Company standard notes in library ??
Company standard notes in library ??
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Can I put some standard notes in the Design Libray area ? So all I have to do is drag it from the library are and drag it into my new drawing ?
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RE: Company standard notes in library ??
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RE: Company standard notes in library ??
Hint: go to Tools > Option > File Locations > Dimension/Annotation Favorites and point it to where your, um, annotation + dimension favorites are. This way you don't have to search for your favorites.
Flores
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
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I changed it a bit to match our std notes.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
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RE: Company standard notes in library ??
Printed Circuit Board Designer
Salt Lake City, Utah
Stangs rule!
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
Great idea....I completely forgot that SolidWorks has adopted blocks. Once the block is created it's stored in a folder located in the feature manager design tree. Open the folder RMB on the block choose save to file (if you have done what smcadman suggested) then the dialog box is right there in design library - annotations.
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 4.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: Company standard notes in library ??
One question, I have a surface finish symbol in my note and when I bring it in using the methods above, the surface finish symbol changes to say "#error: broken link"? Any suggestions or ideas how to fix this?
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
So by doing it the way you described, you would have to "edit sheet" inorder to move the notes?? I like the idea, just trying to see how you handle this.
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
To do this, go to insert>view>empty. On this view, create all your notes. This allows you to move all your text together (almost like grouping). The advantage this has over putting your notes on the "sheet format" is that you can see your part geometry when you are moving your notes to prevent any overlap.
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: Company standard notes in library ??
that method works, but if you have groups of different annotations, it is not as easy to move the whole thing as the way I stated above.
An Example:
our Notes section of the drawing is titled "notes" the font of "notes" is 24 pt, Arial, bold. The actual notes are 12 pt Arial. The main body of the notes section is all one annotation. If I have flag notes, the number with a triangle border is a separate annotation.
With all this mis-mash of different annotations, it is nice to be able to move them all at once without the worry that you missed selecting one.
Bear in mind I am still stuck on 2004. I know the annotation capability has improved with 2005 and probably more with 2006. It may be possible to group the annotations or change font and add borders to specific characters within one annotation. Ida know. If that is the case, I would use ctopher's suggestion.
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
I have 05, notes have different size fonts and flags are included. All move together.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Company standard notes in library ??
Flores