SolidWorks Edrawing viewer in Java

Question

Is there a library to load edrawings into a JFrame?

Answer 1

If you are willing to limit the input files to DXF files, perhaps this will do? http://www.escape.de/~quincunx/dxfviewer/index.html

Answer 2

Just some thoughts:

• eDrawings is based on HOOPS3D file format. It contains a compressed xml hoops stream (open an eDrawings file in your favorite hex editor and you'll find a typical zip PK signature around offset 0x5C)
• libraries are available to view HOOPS3D files in java: HoopsJava (however I don't know about licensing constraints of it).

So a path may be to extract the XML stream and load it in HoopsJava.