Updating drawing views to different parts 1

[simonbrooke]

I have just opened a part and up-issued it, (done a saveas) but I forgot to open the drawing, to update that. Does anyone know how to update the drawing, 'after the event' as it were? I don't really want to re-create all the views, to show the new part, as I will have to re-create all the annotations as well - there are lots of these.
It seems straight forward enough to do the same sort of thing in an assembly, but I can't, for the life of me, find out how to do it in a drawing.

 

[Scoobystu]

If I understand the question correctly, you could copy the last issue of the drawing and save it as the up issued part number. Then take the sldprt from the folder that is generating the drawing and put it somewhere else i.e. your desktop. Then open your new up-issued drawing and it will not be able to find the sldprt that generates the drawing and will ask you if you want to find it yourself. Click yes and point it to the new up-issued part and hey presto your drawing will now be generated by the up-issued part. Remember to put the old issue part back into the folder where it came from.

It is a bit of a lengthy process and I would be interested if anybody has a better way of up issuing parts and drawings.

 

[Arlin]

Use the regular Open File dialog to find your drawing

BUT

Just before you open the drawing, click on the references button near the lower right hand corner of the open file dialog.
Now change the file references to point to your new model
Open the drawing
Do a saveas for your drawing

 

[mncad]

I do the same thing as Arlin, only difference being that I do the "save as" first. Then I use the Open File dialogue box, highlight the new file, then click the references box. If you have a long directory structure it can be hard to tell which file is which once you are in the references. If you slowly double click (just like renaming features in the tree) SW will show you the entire directory structure and file name. This is handy if its an assembly and not all of the parts are changing.

mncad