit S. | Senior Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It is one of easiest software tobe used for edrawings and it gave comppatability to number of different files. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Cost of Solidworkds edrawings is bit higher and some errors need to be resolved. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me and my orgaization to reduce effort to handle different product drawings. It also enhanced accessibility by providing data to other non tech teams. ### 12. One of the best software for all extensions **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anmol D. | Innovation Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Highly user friendly software to be used for e drawings and also we can manage different software drawings. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It requires high RAM so not compaitable with low end desktops and laptops **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** The software crashes sometimes while using but compaitable with all drawings is one of the best function I like. ### 13. Solidworks Edrawing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nikunj P. | Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 11, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It is easy to use Edrawing for 2d purpose and also we can easy edit DXF and Dwg files. It required minimum hardware to run software. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** For larger drawings sometime it's takes time to open and save. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to use for 2d purposes ### 14. A must have for quick MCAD checks **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brunel B. | Jr. PCB Designer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I like that it offers the capability to quickly view 3D assemblies, explode them to view separate parts, animate how everything fits together, hide some faces or make them transparent to see the inside of a structure. It's a nice tool to have. It can also view DXF/DWG files, can help you measure features as well **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The UI feels a little neglected. It looks like something straight out of windows 2000 era. Though this does not diminish it's capabilities, a modern look would be appreciated. Additionally, there is also what seems to be a bug where it gets confused between inches and millimeters, therefore your drawing can look upscaled, when you import. Double check your dimensions before importing in edrawings **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a PCB designer whose boards need to be integrated in mechanical assemblies, edrawings provides a quick and efficient way to quickly review how everything fits together. It allows me to see if my ideas have been correctly reproduced without having to launch a much heavier software. ### 15. More than 5 years of experience in handling Solid works Edrawings **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jamal A. | Design Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 16, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Edrawings support most of the format. Easy to view and check the measurements. even complicated mold parts can easily opened in Edrawings. User friendly in Every way. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Sometimes it shows irregular surafces on product. I have tried to save in different formats and try to open in Edrawings . But same issue persists. even sldprt file opened in Edrawings shows surface error. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** E drawing can support every format as far as I know. My managers can review the drawings which I am created in solidworks.Since License is free to use it is a great tool for review and validation of measurements. ### 16. Best software to check your CAD **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Artur S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Easy to use, very fast software that helps you to check your CAD in seconds. It has a lot of features that help to analyze and check the design without any heavy software. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The measuring tool could be more advanced. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** It can be used on any device to check the design (even on android) and I can check the design in atrip. ### 17. It's a easy and quick and simple to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** SANKAR S. | Design Engineer , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 16, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** VR, It's very nice to use in VR mode very comfort and less preparation for the methode of presenting, can access the model directly from the view projection in the drawing. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Controling of the 3D object is quite normal as in the current market, if it may replaced by any other easy tools and navigational signs like pinch in pinch out rotate by only bare hand would be love by many. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** No required of external plugin to prepare the 3D CAD file to any other formate of file especially latest technology formate like AR and VR analyzing. Definitely it's a better solution. ### 18. Precise, Subtle and Delightful **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hrishikesh P. | Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 16, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The auto dimensioning feature is most useful feature along with other BOM creating features via directly from imported components. The flexibility for size of sheet is also usefull in drawing different types of components. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Nothing as such downside. Every feature had their vital role to play. But as per my experience the colour and sheet and drawings can be allowed to change for specific components. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a design engineer I have to benchmark different different components accross market and this tool helps me to analyse the drawing easily wether it is from supplier, vendor or OEMs. ### 19. Great software to view all your CAD work **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rishikkesh B. | Mechanical Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 01, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The files from this software are super compressed to be shared via emails for easy transmission. You don't need to purchase license to use this tool for 2d drawings as well as 3d CAD. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Measurement of CAD parts is very limited. I would expect to at least measure the dimensions from surface to surface would help for non heavy CAD users to better use this tool to capture dimensions. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it to view customer CAD and 2d drawings files that were proprietary information. As this software format doesn't allow to edit or use the files. Clients would easily trust to share edwg files and information sharing became more transparent. ### 20. Quick guide with accuracy performance **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mahesh C. | Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 14, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Modeling is very easy comparatively others. Can use in any kind of designs. User-friendly interface. Easy to acquire. Most accurate and easy for preparing standard layout. