Sheet Format Question 2

[debodine]

I have recently picked up the responsibility for revising our existing Solidworks templates and sheet formats. We currently run Solidworks 2006 (I don't know the service pack level), but I can find it next time I am at work if it is needed).

Our current setup is this: We have a template named Drawing.slddot, and we have two sheet formats named sht_1.slddrt and shr_2.slddrt. The first is our sheet 1 for all drawings and the second is for sheet 2 and all subsequent sheets.

Before I touched the template and sheet formats, whenever I opened a new Solidworks drawing it first opened to the dialog box to allow selection of the sheet format. At that time I could select sht_1.slddrt if I was creating sheet 1, or I could select sht_2.slddrt if I wanted to start out with sheet 2 or subsequent. (Some of our larger drawings are broken into separate files such as sheets 1-10, sheets 11-20, etc., so the second file would start with sheet 11 and never need the sht_1.slddrt sheet format).

After making the various changes desired (annotation font sizes, adding a revision table, and a few other changes), I saved the new file first as a template, and then again using the Save Sheet Format command, so I ended up with a new Drawing.slddot file, a new sht_1.slddrt file and a new sht_2.slddrt file.

However now when I open Solidworks, it automatically opens the sht_1.slddrt sheet format. That is not necessarily a showstopper. However, when I right click Add Sheet, instead of going to the dialog box that allows me to select either sht_1.slddrt or sht_2.slddrt as my sheet 2 or subsequent, it automatically adds another sht_1.slddrt. In other words, I can no longer choose, and I cannot access sht_2.slddrt.

Any ideas on what I have done wrong? This is my first foray into templates and sheet formats on Solidworks, so assume I know NOTHING, which will be an accurate assumption.

Our original template and sheet formats reside on a read only drive so I have not lost them or overwritten them. Productivity is not affected as my new template and sheet formats will not go online until I get the bugs out.

debodine

 

[ctopher]

I work in IT.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

 

[Standing]

Matt,
Sorry for the long delay. IT shut off my access to eng-tips.com. I am at home reading your comments. I put in a ticket to get that fixed straight away.

I have had other times working with IT, most are pleasant. I really cannot complain about our IT department. When we put in a new SolidWorks server, I had fun. The people who fix our PC’s are very friendly and great to be around. Were does IT get the bad reputation? Not from me, that is for sure. Now, Human Resources is another complete story.


Bradley
SolidWorks Premim 2007 x64 SP3.1
PDM Works, Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400

 

[fcsuper]

Chris,

Current company excepted.



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

 

[ctopher]

Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)