I cannot believe SW would allow its 2 big competitors have access to one of the best tools in SW, E-Drawings. I know for a fact that we have beat competition who was using Pro-E for new projects because we could communicate with E-Drawings to Marketing Staff at customers rather than the good old 2d drawing or a still jpeg. I always looked at E-Drawings as a competitive advantage to using SW over the other packages.
SW Logic Behind Free E-Drawings for AutoCAD®, Pro/ENGINEER®???
Jun 14, 2004
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Rocko, SolidWorks Corp probably doesn't have any control over it. It LICENSES the eDrawings technology from the same company making eDrawings for AutoCAD and Pro/Engineer. That company is Geometric Software Solutions.
'Sporky'
... To get them hooked on the crack, so they will upgrade to e-drawings pro. Become the standard to unseat PDF.
Respect
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Sporky,
SolidWorks themselves distribute the AutoCAD Publisher, not Geometric Software (if you download eDrawings from the SolidWorks website, the AutoCAD publisher is bundled in it).
I think SolidWorks can control which applications can have an eDrawings Publisher. After all, they LICENSE the technology, so they would have control over what is done with the techonology. right ? I'm sure no company would license its proprietary technology without having a say in what is done with it.
-Insideinfo.
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