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Rendering take much time. Can't transfer 3d file to cad Requires high end configuration system. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Complete 3d drawing once feeded with help of formula. Can change and get exact cut sizes . Can prepare self data base. If we have good knowledge. ### 21. Mechnical Engineer **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** santosh k. | MECHANICAL ENGINEER, Design, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It is user friendly and easily understandable helps to solve gap between design and fabrication. 3d modelling and Drafting is good. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It is quite expensive and not helps with heavy equipment renders frequently. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Thelps to get 3d and 2d drafting easy and relatively simple to handle than other 3d softwares ### 22. The best 3D viewer **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It can open many 3D file formats, whether neutral or specific to other programs. It moves very smoothly, allowing you to hide or make transparent. Free software. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** In reality, I can hardly find any faults with it. Whenever you open a viewer, you are left wanting to have some additional tool. But just to say something negative. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps us share 3D with clients or colleagues without needing to have the software installed, with the export to .exe tool, the best solution for sharing content. ### 23. G2 drawings **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** kesana v. | Mechanical Design Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 14, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** best for accuracy to submit the drawings **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It only open in windows, limit functionalities difficult to calculate mass properties. More time for creation. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helps for PCB designer. Efficient and quick review. Integrate works for 2 different specializations. ### 24. Faster ,Smoother and effective **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sameer C. | Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 30, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** 1. Easy to operate. 2. Works efficiently 3. Easy to hide the components to clarify the view **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** 1. Graphic needs to be improved. 2. Option should be given to save the view except the default view. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's helping me to understand the pipeline clearly and cutting the unwanted view I can view the details more clearly. ### 25. Automatic drawing features should be there and more convenient **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rohit B. | CFD Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Easy to use all the features. Good for beginners and low cost. Makes best. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Advance features for drafting. Not popular for surface in industry. Less core jobs in SW that's why students tend to choose other software **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is easy to use and saves a lot of time. Management like it for clear and fast drawing. ### 26. Good platform to do Mechanical Drawing for fabrication. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Santosh Kumar D. | Design Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Easy to use commands rather than other softwares available. Easy for drafting. Simple commands. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Nothing but just needed training secisson freely available in social media. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Gap between Design and fabrication from vendor to manufacturing unit. ### 27. eDrawing is best tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shivanand Y. | Design Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Easy to use, solidworks file prompt preview, and also preview quality is best, we can convert html file of any solidworks file though eDrawing which anyone can see easily **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I have nothing so. I have used this tool only for file preview and file conversion **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** NA ### 28. Very handy tool to view and mark up 3D **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jay M. | Stamping Press Technician, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 17, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I love that it can accept many different formats of 3D CAD Data. I do not require a SolidWorks license just to view the 3D Data. Mark up tool and measure tool comes very handily as well to quickly mark up the view and send it to relevant parties. and one for cool fact is that it is a free tool. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I have not come across any drawbacks or cons working with this wonderful tool. Only suggestion would be that some more features can be added to make this free tool useful for even more people. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use this tool widely to communicate with our factories that manufacture the products we design. It has been a very smooth experience communicating the product design changes with them using this tool. ### 29. Solidworks edrawing - amazing tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chandrashekhar P. | Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** U can use smartphone tablets to view drawings and models. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** There is nothing that I don't like. Everything is helpful to utilise. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** U can easily share your data, that can be accessible on your smartphone also. ### 30. Nice viewer for viewing all kind of 3d files, step files, DXF, DWG etc. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Udit A. | Team Leader-PCB Design, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Solidworks e drawing is a very user friendly and nice tool to view all kinds of 3d models or files that are used for all kinds of products used in industries. It is widely used tool for such purpose that is used in industry. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Basic options for editingif added in solidworks viewer can give more space to users to get more in details & it's features. Drawings viewer is also used widely in industry. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** It is really a very nice and decent tool for mechanical engineers or even for a non- engineering person as it is easy to understand and use. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solidworks & it's add-ons and packages are very enhanced but the cost of the tool is much high so many of users preper to have viewer instead of complete package. ### 31. Review on Solid Works **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ravi Varma V. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 16, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Its User Friendly and Simple UI, Easy access **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Rare glitches are encountered some times **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy converting to 3D to 2D ### 32. Okay **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mustafa A. | Diploma Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Quality of drawings. Cam programming minimizes time. