OK, as much as i think the weldment option in SW is great, i find the detailing of it very hookey and weak.
i have a half dozen pieces that i need to detail, i.e. holes, cut outs, etc. to get these individual pieces into a view by themselves very time consuming. i must go and make a separate configuration for each piece, then go and hide all the other pieces i don't want to see in each config.
then, when i put them on the drawing, each view, no matter how small, take up the space that the whole frame would if it was visible
then i have to add a separate cut list for each config, then hide it. not to mention the fact that it keeps wanting to dimension to the sketch lines instead of the structural members (this is a bug. SW has told me that the only way to prevent it is to go in and HIDE each individual sketch. nice..)
any tips or ideas would be much appreciated
Tom.
i have a half dozen pieces that i need to detail, i.e. holes, cut outs, etc. to get these individual pieces into a view by themselves very time consuming. i must go and make a separate configuration for each piece, then go and hide all the other pieces i don't want to see in each config.
then, when i put them on the drawing, each view, no matter how small, take up the space that the whole frame would if it was visible
then i have to add a separate cut list for each config, then hide it. not to mention the fact that it keeps wanting to dimension to the sketch lines instead of the structural members (this is a bug. SW has told me that the only way to prevent it is to go in and HIDE each individual sketch. nice..)
any tips or ideas would be much appreciated
Tom.
thanks, you're the man!! that is just what i needed!!. i have used relative views before, but not in weldments. this is sweet!!!
thanks again!!
How do you tell relative view to focus on a single part?
O.K. Never mind, I found the selected bodies button
(Unless I'm missing something)
Are you creating a completely separate drawing for each member? What I do is just create a new sheet, then it will reference th eoriginal cutlist (as long as the configuration of the relative view is the same as the configuration of the view your cutlist is linked to).
Lorne
Usually I do. I have to out put to Autocad alot and the additional sheets don't look good when exported. (mind you I think Autocad exported drgs dont' look at anytime).
Do you have a master cutlist that your part then refers to?....what I'm trying to get at is all the data about the member is already in the cutlist and, I try to avoid manually inputting the same data (lazy). If I put the member on a different sheet how are the details in the cutlist referenced?8-)
So I save to file then update the cutlist. I can then input a one line cutlist that links to the data already entered. which can be adapted by adding/hiding columns where necessary. Also the saved file is ready to be exported.
I only do this when asked to breakdown the individual items.
If you have a more efficient way of dealing with individual parts and cutlists I'd be glad of any advice.
I think I kind of expained this on your otherpost. I don't have to deal with the AutoCAD issue though.
I'm returning to SW, having working in version 2001 and 2004.
Couldn't figure out how to add detail views of a weldment to a drawing.
Works well when someone tells you what command to look for.
On a side note, I still have 2001 running on my workstation. It a lot of ways, it is better than 2008.
icons are more easily recognized
dimensioning is easier - especially angular dimenstions.
Oh well, I seen the progress of Unigraphics, Solid Edge and Inventor. Always seem to be a few steps backwards.
I know this has been a while but if you want a cut list for each detail you could split the cutlist multiple times and cut/paste to the appropriate sheets. this would give you a cut list for each detail with only the info for that detail.
I haven't used this method so there may be some downsides that I haven't seen but thought it's worth throwing out there.