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linking an existing drawing to a part

linking an existing drawing to a part

linking an existing drawing to a part

(OP)
Scenario is like this:
I have worked on an assembly outsourced to my company to create a drawing. I have finished it. Later on I got a revised assembly and I want to use the drawing I have already created for the previous revision to the new one. How do I link the drawing to the new assy. The revised assy didn't suffer major modifications. I don't use Intralink.
Thanks!

ediushu

RE: linking an existing drawing to a part

Backup your existing assembly and drawing under a different name for safekeeping. Then pullup the new assembly from your customer and if the name is different rename it in-session to that used by your drawing. Pull up your drawing and save. You will need to re-create anything you made to the previous version of the assembly (sections, views, reference dimensions etc.). Use the renamed old version as a reference.

An alternative would be to revise your old assembly to match the new if that would save time and be acceptable to your customer.

Peter Stockhausen
Senior Design Analyst (Checker)
Infotech Aerospace Services

RE: linking an existing drawing to a part

(OP)
Thanks PeterStock. It worked but it lost all the dim's. All the views and sections are ok. Still better than recreating the drawing.
Thanks again!thumbsup2

ediushu

RE: linking an existing drawing to a part

You lost the dims because you have used created dimensions & saved them with the model.  You can save them with the drawing, then you won't loose them.  It's controlled by the config option create_drawing_dims_only.  Only affects new dims, not retroactive.

RE: linking an existing drawing to a part

Can this method be used if you are you a PDM system? We are using PDMlink.

Scorch

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