What's the difference

[jacek0841]

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What's the difference between .DRWDOT and .slddrt extensions ?

I tried to find an answer by doing "search" but no luck :-(

 

[ctopher]

DRWDOT dwg template
slddrt dwg sheet format (custom props)

Did you do a search in SW Help?

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks Pro 06/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

 

[Heckler]

Search the SWx help for customized sheet formats

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[jacek0841]

DRWDOT dwg template
slddrt dwg sheet format (custom props)

Don't get it.

Using WinExplorer I renamed *.slddrt to *.DRWDOT and now *.DRWDOT shows up when clicked NEW (file) - which is O.K. and after adding view(s) saves as *.SLDDRW.

What am I missing here ?

 

[dezignstuff]

A Template (slddot) is the file that corresponds to a part template, assembly template, and holds all of the document specific settings, such as font, colors, layers, etc. A template has a sheet or sheets, but there is nothing on the sheets.

A Format (slddrt) is the border that goes on a drawing sheet. This contains notes, links to properties, logos, and the lines that comprise the drawing border.

The two files can be saved separately, or the Format can be saved within a Template. This is the way I set up my drawings. I save Templates with different size Formats in them for B, C, D size drawings.

Once you start a drawing from a Template, you can change the Format for each sheet.

It's all very confusing, especially if youve been around for a while and remember when what are called "templates" today didn't exist, and what are called "formats" today used to be called "templates". That's why Formats have an extension like sldDRT (used to stand for "DRawing Template"), and the new templates have the extension sldDOT, like the MS Office convention.

Anyway, if you're not even more confused yet, go back and read the last paragraph a couple of times.

 

[ctopher]

... also, don't rename SW files in WinExpl. Use SW Expl. Will save you headaches. Some are OK to rename in WinExpl, but I suggest SW beginners to use SW Expl.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks Pro 06/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

 

[SBaugh]

Don't rename your Templates and sheet formats at all. Either open them up in SW and do a file\Save as

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[jacek0841]

dezignstuff:
Once you start a drawing from a Template, you can change the Format for each sheet.

1) So if I get it right, I should start a drawing with a "blank" *. slddot and then "overlay" it with a "size" I want that I pick from the pop up window. Correct ?

2) On an "unrelated" subject - should I keep the sheet scale "default" (that is whatever is assigned when the view is put on it) and change the view scale or should I change individual view scales (assume that all views will have in the end the same scale) ? I guess - probably irrelevant, but would like to hear from others.

 

[dezignstuff]

jacek,

1) Yes. Or you could save Templates (slddot) with Formats in them already so you have a B size template with the border (format) already on it. Some people choose to have generic Templates and then choose which Format to put on it when they start the drawing. Both ways work.

2) I would scale the entire sheet except for certain types of views like detail views, or cutaways. If you change from a B size to a C size drawing and you want to change from 1:4 to 1:2, you just change the sheet scale, and all the views will update.