Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
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Our electrical schematics are drawn on Autocad. I'm trying to use SW instead, but it doesn't seem like it is going to work out.
The schematic is just a lot of lines and text. Since there is no part involved, I started a new drawing and loaded a sheet format. Then I used the regular drawing commands to draw on the sheet. After getting just a fraction of the way through, the commands are bogging down. For example you click a location to start a line and then wait and wait to click the next point. Same delay on trimming. Adding text takes no time at all.
The SW drawing is already up to 1.3Mb while the entire Autocad drawing is only 648Kb. My computer is not the latest but there has never been a problem making large and complex models. Also we can't upgrade as we are stuck with Windows 2000 for a while longer.
Is this the wrong way to use SW? I would hate to go back to Autocad. Thanks for your help.
The schematic is just a lot of lines and text. Since there is no part involved, I started a new drawing and loaded a sheet format. Then I used the regular drawing commands to draw on the sheet. After getting just a fraction of the way through, the commands are bogging down. For example you click a location to start a line and then wait and wait to click the next point. Same delay on trimming. Adding text takes no time at all.
The SW drawing is already up to 1.3Mb while the entire Autocad drawing is only 648Kb. My computer is not the latest but there has never been a problem making large and complex models. Also we can't upgrade as we are stuck with Windows 2000 for a while longer.
Is this the wrong way to use SW? I would hate to go back to Autocad. Thanks for your help.






RE: Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP4.0
PDM Works, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
RE: Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
SW definately isn't the best tool for this :(
Rob Rodriguez CSWP
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SW 2007 SP 2.0
RE: Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
RE: Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
If you INSERT/OBJECT, then create from file, you can insert your ACAD dwg and have it linked to it. Everytime the ACAD schematic changes, the SW dwg will update.
Warning, it works slow.
Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)
RE: Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
You could also search for some of the free PCB layout programs that may have a limited circuit diagram feature.
Here's one I looked at briefly a long time ago.
http://www.pcb123.com/
RE: Using SW2006 to make electrical schematic
Give it a look, it is really a nice package.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP4.0, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
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