# Easier way to update drawings

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/easier-way-to-update-drawings/33692>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [September 11, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/easier-way-to-update-drawings/33692 "2024-09-11T14:55:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![StarrWoodworks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/starrwoodworks/32/27881_2.png) [@StarrWoodworks](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/StarrWoodworks)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/easier-way-to-update-drawings/33692/1 "2024-09-11T14:55:30Z")

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**The problem that this feature will solve:**

Ability to add new things to drawings after updating a component rather than needing to make a new drawing.

**Current state: one of the biggest time sucks for me goes like this:**

1. Create a component
2. Make a detailed drawing with lots of notes and annotations
3. Add something to the component in my drawing
4. New things I added to component don’t show up on drawing
5. Remake drawing including the new things
6. Repeat

**Ideal state**

1. Create a component with all elements in a folder
2. Select folder and create drawing
3. Now any time I add something inside that folder the new things show up in the drawing.

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**Author:** ![danno11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@danno11](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/danno11)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/easier-way-to-update-drawings/33692/2 "2024-09-11T15:37:08Z")

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This is something that I have been asking for almost 2 years, having to recreate the the drawing just because you added a new part to the existing assembly design is completely ridiculous. This definitely needs to be addressed by the Shapr3D team.

Thank You