Drawing Question
Drawing Question
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I am setting up custom drawings and have run into a problem.
When creating a drawing for SM parts, the bend lines are not there. So, I goto VIEW and unselect the hide all. My bend lines come back.
Ok, so my problem is, I went into my custom templates, made the change, then did a save-as and a save sheet format. Re-opened the template and the hide all is selected again.
Is there any way to get the hide all to be unselected in my templates?
When creating a drawing for SM parts, the bend lines are not there. So, I goto VIEW and unselect the hide all. My bend lines come back.
Ok, so my problem is, I went into my custom templates, made the change, then did a save-as and a save sheet format. Re-opened the template and the hide all is selected again.
Is there any way to get the hide all to be unselected in my templates?
B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2






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Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
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B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
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Don't tell me no. hehe Sorry, I understand what your are talking about now, I think.
SolidWorks has both templates and sheet formats for drawings. Sheet formats do not care any settings information at all. They only carry a drawing title block (or whatever you want on your sheet format). To make your changes stick on all new drawings, you have to save those settings in the drawing template.
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php
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B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
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How do you go to the properties of the flat pattern?
Do you mean the feature properties?
Nothing there.
Do you mean the part properties?
Nothing there.
Do you mean the drawing properties?
Nothing there.
The only way I have found to do this is to goto VIEW and unselect it and then select AXIS.
It didn't do this before, the last time that I made a sheet metal drawin, the flat pattern had the bend lines on them.
B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
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You need to modify your *.drwdot files for any Setting's changes you want done in your Templates.
As stated above the sheet formats (*.slddrt) only carry a drawing title block information.
Ken
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B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
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Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php
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That is the line that I am talking about.
B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
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Have you created flat patterns with bend lines using other templates?
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B. Long
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
RE: Drawing Question
Also check that the Tools > Options > System Options > Default Templates are set to match the File Locations.