I am curious to know what others think of the best way to share a CAD file with a potential client. Meaning you want to send your 3d image to a potential client for approval. We tend to use 3d pdfs with photoview images attached, although the edrawings are really handy if the customer has edrawing installed. I just want to hear what others tend to use, and why.
I prefer edrawings. With edrawings the client can measure and do lot of other things like section view, hide/show components. So overall a much better tool for the client to use and communicate. And with edrawings available for iOS and Android, life is more easy.
yes I was very happy about the edrawing for android app. However I have had a very hard time getting just the edrawing viewer to download to other computers.It. It seems that the website keeps trining to get you to download edrawing 15 day trial. However with a bit of time and effort one can get to the correct download.
Justin,
I think you used to be able to save your assembly as an e-drawings file & include the executable for e-drawings within the file in case the recipient didn't have it installed.
Not sure if that's stil the case.
yes the is a option of both zip and un ziped file. I have never used the send option in edrawings before. This will make things alot easier.
Please make sure that sometime some company firewall may treat that .exe drawing as virus and block it (had happened with me). So better to request the customer to install the viewer.
Edrawing allows you to zip the file in a email under the send selection. I have not had any trouble yet with the zip file. It has a embeded executable file. Just sent and email to my self and opened it up the email on the slowest computer in the shop, and it worked. Another option was instead of emailing the file, I could email a link to a cloud folder this will allow them to save the link, and give room for multiple edrawings to quickly be added changed or worked with. No delay or blocking by emailing servers this way, and if I make sure to embed a executable with it the customer does not have to worry about much.
Edrawing allows you to zip the file in a email under the send selection. I have not had any trouble yet with the zip file. It has a embeded executable file. Just sent and email to my self and opened it up the email on the slowest computer in the shop, and it worked. Another option was instead of emailing the file, I could email a link to a cloud folder this will allow them to save the link, and give room for multiple edrawings to quickly be added changed or worked with. No delay or blocking by emailing servers this way, and if I make sure to embed a executable with it the customer does not have to worry about much.