Hi
I am trying to move the creation of Elecrical and P&ID drawingsinto Solidworks. I have created the blocks (very simple ones) thatwe need but using blocks really slows my system, generates hugefiles, and moving the blocks for modification or editing is a realproblem. In AutoCAD and VectorWorks I can GROUP lines together andmove or copy them as that group - cleanly. The only thing I canfind in SW is BLOCK. I have contacted our VAR about this (severaltimes) but they have no alternative, to blocks, to suggest. I havekept my Feature Manager Blocks clean and up-to-date but thatdoesn't really solve the problem. The 'schematics' are very simpleand a very small file size.
I would build a long stack of blocks (squares with a number orsymbol) to represent a terminal block. Trying to insert a new blockin the middle can 'crash' the whole thing -block text sizes change,squares change size. In the 'schematic' it can be hard to moveblocks - they get locked to some other part of the drawing andeverything changes, moves or somehow gets screwed up. And then thefile is so huge that any command seems to take forever.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to create simplesymbols/groups for drawings in SW DRAWING that are quick and easyto move/use and take up little file space?
If we can't do something better than SW blocks I'll have to go backto ACAD or Vectorworks- and I really don't want to. We are nowcreating our entire product assembly in SW and want these verysimple drawing files to also be in SW but these problems aredriving us away.
Thanks for your time.
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I am trying to move the creation of Elecrical and P&ID drawingsinto Solidworks. I have created the blocks (very simple ones) thatwe need but using blocks really slows my system, generates hugefiles, and moving the blocks for modification or editing is a realproblem. In AutoCAD and VectorWorks I can GROUP lines together andmove or copy them as that group - cleanly. The only thing I canfind in SW is BLOCK. I have contacted our VAR about this (severaltimes) but they have no alternative, to blocks, to suggest. I havekept my Feature Manager Blocks clean and up-to-date but thatdoesn't really solve the problem. The 'schematics' are very simpleand a very small file size.
I would build a long stack of blocks (squares with a number orsymbol) to represent a terminal block. Trying to insert a new blockin the middle can 'crash' the whole thing -block text sizes change,squares change size. In the 'schematic' it can be hard to moveblocks - they get locked to some other part of the drawing andeverything changes, moves or somehow gets screwed up. And then thefile is so huge that any command seems to take forever.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to create simplesymbols/groups for drawings in SW DRAWING that are quick and easyto move/use and take up little file space?
If we can't do something better than SW blocks I'll have to go backto ACAD or Vectorworks- and I really don't want to. We are nowcreating our entire product assembly in SW and want these verysimple drawing files to also be in SW but these problems aredriving us away.
Thanks for your time.
DAVIDSolidworksDrawings And Detailing
