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eDrawing to include only Part of an Assy

eDrawing to include only Part of an Assy

eDrawing to include only Part of an Assy

(OP)
Suppose I have an assy with 100 parts. I want to create an eDrawing showing only 5 of those parts.

Is there a way to control/select the parts that are exported into the eDrawing?

I could create the eDrawing with only the necessary parts visible in the assy. But the eDrawing still contains the other parts, even though they are hidden. This results in huge files, and includes parts that I may not want to send out.

I could suppress all of the other parts in the assy, save it as an eDrawing, then unsuppress the parts again.

I could create a new sub-assy with just the parts that I want, open that sub-assy, save as an eDrawing, disolve the sub-assy.

But I am hoping there is an easier way.

Thanks,
Lou

SW 2007 sp4.0

RE: eDrawing to include only Part of an Assy

Make a new config and suppress what you don't want. then save as eDwg.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
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RE: eDrawing to include only Part of an Assy

(OP)
ctopher,
Thanks. That would work, but I'm hoping there's an even easier way.

If it was always the same set of parts, that would work well. But the parts I want included in the eDrawing are not consistent, they could be a different set every time. I don't want to set up a new config every time just to get that one eDrawing.

I love the 'Isolate' command. I just pick the parts I want to work with (regardless of what sub-assy they may be in) and everythign else is hidden. Then very quickly and easily comes back when finished.

I want to get an eDrawing of just those isolated parts.

Hopefully someone has a way.

Thanks.

RE: eDrawing to include only Part of an Assy

Trying to make easy things even easier, often ends up making them more difficult. Like ctopher, I would use configs. They are easy and quick to create, modify and delete.

cheers

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