Changing referenced part in a drawing
Changing referenced part in a drawing
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Say I have a SW dwg with several views of "Part A".
"Part B" is a similar part, but not the same. (created by copying "Part A" and making changes)
Is there an easy way of changing an individual view in the drawing to show "Part B"? (with the same scale, orrientation etc)
Along the same lines as "replace component" for an assembly.
Thanks
"Part B" is a similar part, but not the same. (created by copying "Part A" and making changes)
Is there an easy way of changing an individual view in the drawing to show "Part B"? (with the same scale, orrientation etc)
Along the same lines as "replace component" for an assembly.
Thanks






RE: Changing referenced part in a drawing
Save your drawing as a copy(change your drawing file name.
Then
click "File-Open" menu..
select your last saved drawing file copy.
But do not open yet.
Fist select references(a button-below side of the open window.).
Change your partA to partB.
Make your modifies. Then save the file..
RE: Changing referenced part in a drawing
RE: Changing referenced part in a drawing
not something conventional imo and i wouldnt do it with my parts. I would much rather have 1 part with 2 configurations from the begginning.
good luck.
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RE: Changing referenced part in a drawing
I'm new to SW - just download the demo package and I'm working my way thru it.
RE: Changing referenced part in a drawing
You certainly can. You just drop the second (and subsequent) models into the drawing sheet.
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RE: Changing referenced part in a drawing
"If you want to change an individual view from A to B, but leave some other views at A ... I believe you are out of luck."
That's not true, there is a way to (sortof) do it:
Make a copy of the drawing file. Do what zirtapoz suggests with that second drawing file, to make it refer to part B. Then open up the unchanged drawing (the one of part A), and copy over the views (or whole sheets) from the second file (B) to the first (A).
Then you have views of both A+B in the same file without having to go through the effort to recreate the views/notes/dimensions/layers etc.
RE: Changing referenced part in a drawing
So far, I would have to say that Pro/E, NX and SW seem to be converging on a very common workflow. Switching from one to the other is really no large deal. That's good for we users as we get kicked from job to job.
Ed