Sheet Format Problem
Sheet Format Problem
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Dear Folks;
I have created a custom sheet format using my clients autocad title block. The necessary slddrt and slddot files were created and place in the C:/solidworks data and template folders.
Now the template works fine for a single sheet but as soon as I add a second sheet it dissapears. Doesnt matter if I right click properties and select the custom border from the list, I t will not display.
Anyone know what I might have done incorrectly ?
Best Regards
SW2007 SP0
I have created a custom sheet format using my clients autocad title block. The necessary slddrt and slddot files were created and place in the C:/solidworks data and template folders.
Now the template works fine for a single sheet but as soon as I add a second sheet it dissapears. Doesnt matter if I right click properties and select the custom border from the list, I t will not display.
Anyone know what I might have done incorrectly ?
Best Regards
SW2007 SP0
Adrian Dunevein
AAA Drafting Services
www.aaadrafting.com
http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/
SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1






RE: Sheet Format Problem
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Adrian Dunevein
AAA Drafting Services
www.aaadrafting.com
http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/
SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Sheet Format Problem
I opened solidworks and opened a blank drawing and set the sheet size.
Then I clicked edit sheet format cut and pasted the drawing into a blank solidworks border.
I set my drawing options to the required fonts and dimension style
Then I saved the slddrt and slddot files so I could use the template repeatedly.
Adrian Dunevein
AAA Drafting Services
www.aaadrafting.com
http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/
SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Sheet Format Problem
I was able to fix the problem by cutting and pasting the autocad border into the second sheet. But still cant get solidworks to add the second sheet like its supposed to.
The strange thing is the preview screen shows the drawing border, it just wont load it.
Also, I noticed a block in the original autocad drawing that contained the contract number. When inserted into my solidworks drawing I noticed a tiny dot that does not appear in autocad. I zoomed in and found the text:
"WHO LUVS YA BABY"
Must be a friday !
Adrian Dunevein
AAA Drafting Services
www.aaadrafting.com
http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/
SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1
RE: Sheet Format Problem
I can tell you that Solidworks has a bug when adding sheets or even replacing sheets. I have all templates and sheet formats loaded on the network, and file pathed to them as well. When I add or replace a template or sheet format, it seems to default back to the standard SW sheet formats. I know you folks are going to say that "did you check all your correct file paths in the file locations in tools, options", but everything is correct. This is a know bug with SW, and they said it was fixed, but it's not.
This might be part of your problem.
FYI, I would upgrade from SP0 to a later service pack. Just my opinion...
Have a good day.
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Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 390 XP Pro SP 2
Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
ctopher's blog
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Adrian Dunevein
AAA Drafting Services
www.aaadrafting.com
http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/
SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 2.0
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 10-07-07)
ctopher's blog
RE: Sheet Format Problem
I tried editing sheet properties and reloading from both "edit sheet" and "edit sheet format" and the border wont load
If I "edit sheet format" I can copy and paste the border in from Autocad manually and it snaps into position fine.
Solidworks remembers the sheet size and 0,0 position. Just cant rmb sheet properties to give me my second sheet.
Adrian Dunevein
AAA Drafting Services
www.aaadrafting.com
http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/
SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1
RE: Sheet Format Problem
I have exactly the same issue.
sheet 2 will not display the sheet format that I made for it.
It will not display the sheet format for sheet 1 either
It will however display other sheet formats such as the SW standard sheets or another one that I made from scratch.
I can use the sheet 2 format on sheet 1 ok
The RMB edit sheet format on/off makes no difference.
I don't see the solution in any of the answers supplied so far.
very frustrating
can anyone help ?
thanks
bilobaglen
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Sheet Format Problem
Thanks for comfirming the bug issue.
Best,
Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2007 SP 5.0
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
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RE: Sheet Format Problem
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Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Sheet Format Problem
I remember having the same problem several months ago and then I upgraded to the latest service pack in 07 (3.1 I think at that time) and it fixed it.
I changed companies since then and they were back to using SW07 0.0 and I encountered the same problem again. However, this time I upgraded to 08...
I know I tried several things to band-aid the problem, but it was more trouble than it was worth...