Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
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Good after noon, is there a way to copy or import a detail view from one drawing into another? It does not need to be linked or anything. Thank you in advance for any assistance rendered.






RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
One very hack way of doing it is to make the original detail view into a bitmap. (Either zoom in and print screen, or save as bitmap)
Then you can just paste the bitmap of the original detail view into your new drawing.
You get the same view without requiring any SW file to support it. Obviously, it doesn't update and you can't change any of the text/dimensions/...
Depending on your needs, this may be sufficient; but will likely upset anyone that may have to work with your drawing in the future.
-Lou
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
- Save the original drawing as a dxf
- Use DWG editor to eliminate everything but the detail view and save
- Use the dxf as a block in your other drawings
The advantage of this method is that it keeps the detail view as a collection of lines rather than a raster image.Eric
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
Steven Danasko, CSWP
SolidWorks 2007 - SP2.2
UG NX3
Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
RE: Copy or Import a Detail View from One Drawing into Another Drawing??