How do I create drawing templates?

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Hello

I would like to create drawing templates associated with a part or assembly. Let me explain:

The objective of this approach is that when the user (draftsman) creates an MEP from a part or an assembly, when he chooses the desired format of the MEP, two sheets are displayed on SOLIDWORKS. A baseplane grid with thumbnails "attached" to the basemap and another with a dimension model associated with a 3D that could be easily edited.

 

I found a "weird" principle by importing a DXF of the dimension model into another sheet and making a copy of the views in a second sheet because the "save as MEP model" does not take into account annotations, dimensions, cropped views... Too bad!!

Can we do this in SOLIDWORKS?

Thanks in advance


forum_lynkoa_trame_de_mep.docx
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Hello

I'm thinking of several solutions (if I understood correctly):

- Different layers: 

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGVPj5tQcXk    

- Use a macro to make the copy

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You have to create two basemaps with the classic method.

 

Then on the drawing template, you have to insert predefined views.

 

On the other hand, I don't know if it will keep the rib trimming etc...

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To complete Bart's answer, youcan copy the first sheet with CTRL C and then paste it with CTRL V, then to change the background, see here:

https://forum.solidworks.com/message/267963#267963

 

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Hello

Maybe to keep the trimming, the ribs,... It would be interesting to go through a take-home composition and then change the model of the piece, but this is no longer a document model.

On the other hand, it may be possible to do this with the help of a macro.

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Creation of a 2D drawing model, import in DXF of the complete drawing) then redimension the plan.