Hello, I have several drawings sent to me in Autocad format that I need to register against one another in SWX2005. I can import them easily as drawings, copy various chunks of them onto the clipboard, create a new drawing, and paste them into different layers. I can't find a way to make a layer visible, yet inactive. My only option is to turn a layer off at which point it disappears. Am I missing something about SWX's layering tool or do I need to look for a workaround? I am trying to 'slide' one drawing against the others to first get a visual feel for whether something I want to do is worthwhile. I suppose I could print them to transparencies and register them that way but I am sure there is some way to do it on-screen. Thanks, --- Ravi
No, I have not but will look into it. I thought they were for relatively static elements like the title blocks, etc. Thank you for the tip. --- Ravi
The blocks tip worked quite nicely. I have two drawings that I can slide against one another. Thank you. Is it possible to place constraints between the two in block form so as to quantify the registration? I would ultimately like to generate dimensions but I think I have to explode the blocks to be able to do that. In my specific case I would like to make two holes (one per block) concentric and two edges parallel. --- Ravi
Thanks. I did a visual alignment at high zoom and got to where the errors are smaller than my notional machining tolerances. I would have been floundering much longer had it not been for the suggestion of using blocks to get to this point. Now, back to grappling with assemblies, mates, and rotations... --- Ravi
