Batch create drawings
Drew is a drawing automation add-in for SOLIDWORKS. We have two ways to start ten new drawings with one click:
- For all files in a folder
- For all components in an assembly
Make drawings for all models in a folder
- Close all files
- Click Select a folder in the Drew task pane
- Browse for a folder
- Drew finds all SOLIDWORKS models that need a drawing or already have a drawing
- You can now import models or create drawings for those models
- You can do this one at a time or for ten at once
With the buttons next to the filenames, you can:
To batch create drawings, click Start 10 drawings. Drew then finds the next ten models that need a drawing (the files that have the
Available options
- If you check the Save drawings checkbox, we save the drawing using the same filename as the original part/assembly file.
- When you also check the Close drawings checkbox, we will also close the created drawing after saving. This option is only available when you enable saving.
- You get to choose which Blueprint is used for all the drawings.
Make drawings for all assembly components
This tool is very similar, the major difference is that the source is an assembly. Open an assembly and click Find drawings. This interface will pop up:
Models that do have a drawing yet get a
For more details, check out this article on how to batch create drawings for assembly components.