Copying whole project, Assemblies, Parts and all Drawings

Not in 2006.....

As mentioned at SWW 2006, look for this in 2007.

Richard, I keep all my files in one folder just for this purpose; this way, it's a snap to accomplish what you want.

Best Regards, Devon T. Sowell

Through SolidWorks we can copy Assembly models and parts. To get the drawings we had to write a separate program the reads our MRP data base. When the top level assembly number is entered it does a multi level explosion finds the drawing paths and copies them to a specified location.

Richard Charney wrote:

When possible I make one drawing with multiple sheets for all parts and assembly. Assembly sheet could comprise of one drawing view only but then I could open the drawing in SolidWorks Explorer and copy it with COPY CHILDREN checked. That way I copy/rename whole project. It's not perfect solution, sometimes the drawing file gets too big, but at least it does what I want. Stefan

Like Stephan said below, it's relatively easy with a single drawing file. I always have used multisheet drawings for this reason.

bill

I got turned off to multi-sheet drawings back with SW 2000 and 2001, because they slowed my computer system down so much. Lately I've used them for weld fixture drawings with only a dozen or so simple parts with some success and not as much loss of speed. Where it still hurts is showing a complex weldment in the drawing.

I try to keep everything in one folder for a project, but common parts get to be a hassle unless you have a common parts folder or multiple copies of the part. It is convenient to have everything linked to one drawng file. Looking forward to SW2007. Diego