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Multi Configuration Fastener Files

Multi Configuration Fastener Files

Multi Configuration Fastener Files

(OP)
I do CAD contract work using SW2005 on my own computer. When I provide the client with a drawing package, consisting of all part, assembly and drawing files The assemblies often reference fasteners I have in my own design library in multi configuration parts files.
Is there an elegant way to just include the specific configuration of the fastener part without including the multi configuration part file in the files I supply to my clients? It seems wasteful to add a 300K file when all that is required is maybe a 50K file. I’d also like to be able to make my own archived files for a project without having to include all the multi configuration files.

RE: Multi Configuration Fastener Files

You would have to manually delete the other configs. 300k is pretty small...especially now with with hardrives approaching a terabyte.

Zipping your files before emailing will get the size down a great deal. Zipping also works well to archive whole files and folders of projects.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2006 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2

RE: Multi Configuration Fastener Files

Not to change anything that you are doing, this is just an idea to think about. So I am going to guess that your customer is using something other than SolidWorks.

If I had someone creating assembly models for me and I also used SolidWorks, they would be using my fastener library. Then any new fastener that was needed they would get from me or they would send me a copy of their model before inserting into assembly for approval.

Bradley

RE: Multi Configuration Fastener Files

(OP)
Thank you all for replying.

It appears the answer is, “No, there is no elegant way to include just the specific configurations.”

This client does have a couple of SW seats on a network, but only casual SW users and no administrator for the SW network. I’m willing to bet they have no fastener library or any libraries for that mater other than the bare bones SW basically comes with. They are an R&D consulting firm. What they are mainly interested in is a set of drawings or model files that they can send to a vendor to get the parts machined. Nice  “pictures” are also of use to them for their reports. So I deliver  Adobe files and eDrawings which they can make use of but I also deliver the SW files. I doubt that the SW model files will ever be opened by them…unless I get hit by a car…but they paid for the SW model and they own the SW model whether they want it or not.

ExpTec
DBA
Experimental Technique

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