Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
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Hi all,
I need to save a drawing as a dwg file, but I do not want the drawing to update before saving. I have an old set of drawings that I need to furnish to a patent attorney and unfortunately they have to be exactly as they were almost two years ago. As soon as I open them in Solidworks, they update to the later revision. When opened in e-drawings, they are perfect, but I can not export to dwg format.
Thanks for your help
Brandon
I need to save a drawing as a dwg file, but I do not want the drawing to update before saving. I have an old set of drawings that I need to furnish to a patent attorney and unfortunately they have to be exactly as they were almost two years ago. As soon as I open them in Solidworks, they update to the later revision. When opened in e-drawings, they are perfect, but I can not export to dwg format.
Thanks for your help
Brandon






RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Just an idea...
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
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RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Chris
SolidWorks 07 2.2/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 02-10-07)
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
I am assuming they may not have saved their older data, only the e-drawings for history, and are not using PDM to keep the archival data so it can be retrieved at a later time.
Brandon,
Do you have a complete set of archive data files of the original SW data? Please explain a bit on how you manage your data archives.
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
WD Raptors, 1 Gb network connection
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
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RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Also curious as to why the drawings would be out of synch' with the model.
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Thank You
Brandon
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Does your old patent attorney have the original DWG files you sent him?
Did you e-mail the DWG files way back when? Are the files in an old e-mail on your server? Do you back-up your e-mail data?
First call I would make is to your old patent attorney...
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
WD Raptors, 1 Gb network connection
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Thanks for all of your help
Brandon
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Good luck
B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
I think you are SOL....
Looks like you will have some work burning the midnight oil to re-create what is missing for you patent drawings.
Start with the last good set of data before you created the dwg's for your drawings a couple years ago. They don't have to be perfect since it is a patent drawing.
Chalk this up to a hard lesson on the importance of managing your archive data.
Regards,
Anna Wood
SW07 SP2.1, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
WD Raptors, 1 Gb network connection
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Eric
RE: Converting Non-Updated Drawing to DWG format
Eric