Moving a drawing page from one set of drawings to another

[mrehmus]

I have a full drawing set of a model engine. Now I am making a derivative design using many of the same parts that have already been detailed in 2D. Is there any way to move a page from one set to another?

 

[HaroldL]

I think the only way to do that is to do a SAVE AS to the new design name. You can then delete the parts/sheets that are not used in the new design and add the new derivative items. I think that the items that are the same in both assemblies will be associated to both drawings and may cause some issues.

 

[mrehmus]

I fugured that was probably the only way. I wish Alibre would upgrade their 2D side.

 

[DavidJ]

If you do the Save As from the 2D Drawing, you can also choose which constituent files to save under new names/locations (versions to be modified).

 

[jfleming]

We have had trouble doing multiple sheets for our drawings, they always seem to crash or fail to load, etc. Very clunky. So in-turn, each part/sub-assembly is on it's own drawing sheet and saved as such. This makes the "save-as" process very cumbersome when trying to "copy over" to a new assembly with similar parts.

If you package the top level assembly drawing, none of the lower-level drawings are included in the package. I've found a work-around but it is not easy and you must be very diligent on HOW you "Save-As" and WHAT you "Save-As". Basically a lot of "trickery" that needs to happen to make it work.

As you mentioned @mrehmus the drawing side of things really needs some attention. That is my only real gripe with Alibre. The modeling side does nearly everything I need it to in its current form.