Creating a Create Drawings Task

To create a Create Drawings task:

  1. Click Create Drawings on the sidebar, or click Tasks > Create Drawings.
  2. In the dialog box, type a new title for the task or leave the default in Task title.
  3. In Please input a drawing template with predefined views, type the name of a drawing template file, or click Browse and browse to a drawing template file (*.drwdot). See Predefined Views in SOLIDWORKS Help for information on creating and using drawing templates with predefined views.
  4. Select the files or folders that you want to create drawings for:
    • To select files:
      1. Under Task files or folders, click Add File.
      2. Select the types of file to create drawings for in Files of type.

        Available selections for file type:

        • Parts (*.prt, *.sldprt)
        • Assemblies (*.asm, *.sldasm)
      3. Browse to the file to update, then click Open.
      4. Repeat steps a, b, and c to select additional files.
    • To select folders:
      1. Under Task files or folders, click Add Folder.
      2. Browse to the folder that contains the files to create drawings for, then click OK.
      3. Under File Name or Type, click in the row that contains the folder you just added, then select the type of file to create drawings for.

        Available selections for file type:

        • Parts (*.prt, *.sldprt)
        • Assemblies (*.asm, *.sldasm)
      4. Repeat steps a, b, and c to select additional folders.
      5. If you do not want to include subfolders, clear Include subfolders.
      To delete a file or folder from the list, click its number in the leftmost column, then click Delete.
  5. Under Task output folder, select one of the following to specify where to store the drawing files:
    Option Description
    Same as original file  
    This folder Type the path to the folder, or click to browse to the folder.