Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
(OP)
Does anyone know if the following is possible in SW?
Once the weldment is created & a cut list is inserted into the drawing we have to save it away as a txt file so that we can modify it in MS Word to add clip art items showing the cut direction i.e for example if a piece of RHS is cut 45° each end. The cuts could be parallel, opp directions, different angles & directions.
These objects coule be OLE, clip art, jpg's, bmp's or even just drawn as a symbol in SW. It seems you can only add text to a cut list table i.e adding the size of end caps etc.
It would be nice to be able to do all this in SW, so all we have to do is print out the cut list on a separate sheet, which is then given to the saw shop to cut into actual steel.
Thanks
Woolly
www.rjherbert.co.uk
Once the weldment is created & a cut list is inserted into the drawing we have to save it away as a txt file so that we can modify it in MS Word to add clip art items showing the cut direction i.e for example if a piece of RHS is cut 45° each end. The cuts could be parallel, opp directions, different angles & directions.
These objects coule be OLE, clip art, jpg's, bmp's or even just drawn as a symbol in SW. It seems you can only add text to a cut list table i.e adding the size of end caps etc.
It would be nice to be able to do all this in SW, so all we have to do is print out the cut list on a separate sheet, which is then given to the saw shop to cut into actual steel.
Thanks
Woolly
www.rjherbert.co.uk






RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 05
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
\______/ - cut each end
|______/ - cut one end
/_____/ - cut each end
These arn't great, but they give you an idea of the type of symbol used.
Thanks
Woolly
RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
Depending on how important this is to you, you may be able to get some freeware raster (bitmap) font creator software. You would create your symbols in that font using bitmaps to end up with a "Wingdings" type font with all your cut symbols mapped to letters. Then change the cell's font to your custom font and type in the letter for the symbol you want.
RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
You can print it and hang it next to the saw. Works great over here, we even had our VAR write a small program to recognize the profiles and fill a property with the correct letter.
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student
RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
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Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student
RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
Thanks for the pdf. This is the sort of thing we use anyway. But we really do need the symbol in the cutting list, rather than just a letter. Any other ideas??
Thanks
Woolly
RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student
RE: Adding clip art / OLE objects into weldment cut list tables
Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student