SW- defined scale when inserting first view

Every time I insert the first view in a drwg, SW chooses a scale for the
sheet.

And every time I have to change that scale to something 2 to 4 x bigger.

Is there a way to control this setting?

SW2006 - Sp4.1

 

Jean Marc,

This was discussed earlier
http://groups.google.com/group/comp...lnk=gst&q=view+scale&rnum=20#84fcc3fa2d57b0bf

the macro is still on the

Kansas UserGroup website

http://kcswug.com

I just downloaded it and tested it works good.

Regards

Corey

 

Thanks, I will try it shortly.

JM

 

I cannot find any mention of the macro on that site, can you please
give a more exact link.
Thanks

Pete

 

http://kcswug.com/programs/macros/ScaleDrawingSheet.swp

When I clicked the link I just got the compiled text of the macro.

You should be able to open notepad and paste that into a file and give
it the swp extension if you get the same thing.

Corey

 

I get the same, tried pasting into text file and renaming, but it would
not open.

Pete

 

(Using Firefox) right click on the link, Save link as into your
Solidworks macros folder.

 

I'm using IE6 and a 'save target as' produces an HTML file, which again
cannot be open by the SW macro editor.
Pete

 

Sorry, I just tested it again here is the verdict.

Using IE6 or 7 RMB>SaveTarget AS and allow it to save as an HTML. Then
modify the extension from .htm to .swp and open it for editning in the
SolidWorks VBA Editor.

Regards,
Corey

 

Thanks CS that worked fine.
Pete

 

I don't know if you got yours to work, but it appears that when the hosting
site changed their setup this summer, it now won't download a macro file
directly. But it works fine if you just do your save-as with the extension
of .swp.

Do you also know that there are two versions? You should check out both to
see which you like better.

ScaleDrawingSheet.swp
ScaleDrawingSheetAnnoText.swp

WT