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Size of the design application and the design file size. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sketching and drawing ### 33. Simple yet Powerful **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 16, 2023 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The best thing regarding the Solidworks edrawings is the ease of use along with robust mechanism. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The startup lag is the major concern for solidworks. If it takes lesser time to boot up I would be glad to open it all the time. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** From a business standpoint, I would say it gives the option to review drawings without purchasing an entire CAD software. ### 34. Drafting made easy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Complex Model can be conveyed easily in Drafting and easy to use tool quite intutive **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Still exploring but takes time to put up with heavy models **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making engineering drawings for manufacturing ### 35. EASY REVIEWS AND MARKUPS **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Karan S. | Senior Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I like how we can measure any distance on the drawing, even if it was missed during detailing. Also one can easily mark the drawings as approved, draft etc very easily **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** features like cross-section work with the required format files only and with other formats of drawing ( obviously) **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** go ahead, No issues faced **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Quality check of drawings by a different resource has become a piece of cake; We can add markup and comments quickly and send it for changes. This becomes a process, and all drawings are reviewed before release ### 36. Very use ful 2D and 3d drawings for industy< manufture **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Swapnil P. | Design engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It is very useful tool for cad design perspective. In company stack holder easily view drawings like 2D and 3D very easily though this tool.This tool is very useful stake holers for review drawings very eaysy way. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** There is no dislike of this app. the app is running very fast and effective. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** please use all for the coomunication between company primises. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** From this toOl we can easily view 2D and 3D Drawings very easily. WE can mark-up drawings and shre between our inter department and verndor also for easily of manufacturing. ### 37. Best software for review different format of Drawings. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rashish M. | Design Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I am using it daily, and its work very well for reviewing 3D and 2D drawing. I can open big-sized drawings in a fraction of seconds—the best tool to showcase your design to customers. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I didn't find any major issue yet, although I would suggest improving stability as sometimes it crashes when I try to open a file by double click; however, it is not a big thing. It happens with almost every software **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** You can showcase your 3d product with augmented reality with Solidwork e Drawing QR code feature on a mobile phone; This excellent feature helps to positively impact customers to sell a product without shipping the actual product. ### 38. Best tool to view 3D as well as DWG/DXF files **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I used e drawings for a long time and it's quite easy to open any CAD file. I can use it to see the 3D step file dxf file. I can check cross-sections of any 3D model using this app. A good freeware app to check all CAD data. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I used sometimes larger files and software hangs sometimes. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** I check DWG/DXF files, 3D step files to check whether it is wrong or needs to modify as per the collision. check all cross-sections to verify the 3D model. It will help to make encloser for any PCB. ### 39. great viewer of various file formats **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steven W. | Layout Designer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** simplicity and very good at viewing different CAD file formats **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** cannot view PDFs. this would add to the usefulness of the software. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** simplicity and very good at viewing different CAD file formats **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** simplicity of viewing different CAD file formats with one product ### 40. Solidworks the perfect easy to learn program from beginners to professionals. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brandon B. | Marketing Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I love the simplicity of the 3D navigation. It is very intuitive so there isnt a huge learning curve to general navigation. I can not complain about any of the solidworks programs. They are great! **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** We worked on a lot of very large projects that were stored on a server. Because of this, we had some trouble with freezing and crashing but i think it was mostly how we managed our files on the server. Storing them localy on the computer would probably be a lot better. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** Solidworks makes a great platform all around. I dont think you can go wrong with any of the Solidworks platform products. I do wish it were more possible to get a trial of solidworks. Maybe calling someone from the soldiworks team would makie it possible. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes manufacturing drawings much faster and easier to modify. ### 41. View drawings and 3D models. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hitesh J. | Mechanical Design Engineer and MATLAB Developer., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2022 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Support a wide range of file extensions. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Dimensions checking commands are not user-friendly. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** Excellent software for opening the drawings and 3D model files **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am checking the drawings and 3D models of parts. ### 42. Great program for design experts **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The Design solid model how you can Generate 2D drawings and Check parts fitment also more importantly the 3D modeling 2D drawing generating FEA's and it's easy to install and use **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** My only issues with the program are Sketch can be easier to use by adding more features and Rotation by reference would be useful feature to be added Welding simulation would also be more helpful **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** I find that it has helped us Improve design quality so spending on warranty reduced Improve documentation so existing parts and assemblies are easier to find currently ### 43. Best open source tool out there for 2D and 3D CAD viewing/sharing to implement **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dhruv T. | Design Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** It is extremely simple to use, I have also used it many times to review my own designs as it utilizes much less RAM and processing, it works much quicker than Solidworks. The sharing of drawings for manufacturing becomes easier as it supports a wide range of formats, is open source and does not require a high-end computer. My suppliers can use it easily as it is very easy to use and makes it simpler to understand the drawings and implement them for manufacturing using its various features. