Release notes

Created On2025-09-30

Last Updated On2025-09-30

Drew 4.2.1

We added 8 new variables for building paths, fixed general tables and improved the settings window for exports.

Added exporting each body to a separate file.
Added exporting each sheet to a separate PDF.
Added variables for part material, bodies (material, number, name), cut lists (name, quantity, custom property) and sheet number.
Added saving Batch Presets to your settings file.
Added list of excluded folders when running a batch.
Added tangent edge setting for flat pattern views.
Added filtering visible components by custom property values in the Batch Panel.
Added support for adding complement angle dimensions to weldment views.
Added support for skipping flat pattern sheets when exporting to PDF.

Fixed general tables always having two rows.
Fixed showing only macros that can be used for the active model type.
Fixed saving drawings after running a macro in a batch.
Fixed hiding suppressed parts and components in the list of the Batch Panel.
Fixed tripping over parts without a cut list during exports.
Fixed tripping over exporting a drawing’s assembly model using part properties in its path.
Fixed tripping over empty cut list properties when synchronizing body sheet names.

Added support for SOLIDWORKS (Connected) 2025

Added support for macros

Fixed creating body sheets and flat pattern sheets where the model gets stuck in a flat pattern configuration.
Fixed SOLIDWORKS trying to crash when opening a drawing.
Fixed crash when calling Zoom to Fit on a opened drawing.
Fixed tripping over table template files that no longer exist.
Fixed marking Lightweight components as Suppressed in the Batch panel.

Mostly bug fixes

A small release with mostly bug fixes.

Improved success rate when adding a thickness dimension.
Added the progress bar when adding a multibody sheet.
Improved checking if a body has its own sheet when adding body sheets by skipping multibody sheets.
Open the export settings window after adding a new setting.
Improved handling of weld tables.

The biggest update in years! You can now edit existing drawings, add more table types and add hole callouts.

Added support for editing existing drawings.
Added support for SOLIDWORKS 2024.
Added a button to add hole callouts to a view.
Added support for 5 extra table types.
Added keeping body sheet names in sync with the part.
Added support for Detailing Mode.
Added using the drawing revision for export paths.
Added using custom properties from the underlying model in a drawing for export paths.
Added using a custom property or revision plus a prefix character, or nothing if the property has no value.
Added task for saving a model after creating its drawing. Fixes parts that get a flat pattern configuration when creating the drawing.
Added an export setting to DXF to only export flat pattern sheets.
Added a button to delete an exported single file.
Added a Zoom To Fit after starting a drawing.
Added filters for ‘Has Drawing’ and “Needs Drawing’ to the Batch panel.

Added using body names for sheet names.
Cleaned up the toolbar with flyouts to batch delete sheets.
Improved handling when you have zero visible blueprints.
Changed Add Flat Pattern button to a toggle button so you can delete the flat pattern view.
Updated minimum SOLIDWORKS version to 2019.
Added selecting the view again after adding hole callouts or ordinate dimensions.
Added workaround for when Hidden Lines Visible doesn’t work on 3D views.
Improved consistency, viewing and editing lists in the Settings window.
Improved editing Export Settings with their own window.
Changed tag for a custom property in Export Settings from [CustomProperty] to [PRP]
Added checking if the sheet format file exists in the settings.
Split settings for adding outer dimensions and adding a sheet metal thickness dimension.
Added showing the sheet type in the drawing panel.
Removed showing the Blueprint Picker when you add a sheet to a drawing without a blueprint.
Added choosing a custom name for an Export Setting and a Table.
Replaced showing a popup in the Settings Window when a Blueprint is not correct yet with a top bar warning.
Improved handling of a narrow task pane in the Batch panel.
Changed default for showing importable files in Batch panel from true to false.

Fixed toolbar tabs disappearing when another add-in becomes active.
Fixed loading DLLs when another add-in becomes active.
Fixed SOLIDWORKS getting locked after adding body sheets for certain very old files.
Fixed exporting the part’s drawing when exporting a DXF.
Fixed exporting multiple sheets to DXF when the current sheet name is in de output path.
Fixed the Blueprint Picker not doing anything when you click “Don’t use a blueprint”.
Fixed only adding one dimension where there is one weldment view.
Fixed rotating the flat pattern view not exactly in steps of 90 degrees.
Fixed flipped icons for Hidden Lines Visible and Hidden Lines Removed in the settings.
Fixed showing export buttons in part/assembly panel.
Fixed missing headings in the ‘Copy sheets for configurations’ window.
Fixed adding a thickness dimension when there is a single sheet metal body.