# SolidEdge Equivalent of E-Drawings **URL:** \ **Category:** Solid Edge\ **Created:** [May 22, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517 "2025-05-22T12:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Ronan1961)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/1 "2025-05-22T12:00:28Z")
Does SE have and equivalent to E-drawings? I have installed the SE viewer and it works well for viewing 2d drawings and 3d STEP files. The problem is it is effectively the CAD system itself with restrictions imposed. The install size is 9Gig. E-drawings install is about 0.6G. It is bad enough installing E-drawings on office pcs. I would hate to have install the SE Viewer on them. The reason I ask is because Dassault is stopping the the use of DDM as a PDM system for SW in late 2026. So I need to investigate alternatives. ---
**Author:** ![bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/user_avatar/forum.cadmunity.com/bnemec/32/5180_2.png) [@bnemec](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/bnemec)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/2 "2025-05-22T13:24:35Z")
It used to be a program called “View and Markup” that was installed with Solid Edge. For some reason Siemens decided to drop that at ST10 and only offer the main install. I’m guessing less to maintain. View and Markup was still available as a stand alone install at that time but no longer maintained. Is this for viewing 3D or drawings, or both? ---
**Author:** ![KennyG](https://forum.cadmunity.com/user_avatar/forum.cadmunity.com/kennyg/32/5121_2.png) [@KennyG](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/KennyG)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/3 "2025-05-22T13:25:54Z")
Actually, you can get eDrawings for Solid Edge from Geometric which is who makes it for Dassault (SolidWorks). [eDrawings for Solid Edge | eDrawings Publishers](https://edrawings.geometricglobal.com/products/edrawings-for-solid-edge/) For a Siemens lightweight viewer product that is free, see JT2GO. [JT2Go JT File Viewer | Siemens Software](https://plm.sw.siemens.com/en-US/plm-components/jt/jt2go/) ---
**Author:** ![Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Ronan1961)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/4 "2025-05-22T15:18:31Z")
Both 2d and 3d viewing and measuring. ---
**Author:** ![pedja](https://forum.cadmunity.com/user_avatar/forum.cadmunity.com/pedja/32/151_2.png) [@pedja](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/pedja)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/5 "2025-05-22T17:38:13Z")
Take a look at [Mayo](https://dev.opencascade.org/project/mayo). It’s open source, using Open Cascade geometric kernel I’ve tried jt2go, and it’s _nice_, but I wouldn’t call it _lightweight_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KennyG](https://forum.cadmunity.com/user_avatar/forum.cadmunity.com/kennyg/32/5121_2.png) [@KennyG](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/KennyG)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/6 "2025-05-22T19:38:02Z")
JT2GO is way lighter than Solid Edge as a Viewer though… The one advantage it has is that you can view the native Solid Edge files without translating them to a neutral format. ---
**Author:** ![Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Ronan1961)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/7 "2025-05-22T22:06:48Z")
JT2GO works well. I have tried it with DDM to view assemblies in the same manor as e-drawings. It even works with SE Community 2024 edition which is what I have access too. ---
**Author:** ![Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ronan1961](https://forum.cadmunity.com/u/Ronan1961)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.cadmunity.com/t/solidedge-equivalent-of-e-drawings/5517/8 "2025-05-27T15:40:10Z")
I have now also tried e-drawings for SE. The disadvantage is, it cannot open SE models directly, they must first be saved as e-models.