Mold Base Templates

Here is what I am trying to accomplish. We make rubber molds. We
have a series of standard mold bases that we use all of the time. I
want to be able to create all of the components in the bases and then
assemble the mold base to create a "Mold Base Template".

When we get a new job in that requires us to use one of the mold
bases, I would like to be able to take the Mold Base Template, the
files I created earlier, and save them as a new Job number. I realize
that this can be done with the SolidWorks explorer, but it is very
cumbersome because I have to rename all of the associated files to the
new directory and name. And there could be many different parts.

I was hoping that someone out there had come up with a better plan or
possibly a macro or something.

I would really appreciate any help or Ideas I could get.

Thanks
Chris

 

Open your mold base assembly and hit >File>Find References. Then use the copy tab to save to a new folder. All of your
components will copy into the new folder along with the assembly file.

HTH,

M,T,