{"id":41329,"date":"2019-07-08T08:03:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T12:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=41329"},"modified":"2019-07-01T12:43:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T16:43:38","slug":"new-vr-mode-in-edrawings-desktop-professional-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2019\/07\/new-vr-mode-in-edrawings-desktop-professional-2019.html","title":{"rendered":"New VR Mode in eDrawings Desktop Professional 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wish you could just \u201cjump\u201d into your CAD model and walk around and explore every little detail of it in 3D, all in real time? Well, wish no more!<\/p>\n

Enter eDrawings Desktop Professional 2019 with a new BETA feature for Direct Virtual Reality (VR). As you already know, eDrawings is the viewer for all SOLIDWORKS content. Viewing your native SOLIDWORKS files in a new virtual reality mode within eDrawings Desktop Pro<\/strong><\/a> couldn\u2019t be easier.<\/p>\n

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Available in eDrawings Desktop Professional 2019 SP1 and beyond is a new \u201cOpen in VR\u201d command from the File menu for instant viewing of your SOLIDWORKS files in Virtual Reality! You can choose your floor and sky from preset selections to customize your immersive VR experience and match your model\u2019s natural environment. Teleport around your model, pick and place objects, grab parts and take a closer look\u2014you can even explode your entire SOLIDWORKS assembly with the touch of a button! Please note Microsoft Windows\u00ae 10 and later support the Direct Virtual Reality (VR) mode.<\/p>\n

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Since this direct VR mode is a Beta feature still under serious development, we\u2019ve \u201chidden\u201d the VR features behind an Environment Variable. For further help exposing this \u201chidden\u201d VR Beta feature, please check out these step-by-step blog posts written by our Resellers:<\/p>\n

Computer Aided Technology<\/strong><\/a>
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This exciting new feature is currently marked as BETA functionality. Why? We want to collect your feedback, ideas for features and workflows so we can improve this direct VR experience for future releases. To submit your ideas, please follow the typical Enhancement Request process outlined in this other blog post<\/strong><\/a>. Make sure to choose \u201ceDrawings\u201d from the \u201cArea\u201d field as depicted below:<\/p>\n

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Now onto the virtual reality hardware. Support for HTC Vive and HTC Vive Pro will be first, with other VR headsets planned throughout future releases. HTC\u2019s VIVE Pro<\/strong><\/a> is an easy-to-deploy, scalable VR system that delivers the highest visual fidelity, clearest audio and greatest immersion for professional users.<\/p>\n

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This is just the tip of the iceberg for our new Direct VR support for eDrawings Pro. Features like measuring, dynamic section views, improved graphics and more will be added in future releases. Please make sure to submit Enhancement Requests via the SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal<\/strong><\/a> to help us improve your VR experiences with eDrawings.<\/p>\n

As our valued customers, you are our future and we want to make sure your voice is heard. We look forward to hearing your feedback and feature requests!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t have eDrawings yet? No worries! You can download eDrawings Viewer for free right here<\/strong><\/a>. You can also try eDrawings Professional, which includes the new direct Virtual Reality mode, for 30 days during the first installation of eDrawings Viewer. So get out there and start exploring the possibilities!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dive into your SOLIDWORKS CAD file with a new direct virtual reality mode in eDrawings Professional.<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":272,"featured_media":41333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,826,14,44,18,71],"tags":[390,2952,2331,2332],"class_list":["post-41329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaboration","category-dassault-systmes","category-design","category-edrawings","category-solidworks","category-support","tag-edrawings-2","tag-htc","tag-virtual-reality","tag-vr"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}