I have modified my drawing template and afterwards all my new drawings follow that now one but not the old ones and I need to change them manually one by one which is exhausting.
is there any way to let be automatic?
thanks
I have modified my drawing template and afterwards all my new drawings follow that now one but not the old ones and I need to change them manually one by one which is exhausting.
is there any way to let be automatic?
thanks
Oh ok, my bad, I thought you needed to update the sheet's format.
This macro:
HOW TO CHANGE/SWAP TEMPLATE/SYSTEM OPTIONS IN SOLIDWORKS | Boxer's CAD CAM Blog
did not work for me either.
I remember needing it a while ago, but I didn't bother to check what was causing problems and I just left my old drawing with outdated templates. The macro was making my Solidworks crash.
I'll take a look at it in the next few days to see if I can come up with a simpler solution.
You need to keep the file "Change_Sheet_Format_v2.1.slddrt" in the same folder as the macro, it is used by the macro.
That's because of an issue with SW. It won't update the sheet template unless you click the "Reload" button:
I can't reproduce the behavior of clicking "Reload" on the macro, there's no API call for that, that's why it is using the file "Change_Sheet_Format_v2.1.slddrt", it's a workaround.
The macro is first setting "Change_Sheet_Format_v2.1.slddrt" as the sheet template, and then, after that, it is setting the right template to your drawing. This workaround kind of mimics the behavior of clicking "Reload".
If you want, I can remove the need for the "Change_Sheet_Format_v2.1.slddrt" file, but then you would have to go back to each drawing sheet and click "Reaload", which would make the macro pointless in my opinion.
it is not here my problem, it is changing the new templates to that file and not the required template that I entered the path in the form. I don't see the need of the sheet format as long as the template contains all details including the sheet format. I wonder why SW doesn't solve this problem yet !
Changing the drawing template