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TMThomas Malinski24/02/2014

I have been looking over the many macros and discussions on saving SolidWorks drawings as AutoCad dwg files at 1:1 scale. But I have not found any that will do what I'm looking for with mixed scales on one sheet

I need a macro that will save a slddrw sheet as a dwg for AutoCad but will change all of the various model view scales and or sheet scale to be 1:1.

In our company we plot multiple detail components on a single D size sheet. We cram as many details as we can fit on a single sheet and we adjust each model view scale depending on how large or small the component is. It is not uncommon for a D size sheet to contain 15 deatils with 4 or 5 different scales as necessary for clarity for the toolmaker. There may also be an overall sheet scale that is not 1:1 this should also be considered for an unconditional conversion to 1:1 for everything in the sheet

Once in Autocad I typically delete the frame and all annotations and dimensios and hatching so all that is left is 1:1 geometry for CNC toolpaths

I supply our CNC department with a paper print of the SolidWorks drawing with annotations and machining instructions, but the cleaned geometry is from my converted AutoCad dwg file.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Tom Malinski