eDrawings Supports Wildfire

While Autodesk is hoping "everyone" uses DWF for transmitting and archiving drawings in a PDF-like manner, SolidWorks is busy at extending support for their eDrawings.

Geometric Software Solutions is writing extensions to make eDrawings work with other CAD packages. The first was Pro/Engineer. and today GSS announces the second: Wildfire (the new Pro/E).

GSS says that eDrawings for Pro/E has been adopted by more than 4,000 users in three months. (Is adopted the same as downloaded?) Is this a good number? I dunno. Presumably, the downloads/adoptions are by customers who don't use Pro/E.

The 4,000-number is made murkier by there being two eDrawings: one is free; the other, called Professional, is US$995 per year, followed by $195/year thereafter.

While it's nice to get software for free, it costs money to produce. If it's from a hobbyist, it may well stay free; if it from a corporation that seeks to stay in business, at some point free disappears. Either the company disappears, the product disappears, or users start paying.

eDrawings is initially free; the Pro version costs money. Acrobat and Distiller cost money, but are included free with Adobe software products. DWF is free right now, so expect Autodesk to start charging for some aspect of DWF use.

Comments

[B.A.Aravinda]

eDrawings Viewer for Pro/ENGINEER-is a FREE viewing and publishing application for sharing accurate representations of 2D and 3D models.

eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER is the paid version and is an email-enabled tool that dramatically eases the review/markup/measurement of 2D and 3D product design data

The single plugin supports Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, 2000i2 & 2001.

[Pramod Rao]

Just wanted to point out an error in the reporting of the ownership of the product - eDrawings Viewer & Professional for Pro/ENGINEER. This product was developed by Geometric Software Solutions. Geometric has licensed certain portions of the eDrawings software from SolidWorks. Particularly, SolidWorks did not "Hire" Geometric to develop the plug-in for Pro/ENGINEER.

For any clarifications, please do not hesitate to write to me on: [email protected].

Best Regards,

Pramod Rao
Sr. Manager, Marketing
Geometric Software Solutions, Co. Ltd.

[amir tokayer]

i have solid edge old vrrsion 2001 iwant to upgrate to the last version iwant to know if you can help and the price