solidworks question

[moldmaker10]

If you have a detailed layout as well as a solid model. How can you create a copy (new name)and loose association with the first detailed layout and make slight changes and not affect the original drawing and model, only the copies?

[Brad St.]

mold, are you copying to a new directory?

[moldmaker10]

No. Have a model and drawing that is detailed. Would like to make a copy of model and drawing and make changes to the copied model that would only affect the copied drawing and not the original. The copied files would obviously have different names in the same directory.

[MattW]

This isn't as slick as I think it should be, but...

 

1) make a copy of the drawing

2) open the drawing

3) right click in a view, and open the part (should still be the original part)

4) do a 'save as...' new part name. You will get a warning about the part being referenced by other open files (your new drawing) and the references will be updated. This is what you want. DO NOT 'save as copy'.

5) Gabba gabba hey. This should do what you want. I am pretty sure there is a more elegant way, but I don't know what it is offhand.

 

MattW

[Brad St.]

The best way to do this is with solidworks explorer. Have you used it before?

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

That's what there "Multiple configurations" are for, look it up in there Help or tutorial...

 

Now you can have in one file a left and right Water,Corner radius,Runner system etc.

[Brad St.]

+1 to Tony, sorry I missed the reference to the diferent model. I was thinking diferent print layouts.

 

Sorry mold.

[moldmaker10]

Thaks for the help. Bradst I had already did the way you first stated. Worked fine. However I will look up multiple configurations for future reference.