On Feb 22, 8:56=A0pm, "Janes" <dja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "graminator" <graha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Feb 11, 7:52 pm, "Janes" <dja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I had three drawings that needed to be combined into a single drawing
> > while
> > capturing all the same views and details (and, I hoped, without
redoing
> > all
> > the work). I thought I'd seen something, though never used it, that
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a
> > menu pick of 'Merge Drawings'. But, I couldn't find it.
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> > Well, just by accident, I went to the Insert menu and tried 'Shared
> > Data>From file' and picked the drawing whose contents I wanted to add
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> > the
> > existing top level inseparable assembly. Bingo, the sheets were copied
> > from
> > the second drawing into the first, appended to the end of the drawing.
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> > the views didn't lose a dimension. I did this with a third drawing as
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ll
> > and got all the information into the drawing.
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> > Then, to finish the job, the separately named "parts" were duplicated
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> > Intralink with 'Duplicate Objects' with the 'update parents' option
> > (assembly and drawing) set to yes. Then, when I opened the drawing and
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id
> > 'File>Update>Current', it brought in the updated assembly and showed
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> > "renamed" items in the weldment BOM. Their models were even added to
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> > Drawing Models list, replacing the previous versions. Best of all, I
> > didn't
> > have to manually do the ever awkward 'Replace' which generally loses
> > assembly constraints, causes subsequent components to fail/freeze,
loses=
> > BOM
> > balloons, etc. This was slick as snot on a brass doorknob {somewhere
up
> > there with Teflon in slickness}.
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> > David Janes
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> Thanks for this Dave. I just used the first part of your tip to make a
> 2 sheet drawing, each sheet having the same views of the same
> assembly, but with different View States (Simplified Reps). I had one
> drawing with one sheet, saved a copy to a different name, then opened
> that second drawing and changed the View State.
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> Then I created a new drawing and im****ted the other 2 drawings into
> it. The initial empty sheet (from my template) remained and I had 3
> sheets. I removed the first empty sheet.
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> What was interesting was that I tried to insert the second drawing
> into the first drawing and visa versa, but it would always set the
> inserted sheet to be the same view state as the original sheet. Hence
> the new drawing.
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> What's cool is all the views are in exactly the same positions so I
> can switch between sheets quickly to compare the 2 View States.
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> Don't know why this isn't quoting text. Anyway, what I WISH they had,
sinc=
e
> I had a need for it a couple days ago, is the ability to copy/paste
views,=
> both parent and detail view, from one sheet to another. And dimensions
> intact would be a good thing, as well. The insert sheet, the way I
describ=
ed
> it, winds up being a workaround for a lot of things that should be done
> directly.
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> David Janes- Hide quoted text -
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I'd like to be able to copy a view to the same sheet.... i.e. same
orientation, x-section including hatching spacing etc, and other
display settings. it would save me a lot of time sometimes.
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