SLDDRW
Title(s): SolidWorks Drawing Format
Version ID: SolidWorks 2009
Date released: 2008-09-17
Date: 1995
Creator(s): SolidWorks Corporation
Contributor(s): SolidWorks Corporation
Relationships: - The SolidWorks Drawing format was developed by SolidWorks Corporation in 1995. SolidWorks Corporation was acquired by Dassault Systèmes in 1997.
- Previous Version(s):
- Contains: None
- Syntax Format(s): None
- Family Format(s): None
Description: SolidWorks Drawing format files contain drawings, notes, and annotations generated from SolidWorks Assembly SLDASM or SolidWorks Part SLDPRT format files. The SolidWorks Drawing format uses the Microsoft structured storage format for storing hierarchical data in a file.
History: See SolidWorks Company History for an overview of the format and company history.
Example(s): Example Template
Identifier:
Documentation: Documentation Template
File Extensions: SLDDRW
Applications:
- Native application(s):
- Interoperable applications: Engineering Format Application Template
Magic numbers: Unknown; Proprietary format
Format(s): Unknown
Rights: Proprietary license
Sustainability Factors:
- Standardization:
- Adoption:
- Licensing and patent claims: Proprietary license
- Self-documentation: None
- External dependencies: None
- Technical protection considerations:
File classification:
- Type {Binary, Text}: Binary
- Raster data:
- Raster data 2D:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Raster data 3D:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Raster data 2D:
- Geometric representation:
- Implicit representation:
- Implicit surfaces:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Implicit curves:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Point set:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Implicit surfaces:
- Mesh:
- Manifold surface meshes:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Manifold volume meshes:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Non-manifold meshes:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Manifold surface meshes:
- Parametric representation:
- Parametric surfaces:surfaces that are generated with parametric equations supports parametric surfaces.
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Parametric curves:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Parametric surfaces:surfaces that are generated with parametric equations supports parametric surfaces.
- Contour sets:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- NURBS:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Implicit representation:
- Multi-resolution models:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Dynamics:
- Kinematics:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Assembly:
- Is Supported: No
- Description: This is a drawing format only
- Force(s):
- Is Supported: No
- Description: This is a drawing format only
- Kinematics:
- Boundary representation - Can the format support models with boundary representations?
- Manifold surface boundary representations:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Manifold volume boundary representations:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Non-manifold boundary representations:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
- Manifold surface boundary representations:
- Material transparency:
- Is Supported:
- Description:
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