Embed a drawing with another drawing
Embed a drawing with another drawing
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Hi all,
I have an opportunity and wanted to throw this out to see if it was possible. My client creates assembly drawings as a multiple page drawing with the last pages containing the piece part prints of all of the parts in the assembly. I have no problem creating a drawing like this, but they also have a piece part template embedded into the assembly drawing that pulls the parameters from the part to populate only the piece part template and not affect the assembly template parameters or vice versa. The drawing is currently only on PTC Co-Create so I am sure it is not fully parametric like it appears in the reference drawing but this got me thinking. Could I create an assembly drawing, then embed a piece part print (must be fully parametric and reference back to the piece part), and have the embedded piece part populate the piece part template parameters within the assembly drawing and then have the BOM of the assembly drawing populate the item number in the piece part drawing template? How is this for a mind bender??? lol... It might be simple but I cannot figure it out. What do you all have? Thanks!
Joel
I have an opportunity and wanted to throw this out to see if it was possible. My client creates assembly drawings as a multiple page drawing with the last pages containing the piece part prints of all of the parts in the assembly. I have no problem creating a drawing like this, but they also have a piece part template embedded into the assembly drawing that pulls the parameters from the part to populate only the piece part template and not affect the assembly template parameters or vice versa. The drawing is currently only on PTC Co-Create so I am sure it is not fully parametric like it appears in the reference drawing but this got me thinking. Could I create an assembly drawing, then embed a piece part print (must be fully parametric and reference back to the piece part), and have the embedded piece part populate the piece part template parameters within the assembly drawing and then have the BOM of the assembly drawing populate the item number in the piece part drawing template? How is this for a mind bender??? lol... It might be simple but I cannot figure it out. What do you all have? Thanks!
Joel






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Chris, CSWA
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RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
You could potentially create an annotation with a hyperlink in a drawing that would allow you to open a part drawing of your specification. That would get around this issue if you really want something like that.
Hope that helps,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
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RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
The drawing you show is strange. I have never seen drawing borders within a drawing.
Create the assy first, then add it to a drawing. You can add an exploded view of the assy on the first sheet, including BOM, then the piece parts on additional sheets.
Chris, CSWA
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RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
Not sure when that capability was introduced, but you can in SW13.
RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
SPR 578292: Add ability to open/create drawing of a part from within an assembly/drawing
SPR 611778: Add option to open part (component) drawing from the assembly drawing (view) and bill of material
RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
The reason I would want to do this is to create a drawing that is fully parametric and will tie directly to the piece part drawing and part. My client does not use a BOM in the assembly drawing. The bom is generated from an SAP system. This drawing that I have shown was created in PTC Co Create so I am sure that it was not fully parametric, but I think the option to do this would be ideal. This would allow the drafter to create the part drawing as he/she normally would and then import that drawing into an upper level drawing to eliminate clutter and also show the parameters of the part model in it's own drawing to eliminate confusion on the shop floor.
CorBlimeyLimey, Thanks for the heads up on the SPR. I will go in and vote.
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Not sure I understand your "eliminate clutter" comment. The drawing you show is more cluttered than any separate drawing would be.
Do know about the multi-sheet drawing option?
http://help.solidworks.com/2013/English/SolidWorks...
RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
As a work around I have created a block with the "template" layout that I needed and I insert that block into my part model within the assembly drawing. This give me the look and feel that the client is looking for and also populates the block information with the part parameters.
RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
I started to describe how you could do pretty much what you want to do with a custom drawing template and the associated actions, but then decided that would be enabling a horrible practice. Consider this, from an assembly drawing you can navigate to any part/subassembly you choose and open it and from there its drawing. If you need even more direct navigation then you might look into SolidWorks Composer.
There are reasons for industry standards and good practices. Life is better when these are followed since communication is ultimately clearer and faster. After all, that is the purpose of the drawings in the first place, to communicate information.
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RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
Scott Baugh, CSWP
FAQ731-376: Eng-Tips.com Forum PoliciesBerry Plastics
Cad Admin\Design Engineer
GEASWUG Greater Evansville Area SWUG Leader
www.scottjbaugh.com
RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
Minimal understanding of drafting practices usually creates new internal standards.
Chris, CSWA
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RE: Embed a drawing with another drawing
I do not agree with your comment that the assembly drawings and part drawings should be separate. I work with many clients that still use this practice efficiently and they all have pdm systems in place. I may have been off base with the embedded part drawing in the assembly drawing, but it was a thought that I had so I put it out here is receive feedback. My proposed process would have been closer to your statement since assembly drawing and part drawings would be separate and then I would have imported a linked version of this part drawing into the assembly drawing to keep everything tied together. Just my 2 cents and was not saying what the client was doing was the way all companies should do it. Thanks to all for the replies