Copying whole project, Assemblies, Parts and all Drawings

So does anybody have a way to copy a whole project where you can copy an
assembly and all it's parts, and have Solidworks find all the drawings to
those parts and assembly and copy those too?

Richard

 

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
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

 

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.

 

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