Hello,
I have poured over the Net and through the postings here and don't have a clear answer to the question of whether I can change drawing templates or not.
I have been given a new template, A3, along with a batch of D size drawings with an old temple. Am I trying to accomplish the impossible?
Thanks
Are you trying to change the drawing template or the sheet format? It seems you think they are identical. The drawing template holds all kinds of settings on the drawing like accuracy and arrow types. The sheet format is the lines around your drawing and the title block.
You can right click a drawing and change the sheet format. If you have received a bunch, you'd be better off using #task (sharp task). #Task can change the sheet format for a batch of files. Good luck, it ain't impossible at all
I am trying to change the drawing template. The old one looks like this:
The new one looks like this:
The actual drawing looks like this:
For SolidWorks, you make a drawing from a template. But it doesn't have a template. You can change the sheet format. You can also load a new drafting standard.
Here is what I get when I change the sheet format:
Richard,
It's peculiar that the title block & border disappears when changing the sheet format to the new one? When you look at the new drawing template and go "Edit>Sheet Format" does the border and title block stick around or disappear like what is linked above?
If it disappears it means that whoever made the template did it wrong and put everything in the working views rather than the sheet format. In that case your only recourse would unfortunately be to try and copy from one drawing to another or start a new drawing using the template. Either way would be long and tedious.
~Eric
Hello Richard,
As someone else suggested, you're confusing sheet formats with drawing templates. See #2 atFrequently Asked Forum Questions for more information. In the meantime, the reason you're getting the result you showed is because you're changing sheet size without changing the sheet scale. If you'll right click, chose Properties, and change your sheet scale, I believe you'll be okay.
Well then selecting a different sheet format in the drawing properties dialog or using #Task should do the trick!
To play it safe any changes to the template are always saved as a sheet format - So if you look in my Sheet Template folder - the Sheet Formats have the same name.
You start with a template, and that could be a blank paper, then you can add any sheet format you want, but I like to keep them the same, not needed but just easier for me..........
Seems like I should clarify thing here. The company just wants the old drawing template definitions updated to the new template. They don't want a lot of time put into it.
Time depends on the ability to make easy changes.. Drawing templates can be saved as Drawing Formats and vice versa. You can start with a blank template, go to sheet properties and change the format and then you can save the format as a new or existing template.
So if you have a sheet format you can save it as a template..
If you have a sheet template you can save it as a sheet format...
It sounds like you need to turn a A to D?? or a D to A size drawing, you can but your going to need to spend what you don't want and that is "Time"
John,
Basically what you said but he is changing from D to A3 so not only changing the size of the print but also the drafting standard. Unless they are using ANSI Drafting standard using ISO Sheet sizes?
Richard,
The things you'd need to change are:
Sheet Format
Drafting Standard (if it's changing)
Sheet Scale (If views aren't set to follow Sheet Scale you will need to change views manually)
Position of views, notes, & dimensions.
All in all it shouldn't take too long I'd say about 15 minutes per drawing. Alot quicker than remaking the entire drawing from scratch. Unfortunately there is no quick way to just scale everything views and annotations in one fell swoop in SolidWorks so as John said it's going to take time.
~Eric
John,
Basically what you said but he is changing from D to A3 so not only changing the size of the print but also the drafting standard. Unless they are using ANSI Drafting standard using ISO Sheet sizes?
Richard,
The things you'd need to change are:
Sheet Format
Drafting Standard (if it's changing)
Sheet Scale (If views aren't set to follow Sheet Scale you will need to change views manually)
Position of views, notes, & dimensions.
All in all it shouldn't take too long I'd say about 15 minutes per drawing. Alot quicker than remaking the entire drawing from scratch. Unfortunately there is no quick way to just scale everything views and annotations in one fell swoop in SolidWorks so as John said it's going to take time.
~Eric