The Developer tab, including features like Macros and Controls, can be activated by navigating to the Office program's options located in the Office Button ( displayed on the right). These functions have been gathered up and relocated under the Developer's tab, which, by default, is turned off. Office 2007 changed the location where the eDrawings control is located from previous versions since the OLE controls are not displayed in the usual Insert, New Object listing. Since eDrawings has the capability to not only open eDrawings, but also SolidWorks, PRO/E, and AutoCAD files, it is a great tool to leverage CAD content. Users don't want to have to launch another program and/or exit their presentation slideshow to display their 3D content to the audience. I recently covered this topic in show 151 of the SolidWorks:Heard! podcast since this feature has been requested by many customers - especially how to add an eDrawing to a PowerPoint presentation.

With the introduction of Microsoft Office 2007, there were some major changes not only to the interface, but also to the way you insert control objects like the one used by SolidWorks' eDrawings product. Embedding SolidWorks into Microsoft Word or Powerpoint has always been a OLE (object linking and embedding) technology that is important to users that create documentation or presentation materials.

Edrawings viewer 2007