Using State for Sheetmetal drawings - Unfolded/Folded

ZW3D CAD
#1

Here is an older ZW3D technique for dealing with drawings in sheet metal and other multi stage operations.

We are using a History Operation called State - it is a Timestamp in history. (You can rename the entry for clarity too)
It is found here.
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Add a State to record the stage the object is at NOW.
We can then use this for creating a drawing of the object at that point in time.

Here is a History example.
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And here is how you use it when inserting a view in a drawing.
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(There are two ways you can insert a view - I use the Automatic or Standard - Standard gives you more control so use that)

State is a very stable and powerful way of creating drawings showing development. You can have numerous States in a History…

You can have the same object on several States on the same drawing sheet or spread across multiple streets.

All clear?

Cheers
Paul

#2

Thanks Paul, that is pretty neat.
Jim

#3

Thanks Paul, looks very useful.
Alex

#4

I stopped working with “Record State” because in version 2020 the files get bigger. So… i started using “Config Table”.

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#5

Hi Manuel,
I switched to Config too, for a while. But config requires more time and is trickier in an assembly environment.
The big plus for me was that State is stable in drawings.
I stopped worrying about file size years ago.

Cheers