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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
Roy,
are you opening a SolidWorks *.sldprt, *.sldasm file, or are you opening up a file saved as an edrawing? If you are using the saveas, and selecting eDrawings...the Options button should a,ow you to "allow measure"
Or its avail direct in the system properties under "export", then select "EDRW/EPRT/EASM"...options for exporting this type are there
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
It's possible measuring is an eDrawings Pro feature ...?
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
According to eDrawings product matrix...Measure is avail in both, except "Mobile versions"
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
It appears eDrawings Pro from the Matrix is required to enable measuring ... I don't have Pro, but I can create an eDrawings file that can be measured, just tested it.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
I have created an eDrawings file separate from just the original Solidworks assembly and I can pull measurements then. I'm wanting to avoid the extra step every time I save an assembly or a part, where it's just possible to import a Solidworks file and pull measurements that way. It's what we have done with 2017. I've gone through the steps as pictured above with "Cad Admin" and that helped with exporting an "EDRAW" file only. I'm not sure if I have missed a step with an install somewhere or what the problem could be. I'm working with "Fischer Unitech" to try and solve the issue, and no luck so far.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
I'm opening it up as a Solidworks *.sldprt, *.sldasm file. I ran through the steps shown above and discovered that those items were not selected. I have selected them and saved the file again, and then also hit save as and overwrote the original file. No luck so far.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
The setting are used only if you export or save out to a eDrawing file type.. Is the version of eDrawing a Pro version or a Viewer version?
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
It was the standard version. Fisher Unitech used the share screen option, and the reinstalled eDrawings along with Solidworks, and I activated my key for that machine. The measurement tool was no longer grayed out, but when an edge or a face was selected, there were no measurements shown. Has there been a change in what graphics card is accepted for 2018? That may very well be my issue.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
Possibly, but not probable...toy can log into SolidWorks and look up the Operating system / SolidWorks Version / Graphics Card / Driver version you have.
Graphics Card Drivers | Hardware & System Requirements | SOLIDWORKS
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
As per the direction from Fisher Unitech, I checked that and did not find the graphics cards supported on that list. It still reads and gives measurements for files saved from 2017, but once a file has been saved with 2018, the measure tool is no longer available
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
roy,
did you find a solution....
I have the same issue since an upgrade to SW2018.
Our CNC guy was able to access my sldprt & sldasm files and get certain any queried sizes from there.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
Jason,
We have not yet found a solution yet. Solidworks is aware of the issue and it is something with the software. As soon as I get an answer from Solidworks, I will post the resolution here.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
at the moment he is working on a temporary license.....
I will try and get him to use my edrawing license form my installation of SW 2018 PRO for his edrawings viewer.....
and see how that goes.
if I learn anything, ill try and let you know.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
We've had the same problem for the past few years on 2016 and the answer we got was that it was working how it was intended. I was hoping to be able to transfer the eDrawings Pro from my SolidWorks licence to a shop computer but alas they told me it isn't possible.
If you ever find anything, let me know. We sure could use a solution to make everything on eDrawings easier or have another program to view 3D files that isn't as buggy as eDrawings is..
Any programmer reading this; I don't even need to list problems, just open eDrawings (free version, not pro) and try opening a large assemblies and doing anything in it.
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Re: eDrawings Measurement Tool Grayed out/ Disabled
So, it seems Solidworks has solved the issues as far as what I was looking for. When I was looking for a solution, Solidworks was installed on the machine to at least attempt to get it to translate to eDrawings. That was unsuccessful, by the time Solidworks was uninstalled, the problem was solved. eDrawings professional is not necessary to pull measurements or view a 3D model. You still have to allow eDrawings to pull measurements, but we do not have any issues anymore.
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