What's the difference between Saveas an edrawing file and Publish an edrawing file?
What are the benefits of each?
I have been using publish but I see some differences when I saveas.
When I publish, edrawings will launch with the file but the publish location directory will be
whatever dir I was in last. I have to navigate to the correct dir and save.
When I saveas, edrawings does not launch but it saves to the correct dir.
Also, when I saveas, the file extension .EDRW is in all caps.
When I publish, the file extension .edrw is all lower case.
Thanks
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Hi Michael,
Publishing from SolidWorks to eDrawings is essentially equivalent to:
1) 'File, Save As' to EPRT or EASM or EDRW to a temporary file
2) Open that temporary file in eDrawings, in an un-saved state
If you use 'File, Save As' explicitly, you can click the Options button to open the eDrawings Export Options dialog:
http://help.solidworks.com/2010/English/solidworks/sldworks/impexp/HIDD_Export_Options_EDRW.htm
If you use the publish to eDrawings method, the current settings for those export options will be used.
Regards,
Paul Kaiser
Manager, eDrawings