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What is a .SLDDRW file?
SLDDRW is a SolidWorks drawing - the dimensioned 2D production sheets (views, sections, title block) generated from a part or assembly. Analyser reads the saved preview and metadata from older OLE2 files and identifies the newer encrypted ones.
- Did you know
- A drawing stays linked to its model, so changing the part updates the drawing views automatically.
- The free eDrawings viewer opens SolidWorks drawings, so suppliers and colleagues without a SolidWorks licence can still review them.
- A drawing file links back to the 3D part or assembly it documents, updating its views when that model changes.
- What Analyser shows you
- Open a SolidWorks part (.sldprt), assembly (.sldasm) or drawing (.slddrw). Older (pre-2015) files are OLE2 documents: Analyser reads the saved preview thumbnail and the document metadata (title, author, who last saved it and when). Files saved by SolidWorks 2015 or later are encrypted by Dassault Systemes, so they are identified but their contents cannot be read outside SolidWorks - in either case the editable Parasolid geometry stays proprietary, so export to STEP, STL or 3MF for the full 3D viewer.
- Depth of analysis
- .SLDDRW is a partial-analysis format: Analyser opens it and shows the embedded preview or thumbnail and the metadata it can read, but the real editable content stays in the application's proprietary format and is not reconstructed in the browser. Formats with a complete viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .SLDDRW file
- Drag a .SLDDRW file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It opens entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.
- Related formats
- .SLDPRT · .SLDASM. See all supported file types.