Problem with multiple sheet formats

[Drummerc]

I have a drawing using a standard sheet format for my company. When I add a new sheet and change the format of the 2nd sheet, it will no longer allow me to save, coming up with some unknown error. If I leave the 2nd sheet the same format, it saves just fine. If I make a new drawing with the format I want on the 2nd sheet, it saves just fine. The problem only occurs when I combine two sheets with different formats in one drawing. Has anyone had this problem, or know how to fix it?

 

[JMirisola]

How are you changing the format of the second sheet?
I have no problem combining different sheet formats...

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[Drummerc]

no one else in my company does either. this is the first time i've made a drawing with multiple sheets on this computer/solidworks install.

I'm doing what I always do. I right click on the tab at the bottom, and click add sheet. Then the dialog box comes up asking what template to use, and I click on a different one (D size continued) instead of the standard D size template with title block etc. If I keep the standard one, it works just fine. If I click D continued, C, A, B, etc. (basically anything but what the first sheet is) it changes, but won't let me save, autosave, recover, etc.

Also, it lets me save in any format but SLDDRW. I can save to dxf, dwg, pdf, etc, but not the working format.

 

[Drummerc]

The dialog that I referred to is the same you get if you right click and do properties. I change the format in the sheet format box, and have done it both with the ones they have available for selection by default, and by browsing to a format that is saved on the network.

 

[fcsuper]

The sheet formats themselves may be corrupt. Have you tried using two different sheet formats (maybe make two new ones) and testing if the problem remains with all formats?

Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
sw.fcsuper.com
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group

 

[JMirisola]

Look in Tools->Options->Sytem Options->File Locations. On the drop down menu, make sure you're mapped to correct folder for your sheet formats. You shouldn't have to be browsing to them via the dialogue box. This may be causing part of your problem.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[Drummerc]

I checked both of those suggestions, and they were both the way they should be. For some reason it has decided randomly to start working (after I made a separate drawing for sheet two)... so I'm just going to copy/paste my new drawing into the original file's sheet two. I always get the weirdest errors... no clue why this one fixed itself...