How does Drew save me time?

Created On2020-02-12

Last Updated On2020-09-16

Our goals with Drew are:

To save you time
To never ask the same question twice (so we created Blueprints)
To minimize the number of clicks per drawing
To minimize popups (we prevent many SOLIDWORKS popups and hardly ever show any ourselves)
To give you full control over your drawing

We are satisfied once you can do complex tasks with one click.

It takes only one click to do any of the following:

Start a new drawing with the correct template, sheet format, 3D view, 2D views, flat pattern, BOM or cut list
Add a sheet per unique (weldment) body or sub-weldment with views, outer dimensions, notes and blocks
Add a 1:1 flat pattern view per sheet metal body
Add outer dimensions
Add a BOM or cut list
Add a note or block
Add or remove a projected view (and move other views)
Add (2x) to a dimension, or turn (2x) into (3x)
Change the sheet size (and fit views)
Change the sheet scale
Delete all dangling annotations
Verify that every balloon for an assembly or multi-body part is present
Verify that every assembly component has a drawing
Save a new drawing with the same file name as the part/assembly
Save a DWG/DXF/PDF with the same file name as the drawing
Switch back and forth between part/assembly and drawing

To prove that Drew saves you time and effort, we added a click counter.

Every time you do an action within Drew that saves you at least one click, we add it to the counter.

This is our current score:

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of click-savers within Drew.

We always count the fastest way we can find in SOLIDWORKS, then subtract the number of clicks it takes in Drew.

We can go on and on, we have about 50+ click-savers right now.

As you can see, each item on its own does not save you much time. But it adds up quickly.