eDrawings Pro Reviews
3/5 rating based on 73 reviews. Read all reviews for eDrawings Pro for iPhone.
eDrawings Pro is paid iOS app published by Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation
Crash
kcvpr
The app crashes every time I try to open an sldasm file, no response to requests for help through the developer’s website.
Won’t open larger files
j17h17
Crashes whenever trying to open .sldasm files larger then 10 megabytes in size. Also can not explode drawings.
The measuring tool needs a lot of work
Jaybird099
I bought the standard eDrawings app and realized I couldn’t measure distances in a model or assembly, so I had to go back and buy this version of the app. Sadly, the measuring tool is really cumbersome and difficult to use. You have to hover the cursor icon over a surface, vertex, or line until that component turns red. Then to measure it, you have to tap the cursor. Sadly, half of the time when you do this, you end up tapping the wrong component. Then you can’t deselect the component. You just have to turn off the measuring tool, turn it back on, then try again. Why can’t the software engineers have a simple method for selecting and deselecting a component? Maybe two taps selects it and three taps deselects it? Then maybe four taps could deselect everything (like in the case where you are measuring the normal distance between two surfaces). In this scenario, I could double tap one surface, then go to another surface and double tap it. And if I accidentally double tap the wrong second surface, I could triple tap and deselect it. Then I could try again and double tap the second surface and get it right. Boom, I now have the normal distance. And then to deselect those two surfaces, I quadruple tap and everything is deselected so I can measure something else. Another issue I have is the precision of the measurements. I will have drawn something that’s exactly 3 inches long, but when I measure it in edrawings, edrawings tells me it’s 2.999 inches. Sorry edrawings, I know it’s actually 3 inches. And why can’t I set the dimensions to be displayed in fractions instead of decimals? It would be really nice if edrawings could display 2.4999 inches as 2 1/2 inches. Also, they need to work on the software that controls the model rotation and zooming in and out. When I get really close to a small component in a large assembly, the slightest finger movement on the screen will move the giant assembly way too much, and now I’ve lost the tiny component I needed to see. And finally, it’s really audacious to charge $9.99 for an app that doesn’t work very well. How about you release it for free until you work out all these issues, then you can start charging for it.
Not working
bsh27
Purchased recently, tried to use many time, as soon as i tried open app, it closes and redirects to iphone home screen. Dont buy it.
Needs more support COME ON
Food Equipment Company
This application is great in theory, but in reality is hampered by the lack of support and updates. I can’t open any large assemblies with out crashing during rendering. This thing needs to get updated to work with iOS 14 come the f’ on. How much money are they earning from Solidworks subs. Spend that money to better support this app.
App repeatedly shuts down
rhino1163
When trying to open an assembly the app continually shuts down every time you try and open it. Has done this for months.
Great Potential - Not quite there yet
wwp2181
This app has come in handy on several occasions when showing models to clients and for meetings. It’s a bit cumbersome and could certainly use Apple Pencil support as well as a better AR tool. Unfortunately, the UI needs a lot of work, configurations don’t load well, surface textures don’t appear, and up until last month, it no longer recognizes my files since it only supports up to 2019 and I’m already at 2020. Hopefully SolidWorks will throw some more support behind this because it does come in handy at times. Would be nice if you could export drawings as PDF’s, models as .STP or .XT, use Apple’s AR kit to show case models for customers (and include texture support), and maybe, just maybe, since we’re already paying customers, include a version that would allow for model creation and not just be a viewer. My iPad Pro handles the models and assemblies just fine and the hardware is only getting better.
Can’t measure
Less Thanimpressed
Only got pro version to take measurements and it is not functional. Waste of money.
Arkit still not being used
itsmeruth
Come on guys ARkit has been out 2 years and you are still requiring targets?