That one has always annoyed me. If I place a sketch or symbol in the
template it should show up as a default.
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"John Bilton" wrote in message
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> Okey Dokey, here's a quick one for you all (I hope) on IDW Templates.
>
> Customer requires quite customised drawing sheets as they are wanting to
use IV on its own, not
> exporting to Illustrator to create the fancy documentation which breaks
associativity. Essentially
> this is 5 A4 portrait drawing sheets to show assembled piece of furniture,
exploded view and some
> individual details. 2 Views per sheet (vertically) with some bitmaps to
show company logo and some
> really nice shaded in areas all around the sheet. Looks absolutely
identical to the Adobe
> Illustrator assembly instructions, so I save as Template.
>
> Create new IDW using said template and all my bitmaps and nice shaded area
fills have been stripped
> off. Is this "As Designed" and I will have to go back and do all this
fancy artwork in a Border, or
> should Inventor allow you to use additional sketch information in a
Template?
>
> TIA (looks like a busy weekend recreating template)
>
> John Bilton
>
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