View Solidworks drawing without Part file

[christianroth]

Just curious if it is even possible to view a drawing without having the part file. I've noticed that I can preview the drawing without the part file, but once I load the file solidworks requests the part file.

 

[MadMango]

Yes, just enable the View Only check box from within SolidWorks when you open a drawing.

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[J-C]

You can also save the drawing file by changing its filetype to "Detached". Its the same file extension but it allows you save the drawing in such a way that the drawing doesn't need the model to be opened and edited. You'll have to load the model when you want the views to update by right clicking a drawing view and selecting "Load".

This does make the file larger.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP5.0 on WinXP SP2

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

You could also use eDrawings or the eDrawings viewer.