linking an existing drawing to a product
linking an existing drawing to a product
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I created a part and made the 2d drawing. I now need to change my part to a product. Is there any way to link the existing 2d drawing to my new product and establish new links to the product? I do not want to recreate the 2d drawing if possible. Any help is much appreciated.





RE: linking an existing drawing to a product
When this happens to me, I usually lay out all the new views, and then for each new view, I "align view using elements" to make them lay exactly over the old views. Then, one by one, I isolate the old views, delete the geometry, (all except text and dimensions) and copy and paste the text and annotation into the new, identical view. Afterwards, you can relink the text and dimenstions, and delete the old view(s).
As complicated as all that sounds, it's very fast, and saves a ton of rework time.
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RE: linking an existing drawing to a product
Otherwise, when you try to EDIT --> LINKS --> REPLACE you will get a Document Refused the Link (or is it Link Refused the Document?) when you try to replace a CATPart link with a CATProduct link.
RE: linking an existing drawing to a product
RE: linking an existing drawing to a product
Find it in help, or pull up the commands list under the "edit" menu. Once you activate it, look for the icon to activate.
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