Hello
I'm using Solidworks 2013. I'm using basemaps, but they're in American projection. I always have to switch them to European projection for each drawing, and I can't get them to stay in European projection. after having smeared it in the European project, but it doesn't work.
How can I do this?
Thank you for your help.
Hi @ Roger
See the following link
http://forum.solidagora.com/topic1680.html
When you create a new plan or a new room, you have a window with: part, assembly, drawing and advanced. If you click on advanced, you have several tabs. The basic tab is called "models" (where you will find part, assembly and drawing).
These choices are in fact document templates, which contain all the parameters that are fine. SW being an American product, the base models are in USA projection. However, you can create your own templates :
- You open the template you want to edit
- You make the changes (no need to create a real plan with a drawing on it, just the projection changes, the options,... that's enough)
- You give a name and you change the type to: Part templates (.prtdot), assembly templates (.asmdot) or drawing templates (.drwdot)
- You save all this in one and only one new folder (we'll call it "MOD" folder)
Then you can ask SW to offer you the option to open these files each time: you go to Where/ Options / System Options / File Locations and you select Document Templates from your drop-down menu. You click on add, then give yourself the link to your new file and you validate.
The next time you open it, SolidWorks will offer you 2 tabs: the models tab and the new MOD tab (with your files and the options that work well for you )
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GT22 has given you the solution. You must create or modify your drawing templates by setting the default views in European mode instead of American.
At the same time, you can customize much more than the view mode, you can integrate annotation templates, etc... It all depends on your needs.
Happydad
See also these 2 tutorials
http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/3d/editeur-de-formulaire-solidworks
http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/3d/solidworks-le-formulaire-de-proprietes
With these 2 tutorials you can autofill in
your cartridge your bills of materials for parts and assemblies etc.......
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Hello gt22 and Happydad.
Thank you for your answers. Indeed they are full target in relation to my problem.
And thank you more generally for your involvement in the forum and for the selfless help you give to all users.
Have a nice day
Roger
Hello GT22,
You answered my question, but when I wrote down your answer, it disappeared. Could you give me back the link you gave me?
Thanking you
Roger
Back office bug, I just reposted gt22's answer.
Have a good day:)