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I have been using this since I started using SolidWorks and haven't faced any issues yet; It has only helped me. **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** I would recommend it instead of AutoCAD if you only need to review the drawings, CAD models and not modify/edit them. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used it for viewing drawings, 3D CAD files, reviewing my designs, presenting the CAD ideas to customers, and sharing the drawings/CAD (IGES) with the vendors. ### 44. User Friendly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** BHARATSINH M. | Design Engnineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** I love the simplicity of the 3D navigation. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** We worked on a lot of very large projects that were stored on a server. Because of this, we had some trouble with freezing and crashing. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solidworks eDrawings is easy to access to open 3D assembly huge files and compares drawing ### 45. Amazing CAD viewer and presentation tool for all time for 3D Design review. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Darshan S. | D, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 31, 2020 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The best piece of this product is that I can undoubtedly plan whatever I envision rapidly. It is extremely simple to utilize. There are a ton of instructive models that anybody can utilize and see how to utilize. I knew nothing about this drawing programming except for now I use it ordinarily in my work. Amazing 3D displaying ability **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** There are a great deal of parts of the product that I detest. It is difficult to offer shapes to certain surfaces. A few measurements on a wavy surfaces can't be given without any problem. It is likewise muddled to discover a few devices inside the product. There should be additional examples on the best way to utilize some extra and likely helpful apparatuses. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** I utilize this product in my home and in my work. I utilize this apparatus to draw our mechanical pieces of the press machines. The plan can be effectively ship off the Mill/CNC machine to produce. ### 46. good, fast tool but still limited capabilities. excellent for presentations. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Utilities | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Easy to use, file size is small so to share via email is handy. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Limited capabilities, can't make any modifications. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** using edrawings in presentations and design approvals ### 47. An easy way to evaluate models **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The easy way to open and manipulate 3d models **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** that it consumes the premium resource on Solidworks license **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** If you need to observe the model without editing, this software is perfect. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** To observe 3d model quickly without using Solidworks ### 48. Very fabulous experience **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 26, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** The speed is very best and we communication tool with each other . The 3D viewing drawings ab d mark-up easily. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** some times unable to view drawings and mark-up **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** The communication is effective and sommoth. Most i like that viewing capacity of 3D drawings is awesome ### 49. Quick viewer and checker of models **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ramakrishnan K. | Executive Business Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 10, 2020 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** There are easy access and open source for all to use the software. . It is quite easier for all to understood and use. **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Interface looks like old age and needs modernization **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** Get your self registered and explore the quick possibilities of viewing and checking the models and drawings.. The Sectioned options are also available for to view along with the measuring options. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I wanted to open a 3D modeled part or some drawings real quick just to see and give feedback about it , this is very helpful in just showing the views of all the part both in model and in drawing. Even we can measure and check the dimension of the parts .. The loading of the software is also quite short. ### 50. Only useful for viewing dwg files **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Sporting Goods | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2021 **What do you like best about SolidWorks eDrawings?** Easy to use. You can view multiple drawing file types and take simple measurments **What do you dislike about SolidWorks eDrawings?** you can't modify drawings or manipulate. very few features **Recommendations to others considering SolidWorks eDrawings:** this product is okay as a quick drawing viewer. easy to use for someone inexperienced with CAD, but it is not a full 2-d drawing solution. **What problems is SolidWorks eDrawings solving and how is that benefiting you?** quickly open dwg files without autocad or importing into solidworks. ## SolidWorks eDrawings Discussions - [What is SolidWorks eDrawings used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-solidworks-edrawings-used-for) - 3 comments - [Can eDrawings view STEP files?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-edrawings-view-step-files) - 1 comment - [View SolidWorks eDrawings pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/solidworks-edrawings/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-01+01%3A58%3A07+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=79b94b5c-ae53-47ed-a74b-cdf975778e54&secure%5Btoken%5D=b1ddc7edb29e767940c82ea1bb7e8c7814a9fc6e00b71b9f2693307d22c1d360&format=llm_user) ## Top SolidWorks eDrawings Alternatives - [SketchUp](https://www.g2.com/products/sketchup/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,296 reviews) - [SmartDraw](https://www.g2.com/products/smartdraw/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (381 reviews) - [Sketchbook](https://www.g2.com/products/sketchbook/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (173 reviews)