(v2024 SP5). I’m not sure how I managed to mess this up, but I thought I had things set up reliably. When I open File, New Part, select one of my part templates (say my Imperial favorite) it look slike my part specific preferences are there. But when I then invoke Make Drawing from Part it automatic…

I’ll add one more point that might point to the problem. I noticed that when I opened my saved sheet formats, the default is MMGS. Could it be that I switched it from IPS to MMGS & this somehow got saved & thus reflected into Drawings leading me to believe dimensions etc were messed up? How do I con…

Thanks so much Jim. My selection was somehow set to always use default vs prompt. That was the root of the issue. It was pointing to some other part file behind the scenes & that must have had a knock on effect as to which Sheet format file & Drawing file it was associated to. Hopefully all good now …

Just FYI. I noticed on the version you are using that changing this option seemed to affect the behavior of the split command. It wasn’t an issue prior to 2024, but I ended up choosing to stay with the “default” template setting because of it. If the split command is something you use alot, you may…

Thanks for suggestion on v2024 & Split. I was kind of baffled how my Settings may have become altered to turn on/off the templates prompt popup checkbox. Coincidentaly I was using Split quite a bit recently & SW does ask what part template to use when Split invoked. I did a test just now & it seems …

Yes, something they messed up recently. Started in 2024 or 2025. [image] Regression on 'make drawing from part' and similar SOLIDWORKS Change the help year and you’ll see this regressive bug-feature was added in 2025 “““ The default templates are also used. …

“Always use default template.” != “Sometimes use the default template, except when I want to pick another one.”

Associated drawing template to Part template

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Brian-M June 9, 2026, 2:52am 7

Yes, something they messed up recently. Started in 2024 or 2025.