Hello everyone,
I use in my project assemblies, "standard/library" Solidworks parts that have their own drawings, and which are located in a special folder.
I would like to know how to make it so that: when I use one of these parts in my project assembly, I can output in PDF all the drawings adjoining these "standard / library" parts and this of course in a +/- automatic way.
I guess you just have to attach the drawings to the standard part, and use a utility but how?
Thank you very much!
I think it's SmartDrawings?
On the other hand, how do you attach a drawing to a part to a drawing that has already been made?
Hello
Are the drawings stored in the same folder as the parts???
You can use the Task Scheduler if you have access to it.
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/Conversion_Wizard.htm
Thank you for your help.
In fact my big problem is that my parts are not at all related to their own drawing...
My final goal is to generate the PDFs of the already existing drawings.
We work in the same way except that the drawings are in the same folder as the parts for a question of link. We sort by type so that the drawings are separated from the parts. In the configuration we are using, it is easier to generate this action to make PDFs in bulk.
But you can also do that, but you'll need to select the folder and select the MEPs you want to convert.
Hello
Do you have the myCAD utilities or not?
The utility to use would be BatchConverter rather than SmartDrawings.
When you open a clip from the assembly, does it find it or not?
If not, and if all the plans are in the same folder, you must use the search path in the options to have SolidWorks find the plans on its own:
http://help.solidworks.com/2015/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/HIDD_Options_External_Folders.htm
In the list, choose "Search paths" and then indicate the location of your plans.
Finally, to create PDFs of all the parts in your assembly, you can use this macro:
http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/import-export-formats-neutres/macro-solidworks-pdf-pour-les-composants-de-lassemblage
No, the planes I want to get out of the parts I put in my assembly are in a separate folder from the main assembly.
On the other hand, each piece inserted in its plan in the same file.
Ok, so the macro should work:
http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/import-export-formats-neutres/macro-solidworks-pdf-pour-les-composants-de-lassemblage
Thanks for the macro, you're very responsive! It doesn't work, but I think it comes from me:
I have a memory that when we opened a 3D room, in the file there was a menu "Open the drawing of the room", but I don't have that?!
Hello, as PL says, with BatchConverter, you can by selecting your assembly, bring up all your parts.
In the filters, you have to select the formats that should go up (parts, assemblies, plan).
if your plans are in the same folders as the rooms. In the options, you have to choose: "search in the parts or assemblies folder".
RQ: You just have to be careful that your parts are in the current SW format, because sometimes if it's an old version, BatchConverter doesn't reassemble them.
Edit: Once you have reassembled your parts, assemblies, don't forget to click on the icon: insert the MEPs of the selected documents.
Sorry I can't see, I tried but I still haven't "open the drawing" from the room.
I remember that before there were warnings when I did "Create a drawing---> A drawing has been found, do you want to use it"...
From the 3D, you right click at the top of the tree, and you have opened the mep.
It's here to reset messages:
http://help.solidworks.com/2015/french/SolidWorks/sldworks/HIDD_OPTIONS_ADVANCED.htm
"From the 3D, you click right at the top of the tree, and you have opened the mep."
It works, but once I close (even when saving everything) it loses the link after reopening.
"It's here to reset messages:"
I did it, but unfortunately he doesn't ask me anyway.
And when you open the mep, if you revalidate the references, does it change anything?
No the same, I renamed the 3D, I redid the reference of the part (in the opening of the MEP) and it doesn't change.
So what exactly is the problem? Or block macro?
It has no effect. I click and nothing happens.
But I really think it comes from the link between the piece and its drawing