more than 1 part per drawing

usually, well since i started using SWX, i have always had 1 part file
per drawing file, with multi drawing files for parts, assy's and bills.
now i have a customer that wants as many parts per a sheet as i can fit
on there. my templates are such that they utilize props as much as
possible. how should i go about getting multi parts onto a single
drawing and still have the props perform correctly? (first on dropped
on populates the title block) is there a way to create the typical det
no., description/name, heat treat, req'd, etc. under each part model
and have it pull from the part props? i had to go back and combine a
recent job i was already finished with and IT WAS A PITA! any help is
hugely appreciated. THANKS!

 

Create a block with the string text for the properties. I have used
this method before and it worked quite well. However I believe it was
in SWX 2004. I have since not had the need for multiple details per
sheet.

mrcswp

 

BY ATTACHING THE BLOCK TO THE VIEW IT WILL PICK UP THE PROPS FOR THAT
MODEL?

 

There are two ways we do this:

* We put a (sub-)assembly on the drawing, add a complete BOM on the drawing.
Then we put (a few of) the parts of this assy in separate drawing views. The
you also can add balloons (connected to the assy) next to the parts. With
the "more properties" of these balloons you can remove the connecting lines.
The Title block of your drawing will be filled by the properties of the
assembly (depending on your template).

* You also can put muliple parts/drawing views on your drawing and then
separate BOM's for each part/drawing view on your drawing next to the part.
In each BOM you recal the recommended properties. When adding these BOM's,
remove the Tick from "Attach to anchor". The Title Block of your drawing has
to be filled manually.

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"John Eric Voltin":

 

Yes. Create a block with the note references, then insert the block on
the view you want to extract the data from.

 

Here, we put multiple parts & assy's on a sheet. The title block is
manually controlled by custom properties that are accessed from the
File/Properties/Custom area. We have multiple BOM's on the sheet as needed,
and with the new SW BOM, have started using the functionality of putting
more than one config in the BOM if we have something like a LH & a RH that
have unique wlmts, or something.

WT

 

There are two ways we do this:

* We put a (sub-)assembly on the drawing, add a complete BOM on the drawing.
Then we put (a few of) the parts of this assy in separate drawing views. The
you also can add balloons (connected to the assy) next to the parts. With
the "more properties" of these balloons you can remove the connecting lines.
The Title block of your drawing will be filled by the properties of the
assembly (depending on your template).

* You also can put muliple parts/drawing views on your drawing and then
separate BOM's for each part/drawing view on your drawing next to the part.
In each BOM you recal the recommended properties. When adding these BOM's,
remove the Tick from "Attach to anchor". The Title Block of your drawing has
to be filled manually.

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