Linking a drawing view in a Word Document??

[cygnas]

OK, what I need to do is link specific drawing detail views into a Word document. I am making an instruction manual and I need to give them detail views for assembly. How can this be done while maintaining a link so that if the model changes, the drawing view in the Word document updates as well? I assume a check between the model and the view in the Word document would be done every time the Word document is opened.

I sure hope this can be done because it will save me a lot of work.

Thanks in advance,
Drake

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[ctopher]

The ONLY way I know is...
In SW feature tree you have a Design Binder (MS Word). You can make a copy of the dwg (not indiv views) and paste into the doc, then crop the pasted pic. Each time you do a change, go to the DB, there will be a new pic to be inserted.
Other than this, MS Word uses pics from SW and they can not auto updated.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Actually SW files are OLE compliant, so with a Word document open, go to Insert > Object Create from file,select Link to file & then browse to the required file, select it & click Insert & then OK. The image should appear & be linked to the original SW file.

When opening the Word doc, you will be given a choice whether to update or not.


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[EdHulse]

Try looking up OLE in Solidworks help....inserting solidWorks data in Other apps.

you can link or embed.


straight from Help

"Linking files. When you link a file:

The file remains in its original location.

Anything you change in the original file affects all the files to which it is linked.

If you double-click a SolidWorks image in a Microsoft Word document, the SolidWorks software launches for you to edit the original file (if you have SolidWorks installed on your PC).

For example, if you edit a SolidWorks assembly document that is linked to several Word documents, the changes you make are reflected in both the original SolidWorks file and all of the Word documents"



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[MMike1]

I just inserted a drawing into Word....but I want to rotate it 90deg. It won't let me. the "rotate" box is underintensified.... any idea why? Maybe this is more of a Word question that SWx...

And I'd still like to know what the difference between Pro-E and Solidworks is.

 

[ctopher]

See Word help.
See SolidWorks and Pro-E web sites.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
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