EDrawings is the solidworks viewer provided free from solidworks website. The immediate advantage of this is that your customers can view your solidworks files without needing to buy the software. This is can be very helpful in winning the customer over to your design. If they have the ability to manipulate, redline and discuss the pro's and cons of your design its more likely its acceptance can speeded up and your design intent communicated more clearly.
Letting your customer use edrawings and viewing your model and drawings directly is also easier than having to prepare power point presentations and reports to describe the model and its benefits. An added benefit is that the customer can circulate the edrawings model inside their organization, making their internal communication easier. The edrawings model cannot be modified so your design is secure from unauthorized modification. The edrawing file size format is small, making it useful as a maintenance manual tool in the field.
The redlining and markup capabilities in edrawings are helpful in ensuring that modifications and changes are recorded and attended to. Problems can be identified quickly by simply pointing an arrow to an area on the model and including a note about the difficulty. Much clearer than a handwritten note faxed from the shop or an email with photographs.
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