Thanks for all the feedback! It sounds like it's a good idea for us to incorporate SW to help with preparing our patent drawings.
Alfonso Martinez
AM Patent Drawings
http://www.ampatentdrawings.com
Thanks for the responses! I guess what I'm really concerned with is efficiency. In some cases, using a 2D drawing program will be the best/quickest way to produce patent drawings, but I also feel like developing the model in SW and then exporting the views so that they can be numbered and shaded...
Just wanted to get people's feedback on using Solid Works for preparing patent illustrations. We've used 2D drawing programs up to this point but thinking of upgrading to Solid Works. Thanks!
http://www.ampatentdrawings.com/