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UPDATE for SolidWorks 2014: The following protocol is no longer necessary to achieve a different sheet format for addition sheets on a drawing. \u00a0Please see 2014 What’s New in SolidWorks – Sheet Formats<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for current information.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

—-<\/p>\n

Here is the [no-longer-necessary] protocol to set up a Drawing Template so that it can use two completely different Sheet Formats without requiring any additional action by the user when they start a new drawing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This protocol tricks SolidWorks into having a Drawing Template\u00a0use one\u00a0Sheet Format for sheet 1, but also to have a\u00a0different Sheet Format as the default for any added sheets.\u00a0 It does this by swapping around the names of the Sheet Format files.<\/p>\n

This allows a CAD Administrator to set up their Drawing Templates to be\u00a0ASME compliant by automatically calling up the\u00a0simplified title block when additional sheets are added to a drawing.<\/p>\n

Instructions<\/h3>\n

In Windows Explorer<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n

1. Save a backup copy of the current sheet 1 and multi-sheet Sheet Format files.\u00a0 Also, save a backup copy of your Drawing Template.<\/p>\n

2. Rename multi-sheet file, such as adding an underscore in front of its name.\u00a0 For example, if your multi-sheet file is named “C-SIZE-SECOND.slddrt”, rename it to “_C-SIZE-SECOND.slddrt”.<\/p>\n

3. Rename sheet 1 file so that is has the original name of the multi-sheet file.\u00a0 For example, if your sheet 1 file is “C-SIZE.slddrt”, rename it\u00a0to “C-SIZE-SECOND.slddrt”.<\/p>\n

In SolidWorks<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n

4. Start SolidWorks.<\/p>\n

5. Open your Drawing Template.<\/p>\n

6. Load your renamed sheet 1 Sheet Format.\u00a0 In the example above, this would be “C-SIZE-SECOND.slddrt”.\u00a0 The result should be a drawing that shows your sheet 1.<\/p>\n

7. Save your Drawing Template.<\/p>\n

8. Close SolidWorks<\/p>\n

In Windows Explorer<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n

9. Rename\u00a0sheet 1 to its original name.\u00a0 In the example above, rename\u00a0the “C-SIZE-SECOND.slddrt” file back to “C-SIZE.slddrt”.<\/p>\n

10. Rename your original multi-sheet file to its original name.\u00a0 In the example above, rename “_C-SIZE-SECOND.slddrt” to “C-SIZE-SECOND.slddrt”.<\/p>\n

In SolidWorks<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n

11. Start SolidWorks.<\/p>\n

12. Test results by starting a new drawing using the same Drawing Template.\u00a0 Sheet 1 should appear on sheet 1.<\/p>\n

13. Create sheet 2.\u00a0 The multi-sheet format should appear on sheet 2.<\/p>\n

For best results, uncheck “Show sheet format dialog on add new sheet” in Tools pulldown>Options…>System Options tab>Drawings.<\/p>\n

The limitation of this method is when the administrator wishes to change sheet 1 of the Drawing Template, they will have to replicate these steps each time.\u00a0 That doesn’t happen often and well worth the savings in time produced by implementing this method within the Drawing Template.<\/p>\n

Additional keywords: 2 title blocks drawing<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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