COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
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Hi people
this is my first post
so I have a lot of troubles with the dangling dimensions
well i have 6-10 models with the same shape but different dimensions
so I thought on reuse the drawing but when I open there are a lot of dangling dimensions so my question is what can i do to fix them? or is some way to copy the dimensions to the other drawings?
this is my first post
so I have a lot of troubles with the dangling dimensions
well i have 6-10 models with the same shape but different dimensions
so I thought on reuse the drawing but when I open there are a lot of dangling dimensions so my question is what can i do to fix them? or is some way to copy the dimensions to the other drawings?






RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
Sometimes you can reconnect dimensions. Select the dimension and look for a red point. Drag the red point to a new vertex or edge.
RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
By the way, have you learned about configurations and how to create multiple similar parts in a single part file? Its a VERY handy tool.
And - we're running SW 2012. Not sure about this process in any other version.
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RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
I have noticed an issue with my SWX2013 >shift >drag dim. to different view
it doesn't work.... what am i doing wrong?
RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
Were the models created from the same base model? i.e. Create one model, Save as to the next model and change sizes?
Were the drawing dimensions placed manually or with the Insert > Model Items method?
RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
Yes.
"Were the drawing dimensions placed manually or with the Insert > Model Items method? "
Manually, but it still might work.
Again - check out configurations! It applies exactly to what you are doing.
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Diego
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We only send drawings to our vendors, and usually they are just PDF's. We don't send models outside the company. And the reason we don't normally use Pack-and-Go for this purpose is that our assemblies include fasteners and commercial items that come from a central library. Pack-and-Go creates new models of those parts.
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draftman01 .... Were the models created from the same base model? i.e. Create one model, Save as to the next model and change sizes?
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RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
After you create your first model and drawing (and save them). Do a SaveAs on the drawing, change the name but before clicking Save click on the "References" button. Change the name for the model that is listed. Be sure to click in another cell after changing the name of the model (it will turn green if it actually is changed). For some reason if you don't do this SW will ignore the change that you just made. Choose "Save all as copy..." in this dialog as well. Now click the "Save All" button and you should have a new drawing and a new model that is associated with that drawing.
I hope this is clear.
Dan
Han primo incensus
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RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
Han primo incensus
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can u explain me?
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RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
well I need fix them do u know how do it?
RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
For what its worth, I have been able to "re-attach" lots of dangling dimensions in the past by just clicking on a dimension attach point and dragging it to the new attachment. Many times it will adopt the new attachment and is no longer dangling.
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RE: COPY ALL DIMENSIONS FROM A DRAWING TO ANOTHER DRAWING SIMILAR
If you are still curious about configurations, the best thing I can tell you is to go to the tutorials in Help. They will teach you a lot. If you have several parts that are similar and only different in a few small details, configurations allow you to show all those variations in a single part. Then you can make drawings of all those different parts. All the drawings will refer to the same part, but different configurations. It can be very helpful if you have to make a change that affects all or many of the parts. Change it in one place, and it shows up in all the affected drawings. Configurations can be frustrating as you learn how to use them, but once you've got it they are VERY useful.
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When dimensions are placed in drawings, they aren't just attached to a line, edge or point in a 2D drawing view, they are attached to specific lines, edges & points of the actual 3D model being viewed. So when a model is re-referenced, the dimensions look for those specific element ID's, and when they aren't found, the dimensions become dangling.
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Deepak Gupta
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Just open up the part now and make the necessary design changes and the drawing is updated automatically. (You have to P&G almost similar one to save more time)
This way you can come around the dangling dimensions and save time.